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Dulce et Decorum Est Pro Patria Mori

World War I Memorial

— [It is sweet and glorious to die for the fatherland] —

 
 
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Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), July 10, 2024
1. Dulce et Decorum Est Pro Patria Mori Memorial
Inscription.
As a tribute to those men of Newport who gave their lives during the World War
1917 - 1918
This monument is erected and their names inscribed thereon by their comrades of Newport Post Number 7
American Legion
November 11 1923

"They have left as priceless heritage a token that honor lives forever with the dead"

Henry Angle • George A. Bailey • Joseph C. Barlow • W. Clarke Barrett • John T. Brammall • Harold T. Brierley • Bernardo Cardines • Patrick R. Casey Jr. • Waldorf J. Clarke • Gerald Conheeney • Richard S. Conover • Samuel M. Cottrell • Frank M. Cross • Daniel Crowley • Sidney Dawson • William Donovan • Daniel H. Drouley • Frank H. Dwyer

James A. Ebbitt • Joseph S. Ewart • John H. Feltham Jr. • T.W. Fitzgerald • Richard D. Fithugh • Anthony Gallagher • Evanda B. Garnett • Albert E. Gerard • John W. Gillincham • George Hindmarsh • Lester K. Holman • Patrick Johnson • Dennis I. Keefe • Richard Kluge • John H. Kinzel • Charles W. Leary • William J. Letch • Thomas B. Lord

Alexander McElkeran • Thomas D.X. Maguire • Fred C. Mayer •
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George Mayhew • Peter Moir • Andrew Mowatt • John F. Murphy • Michael Murphy • William D. Nagle • Guy Norman • Thomas O'Rourke • Angelo Palmer • Albert Paulus • John E. Pederson • Sidney D. Reynolds • Lucius H. Rice • Caldwell Robinson • Harold B. Rubenstein • Christos Papathanasopoulas

Oscar Rudback • George A. Ross • William J. Sharkey • Timothy M. Shea • Joseph V. Silvia • Morris Slup • Julia E. Smith • Hyman Sonkin • William D.F. Stewart • James Sullivan • James C. Sullivan • Matthew L. Sullivan • Clifford E. Tabor • Archie Paul Vassos • Benjamin P. Wheaton • James W. Wilson Jr. • Robert Lloyd Wood
 
Erected 1923 by American Legion, Newport Post Number 7.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World I.
 
Location. 41° 29.491′ N, 71° 18.705′ W. Memorial is in Newport, Rhode Island, in Newport County. It is at the intersection of Bull Street and Broadway, on the right when traveling west on Bull Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1 Bull St, Newport RI 02840, United
Dulce et Decorum Est Pro Patria Mori Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), July 10, 2024
2. Dulce et Decorum Est Pro Patria Mori Memorial
States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is on Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay and in Newport and Aquidneck Island. It is also in the American Northeast, in New England, and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The Korean Crisis (here, next to this marker); World War II (here, next to this marker); The Vietnam Crisis (a few steps from this marker); Jean E. Hicks Center (within shouting distance of this marker); Townsend Industrial School (within shouting distance of this marker); Great Friends Meeting House (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); White Horse Tavern (about 500 feet away); Militia Common (about 500 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Newport.
 
Dulce et Decorum Est Pro Patria Mori Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), July 10, 2024
3. Dulce et Decorum Est Pro Patria Mori Memorial
Dulce et Decorum Est Pro Patria Mori Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), July 10, 2024
4. Dulce et Decorum Est Pro Patria Mori Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on July 24, 2024. It was originally submitted on July 24, 2024, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 387 times since then and 41 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on July 24, 2024, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
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