Brownwood in Brown County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)
World War I
Photographed by James Hulse, May 30, 2024
1. World War I Marker
Inscription.
The Great War, the war to end all wars, 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918. The trigger for the war was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria by Serbian Nationalist Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914. On 28 July 1914 Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. Entangled international alliances were invoked, and war spread around the world. The Western Front was a battle of attrition and evolved into trench warfare. Russia collapsed in March 1917 with the Bolshevik Revolution. Because of unrestricted submarine warfare and the Zimmermann telegram from Germany inviting Mexico to join the war as a German ally, the US declared war on 6 April 1917. Americans won the battles of Cantigny, Chβteau-Thierry, and Belleau Wood. Germany agreed to an armistice on 11 November 1918. Woodrow Wilson was president during World War I. John J "Black Jack" Pershing was the Commanding General of the American Expeditionary Force - AEF. Armistice Day was changed to Veterans Day by President Eisenhower in 1954. The Allied Powers (France, British Empire, Russian Empire, Serbia, Japan, Italy, US and others) sustained 5,525,000 dead; 12,831,500 wounded; and 4,121,000 missing. The Central Powers (German Empire, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria) had 4,386,000 dead; 8,388,000 wounded; and 3,629,000 missing. The total number of military and civilian dead and wounded worldwide was more than 38 million. In the United States, 4 million military personnel were mobilized. The US sustained 117,465 deaths including 43,000 from the Spanish Influenza Pandemic; 204,002 wounded; and 3350 missing.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, World I. A significant historical month for this entry is March 1917.
Location. 31° 40.668′ N, 98° 59.506′ W. Marker is in Brownwood, Texas, in Brown County. It is at
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the intersection of Crockett Drive and Memorial Park Drive, on the right when traveling north on Crockett Drive. The marker is located at the northwest section of the Camp Bowie Memorial Park. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2710 Crockett Dr, Brownwood TX 76801, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Big Country. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the Comancherνa, the Republic of Texas, and one of the Confederate States of America.
Credits. This page was last revised on August 18, 2024. It was originally submitted on August 18, 2024, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas. This page has been viewed 144 times since then and 26 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on August 18, 2024, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.
