Orwell in Ashtabula County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Lest We Forget
1917 - 1918
Photographed by Craig Doda, April 12, 2025
1. Lest We Forget Marker
of those who made
the supreme sacrifice
in World War I
Corporal
★Calvin G. Sanger
U.S. Army
In honored memory
of those who served
our country
in World War I
U. S. Army
Bell, Floyd M. Bell, Ford O. Bingham, Bernard A. Bingham, Charles T. Brown, Foster B. Congdon, William A. DeVoe, J. Ralph Dixon, John D. Gamlin, Howard N. Gillmore, Delos H. Gillmore, George T. Green, Austin W. Hall, Wilbur E. Hines, Roy S. Howard, Earl M. Jordan, Luzerne G. Meigs, Clifton R. Parker, Verde H. Richardson, J. Woodruff Sellers R. Raymond
U.S. Army Air Force Service
Condell, L. Clay Green, Clarence P. Kile, Neil E. Shipman, Harry R.
U.S. Navy
Hopkins, Arthur J. Mortensen, Wellington K.
Erected 1950 by The Orwell Blue Star Mothers.
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World I.
Location. 41° 32.095′ N, 80° 52.062′ W. Memorial is in Orwell, Ohio, in Ashtabula County. It is at the intersection of South Maple Street (U.S. 322) and East Main Street (Ohio Route 45), on the right when
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Regionally, this memorial is on Ohio’s Lake Erie Shore and in the Western Reserve. It is also in the American Midwest and on the Great Lakes. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, and the Northwest Territory.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Orwell's Civil War Roll of Honor (a few steps from this marker); Adna R. Chaffee (a few steps from this marker); Remember Them (within shouting distance of this marker); Orwell Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); Citizens' Tablet (approx. 0.2 miles away); Adna Romanza Chaffee (approx. 0.2 miles away); Rome Honor Roll (approx. 4.8 miles away); Christ Church Episcopal (approx. 4.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all
Photographed by Craig Doda, April 12, 2025
2. Lest We Forget Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on April 19, 2025. It was originally submitted on April 16, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 92 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 16, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
