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Hingham Center in Plymouth County, Massachusetts — The American Northeast (New England)
 

These Trees and This Stone

World War I Memorial

 
 
These Trees and This Stone Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by G.W.Bartlett, May 4, 2026
1. These Trees and This Stone Marker
Inscription.
These trees and this stone Hingham dedicates in gratitude to the memory of her sons who laid down their lives for liberty and civilization
1917 - 1919

Corp. Alexander R. Borland • Moses E. Delorey • Harold C. Barrett • Maurice A Linehan • Ernest Campbell • Edmund F. Magner • Major Edward B. Cole • Sergt. James A Parker • William F. Cavanaugh • Coit S. Rogers • Walter I Cross • Albert A. Ross

"Greater love hath no man than this. That a man lay down his life for his friends."

 
Erected by Town of Hingham.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World I.
 
Location. 42° 13.931′ N, 70° 52.775′ W. Memorial is in Hingham, Massachusetts, in Plymouth County. It is in Hingham Center. It is at the intersection of Common Street and Middle Street, on the left when traveling east on Common Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 308 Main Street, Hingham MA 02043, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is on the South Shore. It is also in the American Northeast, in New England, and on the Eastern
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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: In Memoriam to Hingham’s War Dead (here, next to this marker); Korean War (here, next to this marker); Vietnam War (here, next to this marker); Hingham Center Training Field (within shouting distance of this marker); Almshouse (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Buttonwood Tree (about 600 feet away); Second Almshouse (approx. 0.2 miles away); Great Abolitionist Pic Nic of 1844 (approx. 0.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Hingham.
 
Hingham War Memorials (wide) image. Click for full size.
Photographed by G.W.Bartlett, May 4, 2026
2. Hingham War Memorials (wide)
Main Street foreground.
Middle Street to left.
Common Street at rear.
Hingham War Memorials image. Click for full size.
Photographed by G.W.Bartlett, May 4, 2026
3. Hingham War Memorials
Vietnam, WWII, WWI & Korean War Memorials.
Common Street behind them.
Vietnam, WWII, WWI & Korean War Memorials image. Click for full size.
Photographed by G.W.Bartlett, May 4, 2026
4. Vietnam, WWII, WWI & Korean War Memorials
Middle Street to the left, Common Street to the right.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 11, 2026. It was originally submitted on May 4, 2026, by G.W.Bartlett of Hingham, Massachusetts. This page has been viewed 25 times since then. Last updated on May 8, 2026, by G.W.Bartlett of Hingham, Massachusetts. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on May 4, 2026, by G.W.Bartlett of Hingham, Massachusetts. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
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