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Bowdoin College World War Memorial

 
 
Bowdoin College World War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 25, 2011
1. Bowdoin College World War Memorial
Looking southeast
Inscription.
Dedicated to the
Sons of Bowdoin
who in
the World War
offered their lives
and services for
their country
and for Freedom
1914 - 1918

[Roll of Honored Dead]

Breve tempus aetatis
satis longum est
ad bene honesteque
vivendum

 
Erected by Bowdoin College.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: EducationWar, World I.
 
Location. 43° 54.473′ N, 69° 57.817′ W. Memorial is in Brunswick, Maine, in Cumberland County. It can be reached from Park Row. Monument is on the Main Quad of the Bowdoin College campus, about 50 feet south of the Museum of Art. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Brunswick ME 04011, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Greater Portland. It is also in the American Northeast and in New England. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Bowdoin College War Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Robinson Memorial Gate (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); a different marker also named Robinson Memorial Gate (approx. 0.2 miles away); Home of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain (approx. 0.2 miles away); Company K, 1st Maine Volunteer Infantry (approx. Ό mile away); The Harriet Beecher Stowe House
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(approx. 0.4 miles away); a different marker also named Harriet Beecher Stowe House (approx. 0.4 miles away); Brunswick Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Brunswick.
 
Bowdoin College World War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 25, 2011
2. Bowdoin College World War Memorial
Bowdoin College World War Memorial Honor Roll image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 25, 2011
3. Bowdoin College World War Memorial Honor Roll
Bowdoin College World War Memorial Honor Roll image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 25, 2011
4. Bowdoin College World War Memorial Honor Roll
Bowdoin College World War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 25, 2011
5. Bowdoin College World War Memorial
Bowdoin College World War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 25, 2011
6. Bowdoin College World War Memorial
Looking northeast across Main Quad
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on November 8, 2024. It was originally submitted on May 19, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 873 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on May 19, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
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