Brunswick in Cumberland County, Maine — The American Northeast (New England)

Bowdoin College War Memorial

Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., September 25, 2011

1. Bowdoin College War Memorial

Inscription. • Honored Here Are All Bowdoin Generations Who Served When Our Country Called and Those Who Fell •

World War II [Honored Dead]
Korea [Honored Dead]
Vietnam [Honored Dead]

I hear even now the infinite fierce chorus,
The cries of agony, the endless groan.
Which, through the ages that have gone before us,
In long reverberations reach our own.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Class of 1825

They will come together again under higher bidding and will know their place and name. This army will live, and live on so long as soul shall answer soul, so fields of mighty memory....
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, Class of 1852

Erected by Bowdoin College.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, Korean • War, Vietnam • War, World II.

Location. 43° 54.457′ N, 69° 57.82′ W. Marker is in Brunswick, Maine, in Cumberland County. Memorial is just southwest of the Bowdon College campus Main Quad, west of Hubbard Hall. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Brunswick ME 04011, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Bowdoin College World War Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Robinson Memorial Gate (about

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300 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. ¼ mile away); Harriet Beecher Stowe House (approx. 0.4 miles away); Brunswick Veterans Memorial (approx. half a mile away); Founding of the Maine Medical Association (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Brunswick.

Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., September 25, 2011

2. Bowdoin College War Memorial

Bowdoin College World War II Honored Dead image. Click for full size.

Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., September 25, 2011

3. Bowdoin College World War II Honored Dead

Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., September 25, 2011

4. Bowdoin College World War II Honored Dead

Bowdoin College World War II Honored Roll image. Click for full size.

Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., September 25, 2011

5. Bowdoin College World War II Honored Roll

Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., September 25, 2011

6. Bowdoin College World War II Honored Dead

Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., September 25, 2011

7. Bowdoin College World War II Honored Dead

Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., September 25, 2011

8. Bowdoin College World War II Honored Dead

Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., September 25, 2011

9. Bowdoin College World War II Honored Dead

Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., September 25, 2011

10. Bowdoin College World War II Honored Dead

Bowdoin College Korean War Honored Dead image. Click for full size.

Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., September 25, 2011

11. Bowdoin College Korean War Honored Dead

Bowdoin College Vietnam War Honored Dead image. Click for full size.

Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., September 25, 2011

12. Bowdoin College Vietnam War Honored Dead

Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., September 25, 2011

13. Bowdoin College War Memorial

Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., September 25, 2011

14. Bowdoin College War Memorial

Looking northeast into Main Quad

Credits. This page was last revised on February 5, 2020. It was originally submitted on May 19, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 978 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14. submitted on May 20, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.