Crawfordsville in Montgomery County, Indiana — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Montgomery County's Tribute to her Heroic Dead
Photographed By Al Wolf, July 13, 2008
1. Montgomery County's Tribute to Her Heroic Dead Marker (front)
Inscription.
Montgomery County's Tribute to her Heroic Dead. . (Front Side - in Stone):
Montgomery County's Tribute to her Heroic Dead Mexican War 1846 - 1948 Men Enrolled 98 War for the Union 1861 - 1865 Men Enrolled 2,971 Spanish American War 1898 Men Enrolled 264. (Under Both Statues:):
"Lest We Forget". (Back Side - In Stone):
Montgomery County's Tribute to her Heroic Dead War For Independence 1776 French and Indian War 1811 - 1812 Black Hawk War 1832 War with Grt. Britain 1812 - 1845. (Back - Upper - Brass Shield):
Soldiers of 1776 Buried in Montgomery County. Jacob Miller . Alexander Foster . Sabastian Stonebraker . Samuel Gregory . Pressly Sims . William Mason . John Hardee . James McArthur . John McNulty . Samuel Newell . Robert Gott . John Snoddy . Frederick Armantrout
Lewis and Clark Expedition 1804 William Bratton. (Front - Lower Center - Bronze Plaque):
In Memory of these Montgomery County Veterans who gave their lives during World War I. Ruby C. Barnes . Charles Bible . Clarence Boraker . Floyd S. Bowman . Vesse G. Brown . Ernest I. Cedars . Alex R. Colman . George W. Cook . Melvin C. Cook . Byron C. Cox . Roscoe N. Daavis . Russell H. Dwiggins . Aetna G. Elmore . John England . Harold K. Everson . Clarence M. Faust . Ralph Flora . Everett L. Harshbarger . Forest L. Hicks . Henry Hopper . Harley E. Jones . James N. Jones . William F. Jones . Bruce Kelly . William J. Kessler . Otto McClure . Clair McCrey . Charles W. McKinney . James Mason . Norman Maxwell . Fred L. Melvin . Daniel G. Miller . Stanford A. Myers . Maurice OConnor . Jasper H. Orrick . Grant E. Peffley . Russell Pickett . David D. Sloan . Guy Stephens . Raymond Todd . Oscar E. Turner . Ernest R. Warbritton . James H. Wingert . Robert P. Youngman, Byron Cox Post No. 72 The American Legion, (Right Side - Left Corner - Bronze Plaque):
Dedicated to Montgomery County World War Veterans by Byron Cox Post No. 72 American Legion. (Left Side - Lower Center - Bronze Plaque):
In Memory of these Montgomery County Veterans who gave their lives during World War II. Kenneth Alward . Otis M. Armantrout . Forrest Babb . James Y. Bales . James F. Barnard . Charles O. Beck . Johnny W. Bishop . Lawrence M. Bishop . Ernest M. Boldt . Eugene M. Booher . William R. Bowers . Robert J. Bratton . Bill W. Brunner . Robert E. Burkett . Robert Buscher . James P. Cain . Robert L. Cain . Carol E. Canine . Ernest E. Campbell . Billy Carrigan . Vernon e. Chadwick . Okel O. Cline . Jack C. Clough . Eugene L. Conrad . Herbert L. Cook . Otto W. Copas . Robert L. Cord . John C. Corey . Irvin L. Cotton . Kenneth L. Cox . Robert C. Davis . Martin B. Dunbar . John W. Ehrie . Cyrus E. Elliott . John T. Etchinson . Robert Farnesworth . Mark S. Farren . Carroll W. Feather . Robert G. Foster . Oliver J. Fouts . Damon W. Francis . John N. Freeman . Delbert Fulton . Orville M. Geiger . Marion L. Gephart . Sanford E. Gillock . Charles E. Gilmore . Kirtley J. Gregg . Leo H. Grzesk . Mark Hall . Robert T. Hall . Russell C. Hannah . Charles W. Harmon . Harry F. Harris . John R. Harshbarger . Victor Hartman . Harry Heacock . Lloyd Henry . Donald W. Hiatt . Daniel F. Hilliard . Earl W. Hodson . Jack D. Hudson . Dwight Hughes . Robert E. Hybarger . Robert P. Jacob . Carl W. Jones . Hubert Jones . William P. Kane . Robert N. Kemp . James R. Kidd . Charles W. Kline . Zenith L. Krout . William C. Leavenworth . Arthur J. Lehman . Howard D. Lough . Henry J. McCandless . Gwendolyn McKee . Robert A. McKinley Jr. . Altus F. McReynolds . Charles W. Martin . Harold Martin . Samuel R. Maxwell . John N. Miller . Theodore W. Miller . Oscar H. Murrell . Clyde A. Myers . George L. Nelson . John B. Nichols . Harold F. Norman . William Q. ONeall . Ralph V. Oswalt . Marvin M. Otterman . William Otterman . Earl Owen . Carl R. Parker . Max Paxton . E. B. Peffley . James D. Phebus . James Powers . Vance Pyle . Frank T. Ratcliff . William A. Raynes . Alvin O. Rice . James Ruchti . Roy G. Ruckel . Harold E. Sanders . Thomas L. Schweitzer . Floyd Sharp . Paul W. Shepherd . Roy E. Snider . John J. Stevens . Raymond E. Stump . Jack M. Suverkrup . Forrest R. Swank . Maurice L. Taylor . Gerald K. Tilney . Charles W. Todd . Donald K. Todd . Robert W. Todd . Robert H. Turner . Robert C. Utterback . Dean W. Van Gilder . Robert R. Vice . Richard E. Whicker . Richard L. Wilkinson . Lawrence E. Wilson . Robert E. Wright . Robert E. Wright . Leon Weir . Wilbur J. Wood . Wayne Wynkoop . Charles E. Zaikovsky . Norman Zachary . Harold Zerface, Byron Cox Post No. 72 The American Legion, (Left Side - Lower Right - Bronze Plaque):This memorial is dedicated to the memory of Montgomery County Veterans who sacrificed their lives in Korea 1950 - 1953, Jackie L. Murdock 7-6-50 . Raymond E. Pearson 7-14-50 . Howard F. Cedars 7-16-50 . Kenneth W. Meadows 7-19-50 . Charles Northcutt 7-20-50 . Donald R. Sechman 7-20-50 . Everett D. Manion 7-22-50 . Kennith J. Teague 8-3-50 . John W. Shanklin, Jr. 8-6-50 . Earl Brown 9-10-50 . Robert R. Eubanks 6-6-51 . Charles C. Morgan 11-4-51, Our Allegiance Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1431 Dedicated November 11, 1989, (Front - Lower Right - Bronze Plaque):This memorial is dedicated to the memory of Montgomery County Veterans who sacrificed their lives in Vietnam 1961 - 1975, Richard E. Lynch 10-8-65 . Delbert W. Haase 10-18-67 . Samuel H. Howard 12-2-67 . William K. Clawson 12-14-67 . Leonard A. Stalnaker 2-8-68 . Harold W. Abbott 2-17-68 . Lloyd Tribbett 5-8-68 . Carl T. Alexander 1-10-69 . John J. Corwin, II 4-17-69 . Samuel E. Benge 6-3-69, Our Allegiance West Central Indiana Vietnam Veterans Association Sept. 29, 1984
(Front Side - in Stone):
Montgomery County's
Tribute to her Heroic Dead
Mexican War 1846 - 1948
Men Enrolled 98
War for the Union 1861 - 1865
Men Enrolled 2,971
Spanish American War 1898
Men Enrolled 264
(Under Both Statues:):
"Lest We Forget"
(Back Side - In Stone):
Montgomery County's Tribute to her Heroic Dead
War For Independence 1776
French and Indian War 1811 - 1812
Black Hawk War 1832
War with Grt. Britain 1812 - 1845
(Back - Upper - Brass Shield):
Soldiers of 1776
Buried in Montgomery County
Jacob Miller
Alexander Foster
Sabastian Stonebraker
Samuel Gregory
Pressly Sims
William Mason
John Hardee
James McArthur
John McNulty
Samuel Newell
Robert Gott
John Snoddy
Frederick Armantrout
Lewis & Clark Expedition 1804
William Bratton
(Front - Lower Center - Bronze Plaque):
In Memory of these Montgomery County Veterans
who gave their lives during World War I
Ruby C. Barnes
Charles Bible
Clarence
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Boraker
Floyd S. Bowman
Vesse G. Brown
Ernest I. Cedars
Alex R. Colman
George W. Cook
Melvin C. Cook
Byron C. Cox
Roscoe N. Daavis
Russell H. Dwiggins
Aetna G. Elmore
John England
Harold K. Everson
Clarence M. Faust
Ralph Flora
Everett L. Harshbarger
Forest L. Hicks
Henry Hopper
Harley E. Jones
James N. Jones
William F. Jones
Bruce Kelly
William J. Kessler
Otto McClure
Clair McCrey
Charles W. McKinney
James Mason
Norman Maxwell
Fred L. Melvin
Daniel G. Miller
Stanford A. Myers
Maurice OConnor
Jasper H. Orrick
Grant E. Peffley
Russell Pickett
David D. Sloan
Guy Stephens
Raymond Todd
Oscar E. Turner
Ernest R. Warbritton
James H. Wingert
Robert P. Youngman
Byron Cox Post No. 72 The American Legion
(Right Side - Left Corner - Bronze Plaque):
Dedicated to Montgomery County World War Veterans by Byron Cox Post No. 72 American Legion
(Left Side - Lower Center - Bronze Plaque):
In Memory of these Montgomery County Veterans
who gave their lives during World War II
Kenneth Alward
Otis M. Armantrout
Forrest Babb
James Y. Bales
Photographed By Al Wolf, July 13, 2008
2. Montgomery County's Tribute to Her Heroic Dead Marker (back)
James F. Barnard
Charles O. Beck
Johnny W. Bishop
Lawrence M. Bishop
Ernest M. Boldt
Eugene M. Booher
William R. Bowers
Robert J. Bratton
Bill W. Brunner
Robert E. Burkett
Robert Buscher
James P. Cain
Robert L. Cain
Carol E. Canine
Ernest E. Campbell
Billy Carrigan
Vernon e. Chadwick
Okel O. Cline
Jack C. Clough
Eugene L. Conrad
Herbert L. Cook
Otto W. Copas
Robert L. Cord
John C. Corey
Irvin L. Cotton
Kenneth L. Cox
Robert C. Davis
Martin B. Dunbar
John W. Ehrie
Cyrus E. Elliott
John T. Etchinson
Robert Farnesworth
Mark S. Farren
Carroll W. Feather
Robert G. Foster
Oliver J. Fouts
Damon W. Francis
John N. Freeman
Delbert Fulton
Orville M. Geiger
Marion L. Gephart
Sanford E. Gillock
Charles E. Gilmore
Kirtley J. Gregg
Leo H. Grzesk
Mark Hall
Robert T. Hall
Russell C. Hannah
Charles W. Harmon
Harry F. Harris
John R. Harshbarger
Victor Hartman
Harry Heacock
Lloyd Henry
Donald W. Hiatt
Daniel F. Hilliard
Earl W. Hodson
Jack D. Hudson
Dwight Hughes
Robert E. Hybarger
Robert P. Jacob
Carl W. Jones
Hubert Jones
William P. Kane
Robert
Photographed By Al Wolf, July 20, 2008
3. Brass Shield on the back of the monument
N. Kemp
James R. Kidd
Charles W. Kline
Zenith L. Krout
William C. Leavenworth
Arthur J. Lehman
Howard D. Lough
Henry J. McCandless
Gwendolyn McKee
Robert A. McKinley Jr.
Altus F. McReynolds
Charles W. Martin
Harold Martin
Samuel R. Maxwell
John N. Miller
Theodore W. Miller
Oscar H. Murrell
Clyde A. Myers
George L. Nelson
John B. Nichols
Harold F. Norman
William Q. ONeall
Ralph V. Oswalt
Marvin M. Otterman
William Otterman
Earl Owen
Carl R. Parker
Max Paxton
E. B. Peffley
James D. Phebus
James Powers
Vance Pyle
Frank T. Ratcliff
William A. Raynes
Alvin O. Rice
James Ruchti
Roy G. Ruckel
Harold E. Sanders
Thomas L. Schweitzer
Floyd Sharp
Paul W. Shepherd
Roy E. Snider
John J. Stevens
Raymond E. Stump
Jack M. Suverkrup
Forrest R. Swank
Maurice L. Taylor
Gerald K. Tilney
Charles W. Todd
Donald K. Todd
Robert W. Todd
Robert H. Turner
Robert C. Utterback
Dean W. Van Gilder
Robert R. Vice
Richard E. Whicker
Richard L. Wilkinson
Lawrence E. Wilson
Robert E. Wright
Robert E. Wright
Leon Weir
Wilbur J. Wood
Wayne Wynkoop
Charles E. Zaikovsky
Photographed By Al Wolf, July 13, 2008
4. Montgomery County's Tribute to her Heroic Dead - "World War I"
(Front - Lower Center - Bronze Plaque)
Norman Zachary
Harold Zerface
Byron Cox Post No. 72 The American Legion
(Left Side - Lower Right - Bronze Plaque): This memorial is dedicated to the memory of Montgomery County Veterans who sacrificed their lives in Korea 1950 - 1953
Jackie L. Murdock 7-6-50
Raymond E. Pearson 7-14-50
Howard F. Cedars 7-16-50
Kenneth W. Meadows 7-19-50
Charles Northcutt 7-20-50
Donald R. Sechman 7-20-50
Everett D. Manion 7-22-50
Kennith J. Teague 8-3-50
John W. Shanklin, Jr. 8-6-50
Earl Brown 9-10-50
Robert R. Eubanks 6-6-51
Charles C. Morgan 11-4-51
Our Allegiance
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1431
Dedicated November 11, 1989
(Front - Lower Right - Bronze Plaque): This memorial is dedicated to the memory of Montgomery County Veterans who sacrificed their lives in Vietnam 1961 - 1975
Richard E. Lynch 10-8-65
Delbert W. Haase 10-18-67
Samuel H. Howard 12-2-67
William K. Clawson 12-14-67
Leonard A. Stalnaker 2-8-68
Harold W. Abbott 2-17-68
Lloyd Tribbett 5-8-68
Carl T. Alexander 1-10-69
John J. Corwin, II 4-17-69
Samuel E. Benge 6-3-69
Our Allegiance
West Central Indiana Vietnam Veterans Association
Sept.
Location. 40° 2.508′ N, 86° 54.073′ W. Marker is in Crawfordsville, Indiana, in Montgomery County. Memorial is at the intersection of North Washington Street and East Main Street, on the right when traveling north on North Washington Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 100 E Main Street, Crawfordsville IN 47933, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regarding Montgomery County's Tribute to her Heroic Dead.
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6. Montgomery County's Tribute to her Heroic Dead - "World War II"
(Left Side - Lower Center - Bronze Plaque)
In 1906 the county erected this towering bronze and stone war memorial designed by Rudolf Schwartz. Schwartz is perhaps best known as the sculptor for the Soldiers and Sailors Monument in Indianapolis, Indiana. This 1906 monument honors casualties dating back to the Revolutionary War; Montgomery County officials continued to add the names of subsequent "Heroic Dead" through the Vietnam War.
The original monument was erected by the Montgomery County Commissioners at a cost of $6,000. The monument was originally a drinking fountain, with basins around the base.
The adjacent Montgomery County Courthouse is listed in the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Crawfordsville Commercial Historic District. This courthouse was designed by the prolific architect George W. Bunting. After Lew Wallace, Civil War general, lawyer, and author, spoke at the cornerstone dedication in 1875, the building opened for business in 1876. Ironically, a Union Army general laid the cornerstone for a building designed by a Confederate Army colonel.
7. Montgomery County's Tribute to Her Heroic Dead Marker - "Korea 1950 - 1953"
(Left Side - Lower Right - Bronze Plaque)
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8. Vietnam 1961 - 1975 ;; brass plaque on front Right
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9. Montgomery County's Tribute to Her Heroic Dead Marker
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10. Right side of Marker
An Infantryman, fixed bayonet at ready.
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11. Left Side of Marker
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12. Statue of a Cavalryman - on Left side of Marker
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13. Lewis & Clark Expedition 1804 (brass Art Work) - - Upper Back of Marker
The name of William Bratton, who traveled with Lewis and Clark in 1804, and who lived and died in Montgomery County, appears on this piece.
Photographed By Al Wolf, July 20, 2008
14. Right Side - Face
Looks as if water came out of the mouth of the carving. The darker area below the face seems to indicate some type of attachment to catch the water. The monument was originally a drinking fountain; could this have been where the water originated?
Photographed By Al Wolf, July 20, 2008
15. Left Side - Face
This twin also looks to have been a source of water at some time. It is unknown as to when the monument cease to be a public drinking fountain.
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16. Left Cannon to left of Marker
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17. Cannon - - Right of Marker
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18. Montgomery County Court House - - with Marker
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19. Crawfordsville Water Fountain
One block away from the War Memorial on Main Street and North Green is a fine place to relax. A plaque lists local businesses that helped to build the fountain area.
Courtesy of Crawfordsville Journal Review newspaper - 8-1-2010.
20. "Local Company Cleans War Memorial"
Published in the Crawfordsville Journal Review newspaper, August 1, 2010
With brushes, rollers, cleaning solution, a power washer and a lift, Allen Monument Company owner Randy Allen and two of his employees spent the weekend performing a monumental task.
The three men arrived early Saturday (July 31, 2010) morning at the county's War Memorial... ...to begin a two-day cleaning process on the 104-year-old monument. Earlier this summer, Montgomery County Commissioners awarded the local company the cleaning contract. It was the low bidder at $4,869.
"We're a local company so we really wanted to do this job," Randy Allen said. "We're glad to do it for the community."
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