Brunswick, Maine: Bowdoin College Robinson Memorial Gate (WWI)

County

Cumberland County

Zip Code

04011

Type

Architectural feature

Date Erected

1920

Date Dedicated

1920

Inscriptions

IN

MEMORY OF

___________

WARREN

EASTMAN

ROBINSON

1890-1918

_____

BOWDOIN ‘10

(next pillar)

FIRST

LIEUTENANT

U.S. ARMY

SECOND BATTLE

OF THE MARNE

ST. MIHIEL

MEUSE ARGONNE

_____

KILLED IN ACTION

Materials

Brick, Granite, and Wrought Iron.

Sponsor

Anne Johnson Robinson

Monument Description

This monument is a memorial gate, consisting of two brick and granite posts with a wrought iron arch with a lantern.

Comments

This gateway, in honor of Warren Robinson, Bowdoin class of 1910, was given by his wife. Robinson died in France while serving in WWI. This is one of two WWI memorials on the Bowdoin campus.

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Recommended Citation

"Brunswick, Maine: Bowdoin College Robinson Memorial Gate (WWI)" (2015). Cumberland. 23.
https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/cumberland/23

Photographer

Libby Bischof

Date Taken

2015

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