County
Cumberland
Zip Code
04105
Type
Stone marker
Additional Type
Plaque
Maker/Sculptor
Designed by Huger Elliott
Date Dedicated
1924
Inscriptions
THIS GROUND HAS BEEN GIVEN TO
FALMOUTH FORESIDE FOR THE ENJOYMENT OF
THE PUBLIC * IN MEMORY OF TWO PHILADEL
PHIA BOYS WHO SPENT EIGHTEEN HAPPY
SUMMERS HERE * THESE TWO BOYS WERE VOL
UNTEERS IN THE WORLD WAR AND LOST THEIR
LIVES FIGHTING FOR LIBERTY
HENRY HOWARD HOUSTON WOODWARD
LAFAYETTE FLYING CORPS * FRENCH ARMY
FELL IN COMBAT AT MONTDIDIER * APRIL THE
FIRST * 1918
HENRY HOWARD HOUSTON * 2ND * FIRST
LIEUTENANT * HEADQUARTERS STAFF * 53RD FIELD
ARTILLERY * 28TH DIVISION KILLED IN ACTION
NEAR FISMES * AUGUST THE EIGHTEENTH * 1918
THEIR GRAVES ARE SIDE BY SIDE IN THE AMER
ICAN CEMETERY * SURESNES * NEAR PARIS
Materials
Granite marker with bronze plaque.
Sponsor
George Woodward
Keywords
Falmouth, Pine Grove Preserve Memorial, WWI, Maine
Monument Description
This monument demarcates a nature preserve that was given to the town of Falmouth, Maine, by George Woodward in 1924. It is to be preserved forever as a park and forest (in honor of the two men who died in WWI). It is 27 acres of mature forest, with marked trails.
The monument is a smooth granite rectangular base with a curved top, set on top of a granite platform, and surrounded by a stone courtyard with stone walls, stone pavers, and stone benches. Various plantings adorn the courtyard, which is reached by climbing two small sets of wide stone stairs.
FMI: http://www.falmouthme.org/land-management-acquisitions-committee/pages/pine-grove-preserve
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 License.
Recommended Citation
"Falmouth,Maine: Pine Grove Preserve Memorial" (2015). Cumberland. 3.
https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/cumberland/3
Photographer
Libby Bischof
Date Taken
Summer 7-10-2015
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Comments
More research needs to be conducted about the gift of the preserve, and the two men it honors.
Monument found by Thomas Durgin