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
Preview
Keywords
Falmouth, Pine Grove Preserve Memorial, WWI, Maine
Comments
More research needs to be conducted about the gift of the preserve, and the two men it honors.
Monument found by Thomas Durgin