County
Cumberland
Zip Code
04102
Type
Stone marker
Additional Type
Plaque
Date Erected
1921
Inscriptions
IN MEMORY OF
LIEUT. PHILIP B. FROTHINGHAM
BORN IN PORTLAND, MAINE, AUGUST 9, 1894
DIED IN FRANCE, SPETEMBER 14, 1918
BURIED IN EVERGREEN CEMETERY, OCTOBER 31, 1920
WAS THE SON OF
MR. AND MRS. THOMAS J. FROTHINGHAM
THE VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS NO. 362
WAS NAMED FOR HIM
"GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY."
Materials
Granite and bronze. The 1940 WPA Portland City Guide notes that the granite boulder for the memorial weighs seven tons (pg. 267).
Sponsor
Frothingham Post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) [Post is no longer active]
Keywords
Frothingham, WWI, Monument, Maine
Monument Description
The monument is comprised of a granite boulder with a bronze plaque in the middle. The monument is situated between two bushes, perched on top of a slight incline surrounded by grass. The monument is visible from Western Promenade Rd. in Portland, Maine.
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Recommended Citation
"Portland, Maine: Lieut. Philip B. Frothingham Memorial (Western Promenade)" (2015). Cumberland. 4.
https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/cumberland/4
Photographer
Libby Bischof
Date Taken
Summer 7-10-2015
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Keywords
Frothingham, WWI, Monument, Maine
Comments
Frothingham was awarded the Navy Cross for his service:
"The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Ensign Philip B. Frothingham, United States Navy (Reserve Force), for distinguished and heroic service as an Aviator of land planes attached to the Northern Bombing Group in active operations cooperating with the Allied Armies on the Belgian front during September, October and November, 1918, bombing enemy bases, aerodromes, submarine bases, ammunition dumps, railroad junctions, etc."
FMI: http://valor.militarytimes.com/recipient.php?recipientid=9435
Research conducted by: Julian Wukitsch
Note: Frothingham (class of 1915) was schoolmates at Hebron Academy with Harold T. Andrews (class of 1914), the first Mainer to die in WWI (Andrews Square Memorial and Plaque in the State House).