County
Cumberland
Zip Code
04011
Type
Flag pole
Additional Type
Stone marker
Inscriptions
DEDICATED TO THE
SONS OF BOWDOIN
WHO IN
THE WORLD WAR
OFFERED THEIR LIVES
AND THEIR SERVICES FOR
THEIR COUNTRY
AND FOR FREEDOM
1914-1918
(next side of pillar)
HONOR ROLL
1889
GEORGE TAYLOR FILES
1897
ROBERT LORD HULL
1910
WARREN EASTMAN ROBINSON
HAROLD SUMNER SMALL
1912
ROLAND HIRAM WAITT
1913
CHARLES ROY BULL
FREDERICK TREVENEN EDWARDS
WYVERN ALMON COOMBS (MED)
1914
OMAR PERLIE BADGER
LEONARD HENRY GIBSON
EDWARD ALFRED TROTTIER
DOUGLAS URQUHART
1915
CHARLES WILLIAM WALLACE FIELD
STEWART PINGREE MORRILL
(next side of pillar)
HONOR ROLL
1917
BENJAMIN PLINY BRADFORD
FORBES RICKARD
FRANK DURHAM HAZELTINE
JUDSON GORDON MARTELL
1918
WILFRID OLIVIER BERNARD
JOSEPH RALPH SANDFORD
CARROLL EDWARD FULLER
1919
ALBERT DAVIS HOLBROOK
WILLIAM FRYE MARTIN
FRANCIS YVONNET vanSCHOONHOVEN
1920
LAWRENCE HILL GATE
MICHAEL JOSEPH DELEHANTY
WALTER BLAKE TAFT
1922
SAMUEL GARNONS BUSH
A • M • (1918)
SHERMAN AVERY WHITE
(next side of pillar)
BREVE • TEMPVS • AETATIS
SATIS • LONGVM • EST
AD • BENE • HONESTQVE
VIVENDVM
Materials
Granite base, with bronze base for metal flagpole.
Sponsor
Bowdoin College
Keywords
Bowdoin College--WWI Monument, Brunswick--Maine
Monument Description
This large flagpole rests in an ornate bronze base, which sits atop a granite memorial. The monument is dedicated to the sons of Bowdoin who lost their lived in World War I, and the various sides of the granite monument are inscribed with an Honor Roll. The inscriptions are finished in gold paint. The monument is located on the main quad, directly in front of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art.
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Recommended Citation
World War I Monument, Cumberland County, Brunswick, Maine by Libby Bischof, Digital Maine, Maine Economic Improvement Fund, Digital Commons, University of Southern Maine
Photographer
Libby Bischof
Date Taken
2014
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Keywords
Bowdoin College--WWI Monument, Brunswick--Maine
Comments
Bowdoin College refurbished the monument in 2014, and added a much larger flag.