County
Cumberland
Zip Code
04021
Type
Monument
Additional Type
Shaft
Additional Type
All wars monument
Date Erected
1928
Date Dedicated
5-30-1928
Inscriptions
IN COMMEMORATION
OF THE MEN
OF CUMBERLAND, MAINE
WHO SERVED THEIR COUNTRY
ON LAND AND SEA
IN ALL
THE WARS OF THE NATION
(next side of pillar)
THE DEMANDS FOR
LOYALTY TO OUR COUNTRY
ARE AS GREAT UPON THE SONS
AS THEY WERE UPON THE SIRES.
THE SAFETY OF THE COUNTRY
LIES IN THE INTELLIGENCE,
THE MORAL CHARACTER,
THE PATRIOTISM,
OF HER CITIZENS
Materials
Granite shaft on a granite base.
Sponsor
Merrill Family
Keywords
world War I Monument - Maine, Cumberland County - Maine - WWI Monument, Cumberland - Maine
Monument Description
This memorial was erected by William Merrill's only son, Edwin R. Merrill, a year after his father's death. The monument bears three commemorative panels:
The FRONT PANEL: In commemoration of the men of Cumberland, Maine, who served their country on land and sea in all wars of the nation.
The RIGHT PANEL: The demands for loyalty to a country is as great upon the sons as they are upon the sires. The safety of the country lies in the intelligence, the moral character, the patriotism of its citizens.
The LEFT PANEL: Cumberland honors her sons and daughters who have shown their loyalty, self-sacrifice, and devotion to preserve and cement the Union in the days of the Civil War, 1861-1865.
Information courtesy of the Cumberland Historical Society and the Maine Memory Network.
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Recommended Citation
World War I Monument, Cumberland County, Cumberland, Maine by Libby Bischof, Digital Maine, Maine Economic Improvement Fund, Digital Commons, University of Southern Maine
Photographer
Libby Bischof
Date Taken
2015
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Keywords
world War I Monument - Maine, Cumberland County - Maine - WWI Monument, Cumberland - Maine
