County
Somerset
Zip Code
04976
Type
Monument
Additional Type
Plaque
Additional Type
Memorial Park
Date Erected
11-11-1927
Date Dedicated
11-11-2006
Inscriptions
ERECTED BY THE CITIZENS OF SKOWHEGAN IN HONOR OF THOSE WHO SERVED THAT LIBERTY SHOULD NOT PERISH FROM THE EARTH 1927 THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR 1775-1782 [List of names of those who served in the Revolutionary War follows] WAR WITH ENGLAND 1812-1815 [List of names of those who served in the War With England follows] THE CIVIL WAR 1861-1865 [List of names of those who served in the Civil War follows] THE WORLD WAR [font size changed to 10 pt. due to number of names in columns] [Column 1] [Column 2] [Column 3] [Column 4] *ELWOOD D. ALLEN CORIDON T. BRACKETT CLYDE CORSON JOHN A. DUNTON RAYMOND D. ALLEN CARROLL S. BRIGGS GEORGE E. COTTA HENRY J. DYER MABELLE ARBUCKLE LEWIS W. BROWN JOHN C. CROCKER IVAN W. DYER DONALD C. AUSTIN *ALVAN W. BUCKNAM HAROLD D. CROSBY JAMES C. DYER EVERETT M. AVORE EVERETT F. BURNOR MAURICE C. CURRIER HARRY J. DYSART CLYDE C. BADGER PHILIP R. BURRILL WILLIAM T. CURRIER GEORGE A. EAMES *OMAR P. BADGER ELMER J. BUSHEY ALPHEE P. DAIGLE ALBERT P. EASLER BERNARD F. BAILEY *LAWRENCE J. BUTEAU JOHN C. DANE ALTON H. ELLIS GUY L. BAILEY HOWARD M. BUTLER FRANK E.K. DAVIS LESLIE R. ELLIS WILLARD A. BATES HOWARD A. BUZZELL GEORGE E. DAVIS TRUE ELLIS ADOLPHE E. BEAULIEU JAMES D. CALWAY GEORGE R. DAY FRANK E. EMERY JR., GUY A. BERNARD EDWARD J. CARPENTIER RUSSELL S. DEAN JOHN D. EMERY CLYNE W. BIGELOW CHESTER CHAPMAN *BLENDON F. DEAN *ALLAN J. FITZMORRIS [Column 1 cont.] [Column 2 cont.] [Column 3 cont.] [Column 4 cont] CASIMIR A. BISSON PHILIP CHAPMAN ALBERT K. DECKER ROY M. FITZMORRIS J. WALLACE BLUNT ROBERT CHAPMAN WILLIAM H. DEMO CARROLL B. FLANDERS JOSEPH L. BOLDUC ERROL C. CHASE ALBERT F. DEPUE REGINALD E. FOSS *PLACIDE L. BOLDUC HAROLD A. CHASE RICHARD S. DEVIN FRANK J. FOSTER PERRY A. BOOTHBY JOHN J. CLARKE JOSEPH E. DONAHUE MILBURN M. FOWLER VICTOR BOUCHARD FRANKLIN CLUKEY ALLIE O. DORE JOHN E. FRENCH ROBERT A. BOULCIER *GEORGE A. CLUKEY ALFRED C. DROST FRANCIS H. FRIEND HENRY R. BOUTIN *WILLIAM A. COCKBURN OLIN F. DUDLEY DAVID FONTAINE LEON E. BOUTIN CHARLES F. COLLINS GORDON W. DUMONT WILLIAM R. FOURNIER ROBERT BOYD JR., FRANK E. CONROY HAROLD B. DUMONT WILLIAM B. GAGNE RAY M. BOYNTON HENRY G. COREY *CLARENCE S. DUNLAP JAMES GALLANT [names continued on an additional plaque] THE WORLD WAR 1917-1918 RUPEN CAZARIAN JOSEPH F. LACASSE CHARLES E. PATTEN C. FRENCH SMITH ELMARIAN GERALD EUGENE L. LANCTO WILLARD F. PAUL CHARLES W. SMITH GEORGE J. GILBERT FRANK A. LANEY ALBERT C. PELKEY RAYMOND J. SMITH JAMES J. GILBERT THOMAS N. LANEY AIME J. PERRAULT EDWARD N. SNOW GUY L. GILES GEORGE E. LASHON SAMUEL A. PETERS JOHN C. SPAULDING JOHN J. GOODNESS JR., SAMUEL J. LEMIEUX *SIMON PETERS ELLIOT N. SPEAR BLYNN O. GOODRICH AUGUSTUS LEO DONALD W. PHILBRICK HAROLD M. SPRINGER LEROY K. GOODRICH JOHN E. LEO MAURICE S. PHILBRICK ALBERT E. STEWART DAVID GOULETTE ALPHONSE LESSARD LIONEL E. PITTS DANIEL A. STEWART WILLIAM GOULETTE PAUL LESSARD HERBERT N. POMLOW ARNOLD A. STRAND CLYDE F. GREEN PHILIP E. LESSARD FRANK B. POOLER EDWIN W. STURTEVANT GARFIELD GREEN WALTER G. LESSARD RAYMOND W. POOLER CHARLES F. SWIFT PHILIP S. GREEN ALBERT B. LESSOR ROY B. POOLER HAROLD P. SYMONS MATTHEW J. GREENE HENRY LESSOR ROY H. PRATT LEON W. SYMONS HERBERT W. GRIFFIN JOHN LESSOR DEAN E. PRAY JOEL E. TAYLOR JR., EARLE B. GRUNDY *ROY B. LEWIS LEROY L. PRAY LEBER C. TAYLOR LESLIE W. GRUNDY WILLARD C. LEWIS WILLIAM P. PREBLE HECTOR THIBAULT THOMAS H. HAMILTON CHARLES V. LOCKE EVERETT L. PRESCOTT EARLE E. THIBEAULT ERNEST HAYDEN ELMER J. LOOMIS JOSEPH B. PROVOST ALEXANDER THOMSON SUMNER HAYDEN CHARLES B. LUCE LIBBY PULSIFER WILLIAM H. THOMSON WALTER HAYDEN GERALD R. MacCARTHY ALEX RAINFRETTE CARL W. TOBEY HUGH W. HIGHT ELTON L. MARKHAM BERTIE I. RICE SHAKRALLA TOMA HERBERT D. HILTON COBURN S. MARSTON TIMOTHY V. ROBERTS HERMAN C. TRACY HERMAN D. HILTON ROY L. MARSTON ARTHUR E. RODDEN LEIGHTON C. TRACY J. ELWIN HOBART ANDREW J. MATHIEU ARTHUR E. RODDEN OLIN B. TRACY HAROLD C. HOLDEN ERNEST J. MATHIEU EDWARD E. RODERICK CHARLES N. TURCOTTE HARLOLD M. HOLMES *HAROLD W. McELHINEY NAPOLEON RODERICK FRANK A. TURCOTTE A. MORRILL HOXIE HARRY W. McFARLAND WILLIAM J. RODERICK HOLLIS C. TWOMBLY EARL K. HUCKINS FRED M. McKAY GEORGE M. ROWE CANDIDO D. USI FRANK M. HUCKINS ARTHUR H. McQUILLAN ELEAZER RUSSAKOFF OMAR J. VACHON HARRY W. HUNT MONTFORD P. MEADER *HARRY D. ST. LEDGER GUY E. VALLIERE GUY P. HUNTER JOHN N. MERRILL LEWIS H. SAMPSON THOMAS J. VANTOUR JOSEPH A. JACKSON WARREN C. MERRILL *JOSEPH R. SANDFORD ERNEST H. VEILLEUX [Column 1 cont.] [Column 2 cont.] [Column 3 cont.] [Column 4 cont] LAURISTON L. JACOBS RALPH M. MERROW BROOKS E. SAVAGE EDWARD J. VIGUE LINWOOD C. JEWETT H. TOBEY MOOERS EDWARD SAYERS LAWRENCE J. VIGUE CLARISSA O. JOHNSON LYLE S. MOORIE JAMES C. SCOTT JOHN E. WADSWORTH FREDERICK J. JOHNSON EDWARD C. NADEAU EDWARD H. SEAMANS LESTER E. WALKER OTTO R. FOLSOM JONES LESTER N. NELSON JAMES A. SEAMANS NELSON M. WASHBURN REX C. KELLEY HOWARD T. NOBLE WILBUR E. SEVERANCE EARL K. WESTON ADNA B. KINCAID F. ELMER NOLIN CHARLES J. SHERIDAN HOWARD N. WESTON WILFRED F. KING HERBERT ODDY SHERMAN N. SHUMWAY BRUCE H.M. WHITE WILLIAM J. KING FRANK W. O’REILLY MAXIME SINCLAIR *EARL C. WITHEE FRANK W. KNOWLTON ROY W. PADDOCK *ARTHUR E. SINCYR HAROLD O. WOODBURY PETER O. LABEAU CHARLES E. PALMER CLARENCE A. SINCYR LELAND E. YORK ELROY O. LACASOE ARTHUR E. PARADIS LEON W. SMILEY
Materials
Granite, bronze, brick.
Sponsor
Citizens of Skowhegan (monument). Veterans Park Renovations Committee (park).
Monument Description
The monument is made principally of granite. Five rectangular slabs are joined together, each standing on a base block of granite. The middle slab is higher than the others. The four peripheral slabs each have one bronze plaque. The middle slab has two, one being a dedication plaque. In front of the monument is another granite slab with engravings dedicated to Skowhegan's citizens who served in WWII, Korea, and Vietnam. Behind the monument are three flag poles which respectively bear and American, a Canadian, and a Maine state flag. The park contains various other monuments and markers, all connected by pathways of red brick.
Recommended Citation
"Skowhegan, Maine: Veterans' Memorial" (2016). Somerset. 3.
https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/somerset/3
Photographer
Libby Bischof
Date Taken
2016
Date Digital
5-24-2018
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