World War I Memorial: Woburn, MA

World War I Memorial

Woburn, MA

GPS: N42° 28.770; W071° 09.165

Quick Description: 

A World War I Memorial containing nicely done bas-relief sculptures, a bronze eagle and the names of deceased World War I veterans is located on the town common in Woburn, MA.

Long Description:

The World War I Memorial on Woburn Common is a 15' high by 7' wide by 3' deep. A central granite stele has a bas-relief sculpture of an allegorical female figure representing Liberty. She is holding a raised torch in her right hand and an American flag in her left hand. The eagle is life-sized with its wings partially spread. Flanking the central sculpture are bas-reliefs tablets of a uniformed soldier and sailor, both shown in profile holding rifles vertically by the barrels in front. The memorial was dedicated on June 6, 1923

At the base of the central relief is the inscription:

WITH

HONOR TO THOSE WHO DIED

GRATITUDE TO THOSE WHO LIVE

TRUST IN THE PATRIOTISM OF THOSE WHO ARE TO FOLLOW

THE CITY OF WOBURN DEDICATED THIS MEMORIAL

TO HER SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF THE WORLD WAR

1917-1918

The back of the central stele is inscribed with a double column list of names:

         WORLD WAR I

OUR HONORED DECEASED

WALTER S. ARCHER

WILLIAM J. CALLAHAN

GEORGE A. CAMPBELL

CHARLES W. CARROLL

MICHAEL CESTARIS

LLOYD CHASE

SOPHUS CHRISTIANSON

DAVID B. CHRISTIE

JOHN CHRISTIE

J. ALBERT CONNORS

PATRICK J. COYNE

THOMAS J. CURRAN

JAMES E. DALEY

JOSEPH M. DALEY

PATRICK E. DEGNAN

WILBUR H. DICKINSON

LAWRENCE DUNNIGAN

EDWARD B. J. FAY

JOHN P. FEENEY

JOHN T. FLAHERTY

PETER J. FLEMING

EDWARD C. FOLEY

WILLIAM F. FOWLES

CHARLES F. GARVEY

WILLIAM W. GORIN

HARRY D. GUY

HOWARD T. HART

RICHARD HOGAN

HOLGAR R. JOHNSON

LAWRENCE A. LACASSE

CHARLES H. LYNCH

GUY MALATESTA

MICHAEL MCCARRON

MICHAEL MCGARR

ARTHUR MOHAN

KENNETH A. MCKENZIE

GEORGE C. MCNEIL JR.

WILLIAM MITCHELL

PETER W. O'BRIEN

CHARLES J. O'CONNOR

DANIEL O'DONNELL

MARTIN O'DONNELL

JOHN T. PORTER

ROBERT M. QUEEN

LEON M. QUIMBY

PASQUALE QUINNO

JOSEPH RULA

WALTER RUSLING

JOHN RUSSO

WILLIAM SHAUGHNESSEY

HERBERT G. SMITH

JOHN J. SWEENEY

EDMUND C. WALL

EARL T. WEST

JOHN W. WHITE

OSCAR WHITE

CONO VALENTE