Norfolk World War I Memorial - Norfolk, CT - World War I Memorials and Monuments on Waymarking.com

The World War I monument in Norfolk, CT is a triple fieldstone exedra topped by a replica of the Liberty Bell. It contains a dedication plaque to those who served and two plaques listing the names of citizens from Norfolk who participated in World War I.

The dedication plaque is inscribed:

1917 THE WORLD WAR 1918
IN HONOR OF THOSE WHO GAVE AND THOSE
WHO OFFERED THEIR LIVES FOR LIBERTY
THE PEOPLE OF NORFOLK HAVE BUILT
THIS MONUMENT AND CROWNED IT WITH
THE LIBERTY BELL
IN THE FAITH THAT IT WILL RING THE
KNELL OF WAR
AND PROCLAIM THE BROTHERHOOD OF MAN

{small lettering on the lower left}

THE BELL WAS DONATED BY MARY ELDRIDGE
IT IS A CAREFUL REPRODUCTION OF THE
ORIGINAL LIBERTY BELL IN INDEPENDENCE HALL

{small lettering on the lower right}

DEDICATED NOV. 11, 1921 MONUMENT COMMITTEE
REV. JOHN F. MCDONALD RICHMOND P. PAINE
ALFREDO S.C. TAYLOR ARCHITECT FECIT.
J.W. FISKE IRON WORKS, N.Y.

The plaque on the east is inscribed with a heading and a three column list of names separated by a palm frond:

THE MEN OF NORFOLK WHO SERVED IN
THE WORLD WAR
1917 – 1918
CONCETTO BAZZANO
JOSEPH W. BENBOW
PAUL E. BLANCHARD
JOHN L. BLOW
JOHN BOUCHET
ELDRIDGE BRIDGMAN
EDMUND BROWN, JR.
CHARLES M. BURR
JOHN P. BYRON
WILLIAM BYRON
CLARENCE R. CARTER
HAROLD F. CARTER
H. CORDIS CARTER
CARMELO CATINELLA
JOHN CHRISTINAT

----- palm frond ------

DIED
IN
SERVICE

PAUL BOUCHET
WALTER G. CAUL
THOMAS COSTELLO
JEREMIAH LEAHY
WILBUR LEFEBER
HARRY L. MANSFIELD
JAMES A. MOORE
JOSEPH ROBERTS

----- palm frond ------

DWIGHT N. CLARK
GEORGE L. CLARK
EDWARD COSTELLO
MICHAEL COSTELLO
JOHN J. CURTISS
LESTER M. CURTISS
WILLIAM H. CURTISS
CLARENCE J. DEMARS
HARRY C. DEMARS
MAURICE F. DUTCHER
MULFORD J. DUTCHER
FLORENCE FIELDS
JOHN GARRITY
ALBERT W. GREEN
GEORGE A. GREEN

The plaque on the west is inscribed with a heading and a three column list of names separated by a palm frond:

THE MEN OF NORFOLK WHO SERVED IN
THE WORLD WAR
1917 – 1918
FRANK R. HORTON
LYLE P. HUMPHREY
J. HENRY JORDAN
WILLIAM A. JORDAN
HIRAM P. LAWRENCE
THOMAS LEAHY
VINCENZO LOGIUDICE
DANIEL J. MAHONEY
MATTHEW J. MAHONEY
CHARLES MCCARTHY
EUGENE T. MCCARTHY
IAN MCVICAR
JOHN E. MOORE
THOMAS MORRIS

----- palm frond ------

GEORGE NASH
JOSEPH P. O'CONNELL
HAROLD L. PARKER
FRANCESCO PISTRITTO
FREDERICK L. PRESTON
FRED ROBERTS
LESTER E. ROBERTS
HARRY E. ROOT
LESTER B. ROOT
REGINALD ROWLAND
WILLIAM SAUNDERS
LOUIS F. SCHMELTZ
HAROLD D. SCOVILLE

----- palm frond ------

STANLEY J. SCOVILLE
HERBERT M. SOULE
JAMES B. SPAULDING
WILLIAM F. STEARNS JR.
ELLIS SYLVERNALE
NEAL SYLVERNALE
PERRY M. SYLVERNALE
WILLIAM F. TOBIN
LAWRENCE TRASK
ANTONIO VERNALE
SEBASTIANO VERNALE
RICHARD J. WHALEN
ABRAHAM L. WILLIAMS
JOSEPH R. WILLIAMS

Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: 11/11/1921 Private or Public Monument?: Government Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: Town of Norfolk, Ct. Geographic Region where the Monument is located: North America Physical Address of Monument: Norfolk Memorial Green US Route 44 and SR 272 Norfolk, CT United States 06058 Rate this waymark: Photo or photos will be uploaded.: yes Website for this Monument: Not listed

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