Most recent entries span the United States, and beyond.
As of Dec. 1, The American Legion’s national memorial database contains 3,833 entries from around the world and will continue to grow. Here are the most recent.
Springfield Veterans Memorial, Springfield, S.D.: “The monument consists of a gray granite spire that will stand 22 feet tall, topped with an LED light visible from miles away. The four black granite panels are etched with the names of nearly 2,000 veterans. The black granite panels will stand 5-8 feet tall, breaking into a zig-zag design at the top. The sloping tablets will symbolize the undulating hills and waves forming the scenery as well as the broken lives caused by war and conflict.” It was installed in 2015, thanks to Dwight Wood American Legion Post 132.
Joseph E. Pahl Memorial Circle, Cairo, N.Y.: “Three granite memorials installed around a flagpole. The first was installed on June 15, 1954, by the Town of Cairo in memory of those who served in the great wars. The second was installed on May 12, 1996, by Mohican American Legion Post 983 in memory of all conflicts. These two memorials were originally installed on the front lawn of the Cairo Central School. The black granite memorial is a replica of a wooden memorial built by WWII Navy veteran Earl Houghtaling. This monument lists the 270 servicemembers from Cairo and seven who lost their lives in WWII. This memorial was installed on Nov. 11, 2005, on the front lawn of the Cairo Town Hall. All three memorials were moved to the Joseph E. Pahl Memorial Circle in the Cairo Town Park in January 2017.”
World War II Honor Roll, Woodstock, Vt.: “Honoring those residents who lost their lives in World War II.”
A collection of four memorials in Minerva, Ohio, including the Blue Star Memorial, the East Lawn Veterans Memorial, the Minerva Liberty Tree and the Minerva Veterans Memorial Park. American Legion Post 357 helped install two of them.
The Forgotten Monument, Luzon, Philippines: Installed in October 1945. As the story goes, “All together, the division had spent 217 consecutive days in combat before they were relieved on Oct. 5, 1945. Before the division returned to the States, the general decided that there was one more task to perform – the building of a memorial to those men of the 38th who fought and died in the defense of the Philippines. The memorial, built at the crossroads of the Bataan and Dinalupihan highways, was in the form of an obelisk, similar in design to the Washington Monument. My father, 1st Lt. James E. Curley Jr. of Company A, 113th Engineering Combat Battalion, was directed to design and to build the memorial.”
- Honor & Remembrance