World War I Doughboy Memorial - Emmitsburg

World War I Doughboy Memorial
West Main Street and Frailey Road
Emmitsburg, Frederick County, Maryland

World War I Doughboy Memorial
Emittsburg, MD
May 2014

The World War I Doughboy Memorial is located at the intersection of West Main Street and Frailey Road in Emmitsburg, Maryland. This Memorial has also been a favorite of mine as it was one of the first monuments I came across when I moved to Maryland many many years ago. 

World War I Doughboy Memorial
Emittsburg, MD
May 2014

The Memorial was dedicated in May 1927. Being that is it at an intersection, the Memorial has had a history of cars hitting it. The latest accident happened in June 2015 with the Doughboy was knocked off of it's pedestal. When I went by it again in September 2015, it was still off the pedestal. It has finally been moved to a town facility for future repair. 

World War I Doughboy Memorial
Emmitsburg, MD
September 2015

Their was a call to possibly replace the Honor Roll due to the use of "Colored Soldiers" on the plaque. This memorial and many like it were erected in the 1920's when it was a totally different society than the one we live in today. In an article recently published in the Emmitsburg News-Journal entitled "Residents reject changes to Doughboy plaque" , Sharon Williams, President of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Emmitsburg VFW, said it best "We should not change anything on the statue, it is not our job to change history." Check out the article when you have a chance. Nice write up by Sarah Harrington. 

Here is the Honor Roll from a previous visit:

World War I Doughboy Memorial
Emittsburg, MD
May 2014

1917 1918

EMMITSBURG IN THE GREAT WAR

THIS MEMORIAL

ERECTED AND DEDICATED IN HONOR OF

THOSE FROM EMMITSBURG DISTRICT

WHO SERVED IN THE WORLD WARD

THE SUPREME SACRIFICE WAS MADE BY

Bentzel, Arthur H. ⃰		Hahn, Martin Luther*		Rowe, Francis Edward*
Elder, Francis Xavier*		Ohler, Vernon Ross*		Schley, Reading*
Gelwicks, Charles F.*		Reifsnider, Robert B.*		Spalding, Henry D.*
Adelsberger, J. Owen		Grimes, Gerald E.		Riffle, Charles C.
Althoff, C. Raymond		Harbaugh, Charles E.		Rosensteel, Allen C.
Annan, Louis L.		Harbaugh, Charles L.		Rosensteel, Jno.H. of Jas.
Annan, Samuel McN.		Hartdagen, Leroy		Rowe, Charles J.
Bailey, R. Elmer		Harting, John Mark		Ryan, Joseph M.
Baker, Wilbur		Hays, James T.		Ryder, Gerald N.
Baumgardner, Clarence M.		Hobbs, John		Saffer, J. Albert
Bishop, James Lloyd		Hoke, Clarence C.		Sanders, J. Basil
Bowling, J. William		Kelly, Henry W.		Sayler, Roy Wilbur
Boyle, Cletus F.		Kerrigan, J. Ward		Sebold, Felix Bennett
Brown, D. Irwin		Kerrigan, Robert V.		Sellers, Charles E.
Byard, James A.		Klosky, Simon		Sellers, Robert R.
Byard, Sidney Clay		Knott, Guy A.		Seltzer, Ernest Thomas
Byers, Harry Bryan		Kreitz, Allen F.		Seltzer, James Edward
Click, Earl Norman		Kreitz, John C.		Sentz, Ernest Russell
Colliflower, John A.		Kreitz, Joseph W.		Sentz, John Edward
Cool, John		Kugler, Martin L.		Sharrer, Chas. Leander
Coyle, Charles Thomas		Kump, Charles Wm.		Shorb, Gerald
Cremer, Baxter Byron		Little, Thomas		Shorb, Joseph Albert
Day, John L.		Marshall, Thomas		Shuff, Joseph
Duffy, William Harris		Martin, Maurice C.		Shuff, William Clay
Duttera, John W.		McKissick, William L.		Smith, George Pedro
Eckenrode, Henry B. Jr.		McMorris, John Thos.		Stokes, Arthur M.
Eichelberger, Charles D.		McNair, Charles A.		Stokes, Charles K.
Eyler, Roy		Miller, William		Stokes, George H.
Felix, Joseph Webb		Mitchell, James A.		Stone, Daniel Edward
Ferguson, Russell David		Moser, Allen E.		Stoner, Louis H.
Fitez, Robert Glenn		Moser, Maurice H.		Topper, Benjamin M.
Frailey, Clarence G.		Moser, Roy Jacob		Topper, Francis S.
Frailey, Thomas J.		Munshower, Harry L.		Topper, Joseph M.
Frailey, William A.		Myers, Clarence		Turner, Joseph Milton
Galt, Sterling Jr.		Myers, John Joseph		Valentine, Harry E.
Gay, Roy Francis		O'Donoghue, D. Allen		Wagerman, George
Gelwicks, Albert		O'Donoghue, John A.		Walters, John William
Gelwicks, Lillian		O'Donoghue, Sidney E.		Warthen, Henry N.
Gelwicks, Roy		Ohler, Charles F.		Weant, Frank W.
Gillelan, Charles D.		Ohler, Glenn E.		Wetzel, H. Russell
Gillelan, Rhoda H.		Ott, George Lewis		Wetzel, John S.
Glacken, Joseph		Rauth, Carl Martin		Wetzel, Joseph William
Gloninger, John R.		Rauth, John William		Wetzel, Wilbert D.
Griffith, Vincent A.		Rider, Allen F.		White, Francis
		COLORED SOLIDERS
Beatty, Albert		Brown, Ward P.		Butler, Charles Edward

While there may be some local controversy over the plaque, one thing is certain, men and women gave their service and sometimes their lives to defend our rights and freedoms. This we must never forget.

So, what's your two cents?