World War I Memorial - Boonsboro

World War I Memorial
Town Hall Annex
Boonsboro, Washington County, Maryland

World War I Memorial
Boonsboro, MD

The World War I Memorial is located in front of the Boonsboro Town Hall Annex on North Main Street in Boonsboro, Maryland. For those Nora Roberts fans, it is right across the street from her bookstore, Turn The Page Bookstore. I found this out because when I hit the roads and got to Boonsboro I encountered lots of folks for the small town. Then I found out there was a Nora Roberts book signing going on later that day. Note to self:  check for any book signings going on for future trips to Boonsboro!!

World War I Memorial
Boonsboro, MD

The memorial was one of the first memorials erected in area on July 4, 1919. There was a delay in the monument arriving so the installers worked until 2:00 on the morning of the July 4th to have it ready. The Honor Roll plaque did not arrive in time for the ceremony but was placed on at a later day. The monument cost $1,400.00 in 1919 and today the cost would be $19,255.66 (1275.4% rate of inflation!!!).

World War I Memorial
Boonsboro, MD

Here is the Honor Roll:

Honor Roll
World War I Memorial
Boonsboro, MD

ERECTED IN HONOR OF THE BOYS FROM

BOONSBORO DISTRICT

BY SOUTH MOUNTAIN COUNCIL NO. 88, JR. O.U.A.M.

AND CITIZENS OF THE COMMUNITY

JULY 4TH 1919.

FIRST LIEUTENANTS

Louis Mc C Young -- Roger E. Martz

	Baker, William L.		Kennedy, George S.
	Beachley, William H.		Kuhn, Paul V.
	Beard, Frank		Maddren Richard T.
	Bomberger, Richard W.		Martz, Earl D.
	Brown, Frank E.		Martz, Hubert L.
	Cross, Max. A.		Martz, John N.
	Doub, Earl W.		Moser, Alva H.
	Doub, Kieffer C.		Moser, Kieffer M.
	Dubel, Alvey R.		Moser, Russell E.
	Easterday, Robert C.		Mullendore, Harry W.
	Easterday, Russell C.		Netz, William H.
	Fockler, McKinley		Olsen, Victor A.
	Flook, Charles K.		Reeder, Clarence R.
	Foltz, Clarence W.		Reeder, Elmer M.
	Ford, Grover, L.		Shifler, Ralph M.
	Garrott, William H.		Shoemaker, George D.
	Griffith, Earl V.		Smith, Lester S.
	Gross, Elmer T.		Smith, Luther J.
	Grove, J. Richard		Smith, Wilbert W.
	Grove, Mark D.		Snively, Howard W.
	Harp, Fayette R.		Snyder, John S.
	Hines, John H.		Snyder, Roy M.
	House, Oliver C.		Storm, John M.
	Huffer, Albert L.		Stouffer, Earl D.
	Huffer, Alfred G.		Stouffer, Guy E. L.
	Huffer, Silas E.		Taylor, Carl V.
	Hutzell, Ellsworth		Thomas, Harry A.
	Hutzell, Frank L.		Toyer, Daniel W. (Colored)
	Hutzell, Gorman		Wade, C. Hubert
	Itnyre, Roy E.		Warrenfeltz, Frank T.
	Keadle, Ralph D.		Young, Ernest E.

DIED IN SERVICE

John F. Clopper --- Austin G. Michael

C. Robert Kline

On the opposite side of the monument reads:

World War I Memorial
Boonsboro, MD

THAT THE MEMORY

OF THE BOYS WHO

GIVE THEIR LIVES

AND THEIR SERVICES

IN THE DEFENSE OF

THEIR COUNTRY

AND TO PERPETUATE

ITS IDEALS SHALL

LIVE AS AN INSPIRA-

TION TO COURAGE

AND PATRIOTISM

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