World War Monument Obelisk - Wickford, North Kingstown, Rhode Island
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N 41° 34.267 W 071° 27.150
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This obelisk is a World War monument at Updike Park in Wickford Village, North Kingstown, Rhode Island. It was placed in 1928 to honor those who served in the Army and Navy and those who died while in the military service from 1917 through 1919.
Waymark Code: WM14KQ4
Location: Rhode Island, United States
Date Posted: 07/22/2021
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member saopaulo1
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This obelisk is a World War monument at Updike Park in Wickford Village, North Kingstown, Rhode Island. It was placed in 1928 to honor those who served in the Army and Navy and those who died while in the military service from 1917 through 1919. A cast bronze, shield-shaped plaque on the east side reads:

DEDICATED TO THOSE WHO
ANSWERED THEIR COUNTRY'S
CALL TO SERVE HUMANITY
IN THE WORLD WAR
1917 - 1919
AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE
WHO DIED IN THAT SERVICE
WALTER R. ALLEN
CHRISTOPHER R. CHAMPLIN
WILLIAM H. CUTTING
HAROLD F. GREENE
HARRY W. GREENE
WALTER M. HAYWARD
HAROLD A. HAZARD
SAMUEL C. PHILLIPS
ALVIN E. ROUNDS
ERECTED BY THE
TOWN OF NORTH KINGSTOWN
1928

Date Created/Placed: 1928

Address:
89 Brown Street
Wickford, North Kingstown, Rhode Island


Height: 20 feet

Illuminated: no

Website: Not listed

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