Norfolk World War I Monument

<br><i>[ south plaque ]</i><br> <center>1917 The World War 1918<br> In honor of those who gave and those<br> who offered their lives for liberty<br> the people of Norfolk have built<br> this monument and crowned it with<br> The Liberty Bell<br> in the faith that it will ring the<br> knell of war<br> and proclaim the brotherhood of man</center> <br><i>[ lower left]</i><br> The bell was donated by Mary Eldridge <br> It is a careful reproduction of the <br> Original Liberty Bell in Independence Hall <br><i>[ lower right]</i><br> Dedicated Nov. 11, 1921 Monument Committee <br> Rev. John F. McDonald   Richmond P. Paine <br> Alfredo S.C. Taylor   Architect Fecit. <br> J.W. Fiske Iron Works, N.Y.<br> <br><i>[ east plaque ]</i><br> <center>The Men of Norfolk Who Served In<br> The World War<br> 1917 &#8211; 1918</center> 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 • 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 <br> <center>Died In Service</center> Paul Bouchet • Walter G. Caul • Thomas Costello • Jeremiah Leahy • Wilbur Lefeber • Harry L. Mansfield • James A. Moore • Joseph Roberts <br> <br><i>[ west plaque ]</i><br> <center>The Men of Norfolk Who Served In<br> The World War<br> 1917 &#8211; 1918</center> 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 • 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 • 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