Administered by Prince George's County Office of the County Executive 14741 Governor Oden Bowie Drive, Room 5032, CAB Upper Marlboro Maryland 20722
Located Prince George's County Court House Front courtyard Upper Marlboro Maryland
Date:
Installed 1919
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Maryland survey, 1994.
Image on file.
(On the lower right corner of the relief:) J. M. MILLER SC/W. G. BEECHER ARCH (On lower left corner of the relief:) J. ARTHUR LIMERICK CO., FOUNDERS,/BALTIMORE (On front of relief, raised letters:) THIS MONUMENT/PERPETUATES THE MEMORY/OF THE/ SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF/PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY/WHO/TRUE TO THE TRADITIONS/OF THEIR COUNTY/AND THE TEACHINGS/OF THEIR FOREFATHERS/SERVED THEIR COUNTRY/IN THE GREAT WAR/OF 1917-1918/TO THE SPIRIT OF THAT SERVICE/TRIBUTE IS HERE PAID/BY A GRATEFUL PEOPLE (On front of limestone stele, above the relief, incised letters:) THE RIGHT WILL PREVAIL (On bronze plaque on back of stele:) THESE MEN/FROM/PRINCE GEORGE'S/COUNTY/MADE THE SUPREME/SACRIFICE/DEFENDING/THE LIBERTY OF/MANKIND/ROLL OF HONOR/(list of forty seven names)/ERECTED/1919 signed Founder's mark appears.
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Summary:
A rectangular limestone stele with a bronze relief depicting a doughboy standing beside a memorial plaque. The doughboy, dressed in his World War I uniform, stands at parade rest holding his rifle in front of him with the barrel end up. At the doughboy's feet is a large palm frond. On the lower front of the limestone stele there is a fountain consisting of a small bronze spout above a rectangular basin, but the fountain basin is now covered with a concrete slab. A bronze plaque is attached to the back of the stele.
