Contributed by L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes
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Description
In July 1923 excavation began for a field stone monument on the south bank of Martin Stream at Good Will-Hinckley. The World War I Monument was dedicated on May 30, 1925. It featured bronze tablets with inscribed names and an overhead marble plate bearing 13 bronze stars, one for each soldier from Good Will that was killed in the war.
During the dedication ceremony water from the Marne River in France was cast upon the monument. G. W. Hinckley’s war-time letters from Good Will Boys, including those from his daughter Faith and son Ed Ben, were enclosed in a copper box and placed in a crypt behind the south tablet.
About This Item
- Title: World War I Monument, Fairfield, ca. 1935
- Creation Date: circa 1935
- Subject Date: circa 1935
- Location: Hinckley, Fairfield, Somerset County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 8 cm x 14 cm
- Local Code: 2002-29-122
- Collection: Good Will Home Association collection
- Object Type: Image
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- Good Will-Hinckley (Hinckley, Me.)--Social aspects
- Monuments--Maine--Fairfield
- Orphanages--Maine--Fairfield
- Orphans--Maine--Fairfield
- World War, 1914-1918
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L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley HomesRoute 201, Hinckley, ME 04944
(207) 238-4250
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