Albert T. Wood American Legion Post Memorial, (sculpture).

Albert T. Wood American Legion Post Memorial, (sculpture).

Unknown, sculptor.

Albert T. Wood American Legion Post Memorial, (sculpture).

Approx. H. 4 ft. x W. 10 ft.

(On bronze plaque on right side of memorial:) AMERICAN LEGION/IN MEMORY OF SERG. ALBERT THOMPSON WOOD/CO. E. SIXTH U.S. ENGINEERS 3RD DIVISION/A.E.F./KILLED IN ACTION ARGONNE FOREST/OCTOBER 20, 1918/FIRST LONGMEADOW VOLUNTEER, ONLY SOLDIER KILLED IN ACTION/FOR THIS TOWN IN WORLD WAR/ENLISTED APRIL 17, 1917/BURIED IN MEUSE ARGONNE/AMERICAN CEMETERY ROMAGNE, FRANCE/CITED IN REGIMENTAL ORDERS 225,/"SERGEANT WOOD LED HIS PLATOON WITH/CONSPICUOUS BRAVERY IN HIS ATTACK ON/CLAIR CHENES WOODS OCTOBER 20, 1918/HIS HISTORIC DISREGARD FOR HIS PERSONAL/SAFETY RESULTED IN HIS DEATH"/THIS MEMORIAL IS PLACED BY THE/TOWN OF LONGMEADOW, MASSACHUSETTS/THE AMERICAN LEGION POST IS NAMED/IN HIS HONOR (On left side of :) IN LOVING MEMORY OF/HARRY CHARLES MARTIN/1876-1927/MILITIA SERVICE/(list of military service) unsigned

A metal flagpole is installed in the center of a low, semicircular granite wall that is adorned in the center with a relief of the American Legion emblem. The wall features a bronze inscription plaque at each end.

History -- United States -- World War I

Emblem -- Military Insignia

Homage -- Wood, Albert T.

Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Longmeadow

Administered by Town of Longmeadow, Longmeadow Historical Commission, 20 Williams Street Longmeadow, Massachusetts 01106

Located Community House, Williams Street, Longmeadow Green at rear of Community House, Longmeadow, Massachusetts

The memorial was installed by the Town of Longmeadow to honor Albert T. Wood, the only Longmeadow soldier to be killed in action during World War I. IAS files contain a copy of the Massachusetts Historical Commission Form B - Building questionnaire dated Jan. 1979.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1997.

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Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

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