Memorial Grove, (sculpture).

Memorial Grove, (sculpture).

Unknown, sculptor.

Memorial Grove, (sculpture).

1928. Dedicated May 1928.

Arch: iron; Marker: pink granite; Plaque: bronze; Base: concrete.

(On arch, in cut-out lettering:) MEMORIAL GROVE unsigned

A World War I memorial consisting of an iron gateway naming Memorial Grove, set into two blocks. In center of gateway/arch is a granite marker with bronze plaque set on concrete pathway leading into grove.

History -- United States -- World War I

Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Worcester

Administered by City of Worcester, Parks, Recreation, and Cemetery Department, 125 Green Hill Parkway, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605

Located Green Hill Park, Memorial Grove, Worcester, Massachusetts

Formerly in the collection of American Legion Post 5, Worcester, Massachusetts

Nearby plaque reads: "But o for the Touch of a Vanished Hand/And the sound of a voice that is still." Other nearby plaque reads: In Commemoration of her sons & daughters who in/the World War made the Supreme Sacrifice, the/City of Worcester has affectionately set apart/this living memorial. Dedicated by Worcester/Post Number Five, The American Legion.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1994.

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