Photo: Larry Durham, Birmingham area, Alabama.
BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
N 33° 31.195 / W 086° 48.552
Copyright version 1920, pressed copper.
Smithsonian Art Inventory Control Number: AL000218.
Copyright version 1920, pressed copper.
Smithsonian Art Inventory Control Number: AL000218.
At 20th Street North and Park Place entrance to Linn Park in downtown Birmingham.
The inscription on the plaque reads:
IN MEMORY
OF THE COMRADES WHO
GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE
SERVICE OF OUR COUNTRY
DURING
THE WORLD WAR.
PRESENTED TO
BIRMINGHAM POST NO. 1
OF
THE AMERICAN LEGION
BY
THE GREEK-AMERICAN
CITIZENS.
BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA.
ARMISTICE DAY, 1923.
IN MEMORY
OF THE COMRADES WHO
GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE
SERVICE OF OUR COUNTRY
DURING
THE WORLD WAR.
PRESENTED TO
BIRMINGHAM POST NO. 1
OF
THE AMERICAN LEGION
BY
THE GREEK-AMERICAN
CITIZENS.
BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA.
ARMISTICE DAY, 1923.
Sometime before December 17, 2010, the plaque bearing the words above was stolen; there are no leads. The photo above, taken in July of 2012, shows the plaque missing. The rifle sling is gone and the statue could use a cleaning.
