Armistice Day - Remembering Our Harris County World War 1 Soldiers

The World War 1 Cenotaph that sits in the John Connally Plaza at the Heritage Society honors 200 of the young Harris County soldiers who lost their lives in that conflict over one hundred years ago.  The stone cenotaph was designed by Frank Teich, the same man who later designed the base of the Sam Houston statue in Hermann Park and who was responsible for many of the beautiful carved angels at Glenwood Cemetery.  The bronze tablet carries the names of soldiers lost to combat or the Spanish Flu which ravaged the world in 1918.

Each year, around Veterans Day, members of the John McKnitt Alexander Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) gather to rededicate this monument and remember these soldiers who made that ultimate sacrifice and to honor their mothers who "bore these undying sons of liberty."  It was these Gold Star Mothers who erected this monument at the entrance to City Hall, then at Market Square, in 1920.

This year's re-dedication will be Saturday, November 11 at 2:30 p.m.  All are welcome to join us to remember their lives and the freedoms they fought to preserve.  You can read about their lives at this link (Click Here).  

As a bonus, we hope to have with us the grandson of General Pershing's aide by whose watch all nations set their watches to coordinate the end of World War 1 at the 11th Hour.

For more information, please contact Caroline Hassell at Caroline@JMANSDAR.org