American Merchant Marine
This tablet dedicated
to the memory of the men of the
American Merchant Marine
who gave their lives in the World War that liberty should perpetually endure.
“These men rendered one of the greatest services that could have been done for our nation and civilization’s cause. Hundreds of precious lives were lost – a loss that can never be made up by their country.”
Warren G. Harding
Presented to the Nation by the
William H. McClelland Post
No. 1 U.A.W.V. (U.S. Shipping Board Division)
on May 30, 1921.
Donated by William H. Todd
Marker is at the intersection of Broadway and Bowling Green, on the right when traveling south on Broadway.
Courtesy hmdb.org
