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[[File:World War I Veterans plaque.jpg|left|thumb|'''|Erected in honor of these men and women of Saranac Lake and vicinity who served their country in the World War, 1917 - 1918''' ]] [[File:Welcome home heroes.jpg|right|thumb||Onlookers at the Berkeley Hotel crowd the reviewing stand across the square at a rainy-day parade welcoming home Saranac Lake's veterans of World War I. This unlabeled photo is from a commercial album assembled by photographer [[William Kollecker|William Kollecker]]. Shooting local events, Kollecker would develop and print his film overnight, and by the next day, customers could order copy prints by number. ''[[Adirondack Daily Enterprise|Adirondack Daily Enterprise]]'', May 21, 2011. ]] [[File:Unveiling the Memorial.jpg|right|thumb|[[Walter Weir|Walter Weir]] unveils the Memorial, 1923. The [[Ames Cottage|Ames Cottage]] stands behind. ''[[Adirondack Daily Enterprise|Adirondack Daily Enterprise]]'', November 5, 2005 ]] [[File:Memorial of the Great War 1923.jpg|right|thumb||Memorial of the Great War, 1923. ''[[Adirondack Daily Enterprise|Adirondack Daily Enterprise]]'', August 28, 2004 ]] [[File:WWI soldiers 1.jpg|right|thumb|[[Giles Bombard|Giles Bombard]]|'s position is marked ]] [[File:WWI soldiers 2.jpg|right|thumb|[[Howard V. Littell|Howard V. Littell]]|'s position is marked ]] [[File:WWI soldiers 3.jpg|right|thumb|[[Sam Edelberg|Sam Edelberg]] is at far right, front row ]] The names of area veterans of World War I, known at the time as the Great War, are inscribed on a plaque, donated by Mrs. [[C.M. Palmer|C.M. Palmer]] located at the triangle between [[River Street|River Street]] and [[Church Street|Church Street]] in Saranac Lake, New York. The plaque reads
[[File:World War I Veterans plaque.jpg|left|thumb|'''|Erected in honor of these men and women of Saranac Lake and vicinity who served their country in the World War, 1917 - 1918''' ]]  
 
[[File:Welcome home heroes.jpg|right|thumb||Onlookers at the Berkeley Hotel crowd the reviewing stand across the square at a rainy-day parade welcoming home Saranac Lake's veterans of World War I. This unlabeled photo is from a commercial album assembled by photographer [[William Kollecker|William Kollecker]]. Shooting local events, Kollecker would develop and print his film overnight, and by the next day, customers could order copy prints by number. ''[[Adirondack Daily Enterprise|Adirondack Daily Enterprise]]'', May 21, 2011. ]]  
 
[[File:Unveiling the Memorial.jpg|right|thumb|[[Walter Weir|Walter Weir]] unveils the Memorial, 1923. The [[Ames Cottage|Ames Cottage]] stands behind. ''[[Adirondack Daily Enterprise|Adirondack Daily Enterprise]]'', November 5, 2005 ]]  
 
[[File:Memorial of the Great War 1923.jpg|right|thumb||Memorial of the Great War, 1923. ''[[Adirondack Daily Enterprise|Adirondack Daily Enterprise]]'', August 28, 2004 ]]  
 
[[File:WWI soldiers 1.jpg|right|thumb|[[Giles Bombard|Giles Bombard]]|'s position is marked ]]  
 
[[File:WWI soldiers 2.jpg|right|thumb|[[Howard V. Littell|Howard V. Littell]]|'s position is marked ]]  
 
[[File:WWI soldiers 3.jpg|right|thumb|[[Sam Edelberg|Sam Edelberg]] is at far right, front row ]] The names of area veterans of World War I, known at the time as the Great War, are inscribed on a plaque, donated by Mrs. [[C.M. Palmer|C.M. Palmer]] located at the triangle between [[River Street|River Street]] and [[Church Street|Church Street]] in Saranac Lake, New York. The plaque reads


'''Erected in honor'''
'''Erected in honor'''

Revision as of 15:09, 25 December 2025


Erected in honor of these men and women of Saranac Lake and vicinity who served their country in the World War, 1917 - 1918
Onlookers at the Berkeley Hotel crowd the reviewing stand across the square at a rainy-day parade welcoming home Saranac Lake's veterans of World War I. This unlabeled photo is from a commercial album assembled by photographer William Kollecker. Shooting local events, Kollecker would develop and print his film overnight, and by the next day, customers could order copy prints by number. Adirondack Daily Enterprise, May 21, 2011.
Walter Weir unveils the Memorial, 1923. The Ames Cottage stands behind. Adirondack Daily Enterprise, November 5, 2005
Memorial of the Great War, 1923. Adirondack Daily Enterprise, August 28, 2004
's position is marked
's position is marked
Sam Edelberg is at far right, front row

The names of area veterans of World War I, known at the time as the Great War, are inscribed on a plaque, donated by Mrs. C.M. Palmer located at the triangle between River Street and Church Street in Saranac Lake, New York. The plaque reads

Erected in honor

of these men and women of

Saranac Lake and Vicinity

who served their country in the

1917 - World War - 1918

See also:

• Town of Brighton World War I Veterans

• Veterans' Triangle

• World War One Exhibit

• Last Man's Club

• Veterans with Tuberculosis

• World War II Veterans

Those names followed by a * were killed in the war.

Note: Names underlined with a dashed line like this have not had articles written about them. If you have information to contribute, please use the comments box at the bottom of the page.

Copied, October 15, 1990, by Edna C. Finn, Historian, Town of Harrietstown, Saranac Lake, New York.

Service Roll of Honor — World War I — Town of Brighton

Name Entered Age Branch Organ
Frank Blanchard 5/27/1918 25 Machine Gun 2nd Anti Air. M.G. Bat.
Harrison Benware 5/27/1918 29 Machine Gun 2nd Anti Air. M.G. Bat.
John H. Blanchard 7/21/1918 21 Infantry Co. C, 348 Inf., 87th Div_
John V. Bryant 12/12/1917 31 Air Service 349 Aero Sq.
Percy D. Bryant 12/12/1917 23 Air Service 221 and 141 Aero Sqs.
Frederick W. Barnes   25 Navy  
George Halsey Brulliea 3/12/1918 23 Air Serviee Texas
Arthur J. Downs 5/27/1918 26 Signal Corps 826 Field Sig. Bat.
Richard J. Longtin 5/27/1918 30 Infantry Co. B, 2nd Pioneer Inf.
Clarence H. Lyman 1/3/1918 24 Quartermaster Quartermaster at Large
Herbert F. Lyons   26 Infantry Supply Co., 2nd Pioneer Inf., 207th M.P. Co.
Charles I. Leavitt 5/27/1918 29 Med. Corps 37 Ambul. Corp., 6 San Tr.
Gladys MacArthur 1/1918 30 Y.M.C.A.  
Randolph S. Martin 2/8/1919 22 Air Service 14th Balloon Co.
King S. McDermid 1/3/1918 23 Mortor Trans. Corp. Co. A, 8 Reg. Div., Mort. Sup. Tra.
Archibald K. MacDonald 5/27/1918 32 Infantry  
Oscar J. Otis 7/13/1918 20 Motor Trans. Corp. 707 Motor Trans. Co.
Howard Otis 8/15/1918 21 Engineers Co. H, 2nd Eng. Regt.
Roy A. Otis 5/10/1918 27 Machine Gun Co. B, 146 Mach. Gun. Bat., 5th Div.
Archie B. Ormsby 10/23/1918 23 Infantry  
Bernard L. Paye 8/30/1918 30 Army Serv. Corp. 2nd Co.
Thomas F. Riley 5/29/1917 24 Artillery 6th Reg., Coast Artillery Corps., Battery II
Edward H. Russell 8/26/1918 30 Machine Gun 57th Mach. Gun Bat., 19th Div.
Jerry E. Sawyer 8/7/1918 23 Artillery Co. B, 12th Ammunition Tran.
Frank H. Sawyer 8/14/1917 23 Engineers Co. A, 10th Eng. Forestry, AEF
Harry L. Strack 7/21/1918 21 Infantry Co. I, 59th Pioneer Inf.
Christopher A. Smsey 10/5/1917 30 Air Service 149th Aero Pursuit Sq.
George S. Tebo 11/4/1909 28 Infantry Headquarters Co., 50th Inf.
Lillian Oliver Ziegler 10/24/1918 30 Res. Nurse Corp. U.S. Army Hosp. No. 41
Spencer J. Rork 9/9/1918 21 Artillery Battery A, 13th Reg. F.A.R.D.
Harry A. Paye 10/5/1917 27 Infantry 1st Co., 151 Depot Brigade
Harold J. Newell 7/1/1918 22 Signal Corp. Co. C, 5th Train. Bat.
Benjamin A. Muncil       N.Y. Wagoner Army
Madison Muncil       Pvt., Co. A, 12 Ammo Tr. N. Y.
Joseph J. Tucker       Pvt., Co. A, 2nd Anti Aircraft 
From ]]The Brighton Story

 

A plaque in the Church of the Ascension at Saranac Inn lists these three men as having given their lives in the Great War, 1917-1919:

John Giraud Agar Jr.*

Harold Kidder Bulkley*

John Van Wicheron Reynders Jr.*

 

See also:

 

    1. 'Comments'

 

    1. 'Footnotes'

'1. Adirondack Daily Enterprise obituary
2. According to Pine Ridge Cemetery grave marker
3. According to Pine Ridge Cemetery grave marker
4. According to Pine Ridge Cemetery grave marker'
'5. According to a marker in Lower Saranac Lake'

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