A TRIBUTE TO
THE MEN OF MONROE COUNTY
WHO IN THE SPIRIT OF LOYALTY
SERVED THEIR COUNTRY
IN THE WORLD WAR 1917 – 1918
AND LOVING MEMORY OF
THOSE INSCRIBED BELOW
WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
Memorial Day is a time to stop and remember the ultimate sacrifices that American soldiers gave for the freedom of their fellow citizens. Tributes to those soldiers can be found in town squares and cemeteries all across a grateful nation.
The tribute here is honoring soldiers from Monroe County, Indiana, who fought in World War I. In 1923, the memorial in the Rose Hill Cemetery at Bloomington, Indiana, was commemorated depicting “The Spirit of the Doughboy.”
Gravely Speaking 
Keaton and I attended what I hope will be the first of many Memorial Day services yesterday to honor those who gave the ultimate sacrifice.
That is a beautiful tradition to begin with your son. I first started my fascination with cemeteries because of our family tradition of laying flowers on my father’s family graves in a small cemetery in his hometown of Little Sioux, Iowa. He told me wonderful stories about his family and friends who had died and were buried in that little cemetery. To many the cemetery is a spooky and creepy place, but my father assured me it wasn’t the dead ones I had to worry about–it was the ones still living!