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The community is encouraged to take part in a series of events celebrating service.
The markers to Dartmouth’s veterans stand in silent tribute to their sacrifice. From the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, and other conflicts, they are remembered with plaques, statues, and spaces for reflection. This history is recorded in the book The Hill Winds Know Their Name: A Guide to Dartmouth’s War Memorials, by Charles Wood. Visit a map of each memorial (PDF).
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A tribute from members of the Class of 1910 to their classmates who died in service; the memorial is located in Memorial Field stadium. (Photo by Keono Ocalvey ’20, Th ’21)
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A monument at Memorial Field called The Hill Wind Knows Their Name, by the artist Dimitri Gerakaris ’69, is inscribed to “all the men and women of Dartmouth who have served their country in war and peace,” from the members of the Sphinx, a senior society established at Dartmouth in 1885. (Photo by Keono Ocalvey ’20, Th ’21)
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Many plaques and monuments from around campus were restored and moved to Memorial Field in 2015. (Photo by Eli Burakian ’00)
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“A Record of Their Fame” at Memorial Field lists the names of the 310 Dartmouth alumni who died in World War II. (Photo by Eli Burakian ’00)
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An inscribed granite wall monument is central to the array of remembrances at Memorial Field. (Photo by Eli Burakian ’00)
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A plaque unveiled in November 1923, inscribed with a tribute from the surviving veterans of the Civil War to the Dartmouth veterans who served in World War I, was moved to Memorial Field in 2015. (Photo by Eli Burakian ’00)
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A large bronze bas-relief on the south wall of the basement entrance to Dartmouth Library’s Baker-Berry Library honors Richard Nelville Hall, Class of 1915, who was Dartmouth’s first fatality in World War I. The work was a gift of Edward Tuck, Class of 1862. (Photo by Eli Burakian ’00)
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A letter from the Class of 1912, displayed at the basement entrance to Dartmouth Library’s Baker-Berry Library, was written as part of the successful campaign by the class to raise $600 to endow a Red Cross hospital bed in memory of Howard “Rainy” Lines, Class of 1912, who died in France in 1912. (Photo by Eli Burakian ’00)
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Two large plaques inside the entrance to Dartmouth Library’s Rauner Special Collections Library honor Dartmouth men who fought in the Civil War. (Photo by Eli Burakian ’00)
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The sculpture above the Class of 1943 reflecting pool stands in the center of the Zahm Courtyard beside the Hopkins Center for the Arts. Dartmouth memorials for World War II, Korea, and Vietnam are displayed in the courtyard. (Photo by Eli Burakian ’00)
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Dartmouth’s Vietnam memorial, first conceived as a senior class project by Theodore Arnold ’78, was originally housed in Collis Center. It was later moved to the Zahm Courtyard to make it more accessible. (Photo by Eli Burakian ’00)
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One of only five war memorials to an individual at Dartmouth, the memorial in the Smoyer lounge in Thompson Arena honors the memory of William Smoyer ’67, who was killed in Vietnam two weeks after his arrival there as a Marine lieutenant. (Photo by Eli Burakian ’00)
