In recognition of Memorial Day, the Atlanta Preservation Center led efforts to clean the World War One Memorial at Pershing Point Park in Midtown. The APC partnered with Shelly Cervero and Ellie Isaacs of Landmark Preservation and Adrienne Wright with the City of Atlanta Department of Parks and Recreation on these Memorial Day preservation efforts.
On September 20, 1920, the War Mothers' Service Star Legion, a group of mothers, sisters, and wives of servicemen, dedicated the memorial, which lists the names of 130 soldiers from Fulton County who died in the First World War. The Pershing Point memorial was created in the aftermath of WWI - and identifies all of the lost Fulton County soldiers, their names and branch of service etched upon its bronze plaque.
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