Plans underway for 100th anniversary of WWI Memorial Arch in 2024

FARMINGTON – On January 26, 2023, Roderick-Crosby American Legion Post 28 hosted the inaugural rededication planning meeting for the 100th Anniversary of the Teague WWI Memorial Arch. The original dedication, on Memorial Day 1924, was a grand affair honoring John M. Teague, a New Sharon native and civil war veteran who bequeathed the entirety of his estate to Franklin County to fund the memorial, as well as unveiling the Arch itself in dedication to those who served in The Great War – the war to end all wars. Post 28 was present at the original dedication, and subsequent Memorial DaysRead More