Prince George's County World War I Monument
Upper Marlboro, Prince George's County, Maryland

The Prince George's County World War I Monument stands in the courtyard of the old courthouse in Upper Marlboro. Dedicated in 1919, the Indiana limestone monument frames a large bronze low-relief sculpture of a life-sized Doughboy, who is depicted standing in front of an inscribed tablet. The monument is a collaboration of sculptor Joseph Maxwell Miller and architect William Gordon Beecher, who incorporated the courtyard fountain into the memorial. There is still a bronze spigot below the tablet, although the basin is covered. The monument is dedicated to the sons and daughters of Prince George's County who served their country in the Great War. A bronze tablet on the rear of the monument lists the names of forty-seven men who died in the war. The monument was first treated by the Commission in 1997.