A Memorial to WWI
Information taken from the Billings Gazette: "Red Cross. A.N.C. 211 Custer Ave. Entered service May 3, 1918. Trained at Fort Des Moines. Assigned to U.S. Army Hospital, Fort Des Moines. Sent overseas Sept. 26, 1918, served at Base Hospital No. 61, Beaune, and Base Hospital No. 90, Chaumont, France." https://billingsgazette.com/news/local/world-war-i-nurses-buried-in-billings/collection_db025a44-f389-5881-8593-1f89915c1240.html#2 .
This picture portrays a tree and a memorial for the first soldier from Yellowstone county to die in World War One. The picture shown is Roe E. Tabor’s memorial. He died August 22, 1917 and he is known as the first one to fall from Yellowstone County. There are many other memorials, but none of the memorials are labeled as to whether the soldiers were killed in battle or whether they died from sickness. The other memorials are placed in alphabetical order. The newspaper then goes on to name many of the other memorials
Thackeray, L."Christmas 1917: Celebrations Were Subdued as Young Montanans Marched Off to War ." Billings Gazette, 2017. https://billingsgazette.com/news/local/christmas-1917-celebrations-were-subdued-as-young-montanans-marched-off-to-war/article_c4f227a8-8a03-5f68-b24a-c36d837a835a.html.
