The Price of Freedom World War I Memorial

This doughboy began in a coal company town. Hiawatha's American Legion post, which carried the name of Henry Holdsworth, first on its list of five World War I dead, dedicated the statue there on May 30, 1922, between the amusement hall and the U.S. Fuel office. Eight World War II names joined the honor roll in 1948. In 1989 Price's own post paid to move the soldier here, and he was rededicated in 1990. The plaque on the back of the base honors another man entirely: Lt. William E. Hall, awarded the Medal of Honor for the Coral Sea.

What the plaque says

Honor Roll In memory of those who made the supreme sacrifice World War I Henry Holdsworth Sheldon Adolph Axelson William Harmon Walkington William Henry Mather Abe Crawford World War II Joseph Kolovich LeRoy C. Davis Anthony L. Pappas William John Burt Pete M. Stifas Wilho Seeronen Frank Smodey John William Lopan Erected May 30, 1948 This statue was erected in Hiawatha, Utah by the Henry Holdsworth Post # 15 of the American Legion May 1922, to honor five men from Hiawatha who died in World War I. In June 1948 eight names were added for those killed in World War II. In 1989 through the efforts and sole expense of American Legion Price Post #3, this statue was graciously donated to Price City by the mayor and town council of Hiawatha, Utah.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Prehistoric Museum at USU Eastern — steps away
  A small-town museum punching way above its weight in dinosaur science
• Price — steps away
  A gritty coal mining town with a surprisingly excellent dinosaur museum
• Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry — 20 mi
  The densest concentration of Jurassic-era dinosaur bones ever found

More markers nearby

• Carbon Tabernacle/Price River Valley — steps away
• Immigrant Monument — steps away
• Coal Miner — steps away
• Price Municipal Building — steps away