World War I: James Bethel Gresham

James Bethel Gresham's mother after her son's death; c. 1919 (Knecht 538)

Alice Gresham Dodd (center) marching in a war rally; c. 1918 (Knecht 571)

Evansville Courier cartoonist Karl Kae Knecht's illustration promoting the newspaper's campaign to build a home for Alice Gresham Dodd in memory of her son, Corporal James Bethel Gresham, following the war; c. 1920 (Knecht Collection)

The log cabin in McLean County, Kentucky, where James Bethel Gresham was born on August 23, 1893 (Knecht 1020)

Mourners gather at the home of Alice Gresham Dodd, which was located on Wedeking Ave. adjacent to Garvin Park; photo dated 1921 (Knecht 530)

Upper image shows Gresham's body lying-in-state at the Coliseum after it's return to Evansville in July 1921; the other image shows sailors bearing his remains up the steps into the building (Knecht 537)

Soldiers firing a salute to Corporal James Bethel Gresham during burial ceremonies at Locust Hill Cemetery in July 1921 (Knecht 567)

The coffin of Corporal James Bethel Gresham in transport from a hearse to his gravesite at Locust Hill Cemetery; July 1921 (Knecht 1012)

The coffin of Corporal James Bethel Gresham during burial ceremonies at Locust Hill Cemetery; July 1921 (Knecht 1013)

Mourners at the gravesite service for Corporal James Bethel Gresham at Locust Hill Cemetery in July 1921 (Knecht 3356)

Mourners at the burial service of Corporal James Bethel Gresham in Locust Hill Cemetery; July 1921 (Knecht 3358)

Mourners at the burial service of James Bethel Gresham; the woman in black (near center) is his mother, Alice Gresham Dodd; July 1921 (Knecht 3367)

A crowd watches as military personnel carry James Bethel Gresham's remains into the Coliseum on July 15, 1921 (Knecht 387)

The original burial site of Corporal James Bethel Gresham in France; c. 1918 (Knecht 535)

Note left at the grave of James Bethel Gresham in Locust Hill Cemetery in the absence of a permanent tombstone (Knecht 2015)