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Location: PERCIVAL AVENUE AND SHELDON STREET

City: BERLIN

State: Connecticut

Zip Code: 6037

Type of Memorial: Obelisks War Monument

Year Dedicated: 1863

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR

Photograph By: MICHAEL HERRICK


FIRST MONUMENT IN THE UNITED STATES DEDICATED TO THE SOLDIERS OF THE CIVIL WAR ERECTED IN 1863. ERECTED TO COMMEMORATE THE DEATH OF THOSE WHO PERISHED IN SUPPRESSING THE SOUTHERN REBELLION. HOW SLEEP THE BRAVE WHO SINK TO REST BY ALL THEIR COUNTRY’S WISHES BELST.

1863-SOLDIERS

SEE ALSO-FIRST CIVIL WAR MONUMENT PLAQUES A, B, & C
SEE ALSO-FIRST CIVIL WAR MONUMENT SIDES A, B, C, & D


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