ILLINOIS MONUMENT AT MEMPHIS NATIONAL CEMETERY
WHEN PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN CALLED FOR VOLUNTEERS TO DEFEND THE LIFE OF OUR IMPERILED NATION, THESE VALIANT SONS OF ILLINOIS TOGETHER WITH OTHER HEROES, OFFERED THEIR LIVES WITH PATRIOTISM UNSURPASSED. WITH UNFLINCHING BRAVERY THEY FOUGHT THE BLOODY BATTLES OF THE GREAT CIVIL WAR FOR UNION AND LIBERTY. UPON THEM THEREFORE, A GRATEFUL STATE BESTOWS THE CROWN OF UNDYING AFFECTION AND THE LAUREL OF VICTORY.
Location
Address:
MEMPHIS NATIONAL CEMETERY-3568 TOWNES AVENUE
City:
MEMPHIS
State:
Tennessee
Zip Code:
38122
Details
Memorial Type:
War Monuments
Access:
Public
Wars Commemorated:
CIVIL WAR
Year Dedicated:
1929
Photograph By:
DON MORFE
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