RUEL C. GRIDLEY MEMORIAL
GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC AND THE CITIZENS OF STOCKTON SEPT 19, 1887 IN GRATITUDE FOR SERVICES RENDERED UNION SOLDIERS DURING THE WAR OF THE REBELLION IN COLLECTING $275,000 DOLLARS FOR THE SANITARY COMMISSION BY SELLING AND RESELLING A SACK OF FLOUR. RUEL C. GRIDLEY WAS KNOWN AS THE SOLDIERS FRIEND.
Location
Details
Memorial Type:
Statues War or Military Related
Access:
Cemetery
Wars Commemorated:
CIVIL WAR
Year Dedicated:
1887
Photograph By:
SYD WHITTLE
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