Brattleboro, Vt., honors local Civil War heroes with a monument featuring a bronze infantry soldier atop a two-staged granite pillar. The monument, near the intersection of Route 30 (Linden Street) and Park Place, was dedicated in 1887. A plaque on the front (south) face reads “This monument commemorates the loyalty of the men or Brattleboro […]
A large cannon in the northeast corner of Guilford’s Alderbook Cemetery honors local Civil War veterans. The cannon, a 100-pounder Parrott rifle manufactured in 1863, was dedicated in 1902 to honor veterans buried in a section near the cannon. The cannon points southeast, and has been mounted on a stone platform inscribed with the initials […]
A granite infantry soldier stands atop a Civil War monument on Clinton’s Liberty Green. The monument, dedicated in 1911, features the soldier and a granite base with curved sides that narrows toward the figure. A bronze plaque on the front (south) face reads “Erected by the Woman’s Relief Corps and the citizens of Clinton in […]
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