'Chico Cemetery G.A.R. Monument.' (Chico, California)
Union
Monument type:
Statue - standing soldier
Artist:
Dedication Date:
Address:
Chico
California
USA
Inscription:
ERECTED BY
HALLECK POST
No 19.
G. A. R. & W. R. C.
IN MEMORY OF
OUR COMRADES
1861 - 1865
1910.
The left side of the marble base reads:
IN HONOR OF
THE BRAVE MEN
WHO
FROM THE FIRST
BORE A LOYAL PART
IN THE GREAT
CIVIL WAR
The right side of the marble base reads:
THESE HEROES ARE
DEAD
THEY DIED FOR
LIBERTY
THEY DIED FOR US
THEY ARE AT REST
THEY SLEEP IN THE
LAND THEY MADE FREE
R. Robbie
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Conception Date:
Opening Date:
1910-01-01
Material:
Size:
m x m x m
Creator:
Cost / Value:
Erected by:
G.A.R and W.R.C.
Funded by:
Run by:
Indigenous Land
Organization/Curator:
Data Sources:
"Civil War Monument - Chico Cemetery - Chico, CA ." Waymarking.com, https://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMNX0R_Civil_War_Monument_Chico_Cemetery_Chico_CA. Accessed on 26 March 2024
"Chico Cemetery G.A.R. Monument." The Historical Marker Database, https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=29659. Accessed on 26 March 2024
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