Mother Bickerdyke Monument (Galesburg, Illinois)
Monument type:
Statue - women
Artist:
Theodora Alice Ruddles Kitson
Dedication Date:
1906-05-22
Address:
Illinois
United States
Inscription:
In recognition of her patriotic and heroic devotion to the Boys in Blue in camp, in hospital and on the field. The state of Illinois has under the auspices of the Mother Bickerdyke Memorial Association erected this statue 1904
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Conception Date:
1903-05-06
Opening Date:
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Erected by:
Funded by:
Mother Bickerdyke Memorial Association, Womens Relief Corps
Run by:
Indigenous Land
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Data Sources:
“The Mother Bickerdyke Monument at Galesburg, Illinois.” Www.thezephyr.com, www.thezephyr.com/bick100.htm.
“Monument to Mother Bickerdyke | Photograph.” Wisconsin Historical Society, 1 Dec. 2003, www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Image/IM75280.
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