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Residing on an eminence in North Weymouth Cemetery, "one of the oldest cemeteries still in use in the United States', the Soldiers' Monument stands at 25 feet and was dedicated on July 4, 1868. An obelisk of Quincy granite, this monument is flanked…

This is an article by Don M. Mahan published in the Journal of Arizona History in the autumn of 2019. It reviews the life experience from cradle to grave and elaborates his contributions to Arizona and southwestern history as a successful businessman…

The statue is a life sized bronze of a mounted cavalryman on picket duty, standing on a granite pedestal.

Bar Harbor's Civil War memorial is located in the old village burial grounds adjacent to the St. Saviour's Episcopal Church and the Bar Harbor Congregational Church on Mt. Desert Street. It is dedicated to the men of Eden (Bar Harbor's former name)…

The Camp Randall Memorial Arch is a 30 foot tall granite arch at Camp Randall Memorial Park. The arch stands where the old gate to Camp Randall stood. Camp Randall was a civil war training camp and, briefly, a prisoner of war camp. The top of the…

Dedicated to Confederate Soldiers and Sailors in Richmond, VA, the monument is a Doric column, standing in the city's Libby Hill Park. Originally it had a bronze sculpture of a soldier on top, which was removed in 2020. In early 2022, the column was…

A granite soldier stands at parade rest atop a plinth outside Marion Courthouse. It was produced by Charles M. Walsh at a cost of $1,100, and unveiled on July 4, 1903, to a crowd of 10,000, with dedicatory addresses from Robert E. Lee, Jr. and John…

The Monument of Confederate War Dead at Hollywood Cemetery is a granite pyramid suggested by the Hollywood Ladies Memorial Association to commemorate the 18,000 Confederate soldiers buried in the cemetery and designed by the engineer Charles H.…