Soldier's Monument, Columbus, Wis. Postcard ca. 1900
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- Created Date
- ca. 1900
- Description
Postcard with photograph of the Soldier's Monument placed in 1895 with funds given by the Grand Army of the Republic veterans' organization. The inscription on the monument reads "Erected by H. M. Brown Post No. 146. G. A. R. In memory of our comrades formerly residents of Columbus, Otsego, Hampden, York, Elba & Calamus, who now fill unknown graves. 1861—1865." The monument stood in front of the Columbus Public School buildings on Broadway Street (now Dickason Boulevard). Shown here is the original statue in amoradite stone of a soldier "at rest" with gun at his side. The statue was vandalized in the early 1900s and replaced in 1905.
- Partner
- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- Columbus Public Library
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- image
- Format
- Postcards
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- Soldier's Monument, Columbus, Wis. Postcard ca. 1900. ca. 1900. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.mpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/columbus/id/58. (Accessed April 20, 2024.)
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- (ca. 1900) Soldier's Monument, Columbus, Wis. Postcard ca. 1900. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.mpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/columbus/id/58
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- Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://content.mpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/columbus/id/58>.