CAMPBUSHNELL SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR MEMORIAL
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: Plaques On Stone
Year Dedicated: 1934
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
Photograph By: WILLIAM FISCHER JR.
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
HERE OHIO LOYALTY RESPONDED TO THE SUMMONS “REMEMBER THE MAINS”. CAMPBUSHNELL WAS A RENDEZVOUS CAMP FOR OHIO NATIONAL GUARD AND OTHER OHIO TROOPS WHICH WERE CALLED TO ARMS FOR THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR. THE FIRST CALL TO ARMS TO WHICH 428 OFFICERS AND 8,052 ENLISTED MEN RESPONDED. IN ANSWER TO THE SECOND CALL 75 OFFICERS AND 6,801 MEN VOLUNTEERED. AS A TRIBUTE TO THE PATRIOTISM OF THESE MEN THIS MEMORIAL WAR ERECTED BY THE SCHOOL CHILDREN OF BEXLEY.
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