MAJOR ROBERT ANDERSON MEMORIAL FLAGPOLE
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: Ornate Flagstaff Bases
Year Dedicated: 1928
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR
Photograph By: CRAIG SWAIN
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
IN HONOR OF MAJOR ROBERT ANDERSON AND THE ONE-ONE-HUNDRED-TWENTY-EIGHT MEN OF HIS COMMAND WHO FOR THIRTY-FOUR HOURS APRIL TWELVE-THIRTEEN, EIGHTEEN-HUNDRED-SIXTY-ONE WITHSTOOD THE DESTRUCTIVE BOMBARDMENT OF FORT SUMTER AND WITHDREW WITH THE HONORS OF WAR. THE WAR OF SECESSION BEGAN HERE.
ERECTED UNDER THE BEQUEST OF E.M.C.A. LAWTON A DAUGHTER OF MAJOR ANDRESON ACCEPTED BY ACT OF CONGRESS APPROVED MAY 11, 1928.
SEE ALSO-MAJOR ROBERT ANDERSON MEMORIAL FLAGPOLE DEDICATION STONE
SEE ALSO-MAJOR ROBERT ANDERSON MEMORIAL FLAGPOLE PORTRAIT
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