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Location: SOUTH MAIN STREET AND VETERANS DRIVE

City: NEW BRITAIN

State: Connecticut

Zip Code: 6051

Type of Memorial: Obelisks War Monument

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR

Photograph By: MICHAEL HERRICK


IN MEMORIAM
NOT A WAR FOR CONQUEST OR MILITARY GLORY, BUT A RIGHTEOUS WAR FOUGHT BY AMERICAN VOLUNTEERS TO SUCCOR THE WEAK AND OPPRESSED AGAINST FOREIGN TYRANNY AND TO GIVE TO CUBA AND THE PHILIPPINES A PLACE AMONG THE FREE PEOPLES OF THE EARTH 1898-1902.
THIS MEMORIAL HONORS NEW BRITAIN VOLUNTEERS IN THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR, PHILIPPINE INSURRECTION AND CHINA RELIEF EXPEDITION 1898-1902.


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