OLD ABE VETERANS MEMORIAL
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Listing Details
Location: PARK FALLS CITY HALL-400 4TH AVENUE SOUTH
City: PARK FALLS
State: Wisconsin
Zip Code: 54552
Type of Memorial: Statues War or Military Related
Year Dedicated: 1995
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR
Photograph By: MELINDA ROBERTS
Submitted By: WISCONSINHISTORICALMARKERS.BLOGSPOT.COM
OLD ABE (AN AMERICAN BALD EAGLE) BECAME THE MASCOT AND VANGUARD OF COMPANY C, 8TH WISCONSIN INFANTRY DURING THE CIVIL WAR. THE MEN OF THE COMPANY NAMED HIM “OLD ABE” FOR THEIR COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, PRESIDENT LINCOLN. OLD ABE TOOK PART IN 22 BATTLES AND 30 SKIRMISHES, BEING WOUNDED 3 TIMES. HE LEARNED COMMANDS AND LED THE MEN WHO LOVED HIM INTO BATTLE. HIS COURAGE AND DARING WERE A CONSTANT INSPIRATION.
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