ORIGINAL PAOLI MASSACRE REVOLUTIONARY WAR MONUMENT
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: Obelisks War Monument
Year Dedicated: 1817
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: REVOLUTIONARY WAR
Photograph By: BILL COUGHLIN
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
THIS MONUMENT, THE SECOND OLDEST WAR MEMORIAL IN THE UNITED STATES WAS ERECTED IN 1817 TO COMMEMORATE THE VICTIMS OF THE PAOLI MASSACRE. IT WAS REPLACED IN 1877 BY A NEW MONUMENT WHICH IS LOCATED A SHORT DISTANCE FROM THE ORIGINAL.
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