SOLDIERS’ NATIONAL MONUMENT GETTYSBURG
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Listing Details
Location: GETTYSBURG NATIONAL CEMETERY-TANEYTOWN ROAD
City: GETTYSBURG
State: Pennsylvania
Zip Code: 17325
Type of Memorial: War Monuments
Year Dedicated: 1869
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR
Photograph By: CRAIG SWAIN
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
A LARGE STATUE REPRESENTING THE CONCEPT OF LIBERTY SURMOUNTS THE PEDESTAL. EIGHTEEN LARGE BRONZE STARS CIRCLING THE PEDESTAL BELOW THIS STATUE REPRESENT THE EIGHTEEN UNION STATES WITH BURIED DEAD. FOUR STATUES ARE LOCATED AT EACH CORNER OF THE BASE. THEY REPRESENT WAR, HISTORY, PEACE AND PLENTY.
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