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Location: DEFOREST STREET AND VETERANS HILL

City: WATERTOWN

State: Connecticut

Zip Code: 6795

Type of Memorial: Obelisks War Monument

Year Dedicated: 1908

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR

Photograph By: MICHAEL HERRICK


IN COMMEMORATION OF THE PATRIOTISM AND VALOR OF THE MEN OF WATERTOWN WHO, IN THE HOUR OF PERIL, OFFERED THEIR LIVES THAT THE REPUBLIC MIGHT LIVE, THUS WINNING THE GRATITUDE OF THEIR FELLOW-CITIZENS, THE ADMIRATION OF SUCCEEDING GENERATIONS AND A PLACE AMONG THE NATION’S HEROES; THIS MEMORIAL IS ERECTED THAT THEIR EXAMPLE MAY SERVE AS AN INSPIRATION TO HEROIC DEEDS IN ALL COMING TIME.


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