An effort to catalog, photograph, research and promote the history of the Bay State’s Civil War monuments.
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The Massachusetts Civil War Monuments Project is an informal, collaborative effort to catalog, photograph and research the Civil War monuments in each Massachusetts town.
Winchester
Location: Wildwood Cemetery, 34 Palmer Street, WinchesterCoordinates: 42°27’15.3″N 71°08’41.1″WDate dedicated: 1882Architect/Manufacturer: Unknown On February 12, 1882, the House Committee on Military Affairs released a bill calling for the distribution of condemned cannon to many municipalities and Grand Army of the Republic posts. These were to be used to adorn GAR posts, soldiers’ monuments, or soldiers’…
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