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.
Somerville
Milk Row Cemetery Monument Location: Milk Row Cemetery, Somerville Avenue Coordinates: 42°22’53.9″N 71°06’07.3″W Date completed: 1863 Architect/sculptor/manufacturer: Unknown Number of names: 68 men from Somerville who died in the war (list is incomplete) Somerville can claim the very first Massachusetts Civil War monument dedicated to all those from a given municipality. It was originally intended…
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