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SEE ALSO-IOWA REVOLUTIONARY WAR MEMORIAL

SEE ALSO-IOWA REVOLUTIONARY WAR MEMORIAL

SEE ALSO-IOWA REVOLUTIONARY WAR MEMORIAL

MRS. WOODS, BEST KNOWN AS AUNTIE WOODS, WAS A HEROINE OF THE CIVIL WAR, WHO PERSONALLY DELIVERED NEEDED ITEMS TO SOLDIERS FROM JEFFERSON COUNTY, IOWA. THIS INCLUDED FOOD, BANDAGES AND CLOTHING. SHE MADE 13 TRIPS WITH CARGO RANGING FROM 10 TO 37 TONS. SHE ...

SEE ALSO-COMPANY E, SECOND IOWA INFANTRY DRILL GROUND MEMORIAL

SEE ALSO-COMPANY 3, SECOND IOWA INFANTRY DRILL GROUND MEMORIAL PLAQUE

IN MEMORY OF OUR HEROES WHO SAVED OUR COUNTRY FROM THE UNHOLY REBELLION OF 1861-1865 THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED BY A.R. PIERCE POST NO. 227 G.A.R.

THIS MEMORIAL BELL TOWER IS DEDICATED TO ALL VETERANS

SGT. JAMES STONG JOINED THE 49TH MASSACHUSETTS INFANTRY REGIMENT IN 1862 AT THE AGE OF 44. HE WAS AWARDED THE MEDAL OF HONOR FOR VOLUNTEERING FOR AND LEADING A CHARGE AT PORT HUDSON, LOUISIANA ON MAY 27, 1863. WHILE HIS CHARGE WAS DRIVEN BACK, IT LEAD TO ...

THIS LIVING TREE MEMORIAL IS IN THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC SECTION OF THE CEMETERY

MEMORIAL DAY WAS OFFICIALLY PROCLAIMED ON MAY 5, 1868 BY GENERAL JOHN LOGAN, NATIONAL COMMANDER OF THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC IN HIS GENERAL ORDER N. 11 AND WAS FIRST OBSERVED ON MAY 30, 1868, WHEN FLOWERS WERE PLACED ON THE GRAVES OF UNION SOLDIERS A ...