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DR. MARY EDWARDS WALKER IS THE SOLE WOMEN TO HAVE BEEN AWARDED THE MEDAL OF HONOR. THAT SHE RECEIVED THIS PRESTIGIOUS AWARD A TIME WHEN WOMEN'S ROLES WERE STRICTLY CIRCUMSCRIBED MAKES HER ESPECIALLY SIGNIFICANT. IN EARLY 1864, WALKER AS APPOINTED A CIVILI ...

DR. MARY EDWARDS WALKER IS THE SOLE WOMEN TO HAVE BEEN AWARDED THE MEDAL OF HONOR FOR HER SERVICE DURING THE CIVIL WAR.

IN HONOR OF THE SOLDIERS AND SAILORS OF THE TOWN OF RICHLAND WHO NOBLY DEFENDED THE UNION

DEDICATED TO THE HONOR AND SACRIFICE OF OUR MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVED OUR COUNTRY. TABLETS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE MAIN MEMORIAL HONOR SERVICE IN SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR, WORLD WAR I, WORLD WAR II, KOREAN WAR AND VIETNAM WAR.

ERECTED IN MEMORY OF THE PATRIOTIC VOLUNTEERS FROM FLUSHING WHO SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES IN THE WAR FOR THE PRESERVATION OF OUR UNION 1861-1865

HE WAS DISTINGUISHED FOR GALLANTRY AT GETTYSBURG WHERE HE WAR WOUNDED AND HIS MEN STUBBORNLY HELD THEIR GROUND NEAR THE PEACH ORCHARD.

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF OUR DEFENDERS THE NOBLE AND GALLANT MEN WHO DIED IN THE LATE CIVIL WAR.

SEE ALSO-THE SEVENTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT WAR MEMORIAL

SEE ALSO-THE SEVENTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT WAR MEMORIAL PLAQUE

TO THE MARTYRS WHO FELL AND THE HEROES WHO FOUGHT IN DEFENSE OF LIBERTY AND THE UNION 1861-1865

THE FAMILY ON THE INSIGNIA IS PICTURED WITH HEADS BOWED IN RESPECT FOR THE DEAD. THE FLAG ILLUSTRATES THE TRADITION OF FLYING THE COLORS AT HALF MAST UNTIL NOON ON MEMORIAL DAY, WHEN THEY ARE RAISED TO THE PEAK.