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ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF THE 4,000 BRAVE MEN OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY, WHO FELL IN THE GREAT STRUGGLE TO MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY OF OUR UNION. THE EYE OF GOD REST UPON THEIR GRAVES EVEN WHEN UNMARKED BY MAN. AND THEIR SLEEPING DUST SHALL ARISE IN THE MORNING OF ...

ON THE GROUNDS OF THE SOLDIERS AND SAILORS NATIONAL MILITARY MEMORIAL BUILDING. THIS IS AN AMERICAN TORPEDO MODEL 14, MARK 5 FROM WORLD WAR II.

ON THE GROUNDS OF THE SOLDIERS AND SAILORS NATIONAL MILITARY MEMORIAL BUILDING. THIS IS THE BELL OF THE U.S.S. PITTSBURGH (CA-72) BUILT IN 1943 DECOMMISSIONED 1956.

ON THE MEMORIAL GROUNDS OF THE SOLDIERS AND SAILORS NATIONAL MILITARY MEMORIAL BUILDING.

ON THE MEMORIAL GROUNDS OF THE SOLDIERS AND SAILORS NATIONAL MILITARY MEMORIAL BUILDING.

THIS BUILDING IS THE LARGEST MEMORIAL IN THE UNITED STATES DEDICATED SOLELY TO HONORING ALL BRANCHES OF MILITARY VETERANS AND SERVICE PERSONNEL. ORIGINALLY CONCEIVED TO HONOR CIVIL WAR VETERANS.

"AMERICA" ABOVE SOLDIERS AND SAILORS NATIONAL MILITARY MEMORIAL BUILDING.

CONCEIVED BY THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC AS A WAY FOR PITTSBURGH AND ALLEGHENY COUNTY TO HONOR THE DWINDLING RANKS OF ITS CIVIL WAR VETERANS.