SEE ALSO-COASTAL DEFENSE CANNON CIVIL WAR MEMORIAL PLAQUE

ON OCTOBER 5, 1899, A CITY WIDE CELEBRATION AND PARADE WERE HELD BY THE CITIZENS OF NEWTON IN HONOR OF THE DEDICATION OF THIS CIVIL WAR MEMORIAL. SEE ALSO-COASTAL DEFENSE CANNON CIVIL WAR MEMORIAL

THIS MEMORIAL IS ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF THE UNKNOWN DEAD 1861-1865 THE NATIONAL WOMEN'S RELIEF CORPS, AUXILIARY TO THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC, IS A PATRIOTIC ORGANIZATION WHOSE EXPRESS PURPOSE IS TO PERPETUATE THE MEMORY OF THE GRAND ARMY OF THE RE ...