LUCY HIGGS NICHOLS WAR MEMORIAL MARKER
IN 1895 LUCY AND 55 VETERANS OF THE 23RD REGIMENT PETITIONED CONGRESS AND WAS AWARDED A SPECIAL ACT OF CONGRESS ALLOWING HER A CIVIL WAR NURSES PENSION.LUCY WAS AN HONORARY MEMBER OF THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC. SHE DIED IN 1915.
Listing Details
- Public
- CIVIL WAR
- War Memorial Historical Wayside Markers
- 2011
- EAST MARKET STREET AND EAST 10TH STREET
- 47150
- MARILYN S. WOLF
- COURTESY OF HMdb.org
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