Holmes County Revolutionary War Monument - Millersburg, OH
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member silverquill
N 40° 33.240 W 081° 54.983
17T E 422413 N 4489652
This monument stands in front of the west entrance to the Holmes County Courthouse in Millersburg, Ohio. It is somewhat unique in listing four wars, and generals, specifically, although the mounted statue is of a Union Civil War soldier.
Waymark Code: WMC3M7
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 07/21/2011
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member martycook
Views: 8

Although this monument stands in front of the west entrance to the Holmes County Courthouse, it faces north so that the old jail house forms the background as one faces it. There is a bed of flowers surrounding the monument with an array of small U.S. flags.

The monument consist of a statue of a Union Soldier atop a granite pillar with a dedicatory inscription, and on each side of the base are inscribed memorials to veterans of four wars along with the name of a prominent general from that war. The date 1887 appears on the back of the soldier at the bottom.

The inscriptions are as follows:

On the north face of the monument:

Rededicated July 1976
in honor of the veterans
who served their country
during the...
Spanish American War
World War I
World War II
Korea
Vietnam


[north face]

WASHINGTON.
Six Soldiers of the
Revolutionary War were
subsequently Residents of
Holmes County, Ohio.

[east face]

JACKSON.
In memory of the
Soldiers of the War of A.D. 1812
who became citizens
of Holmes County, Ohio.

[south face]

SCOTT.
More than Two Hundred men
from Holmes County, Ohio,
served in the War with Mexico.
They were engaged in the
Battles of Cerro Gordo, Contreras,
Cherubusco, Molino Del Ray
Chapultepec and San Cosme.

[west face]

GRANT.
In response to the different
calls of the Government,
Two Thousand and Fourteen Men
went from Holmes County during the
War of the Rebellion.
They were engaged in many Battles
from Philippi to Appomattox.
Dulce et decorum est pro Patria mori.
Type of Memorial: Monument

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