Spanish American War Memorial - Traverse City, MI
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member scrapcat
N 44° 45.694 W 085° 36.980
16T E 609505 N 4957395
Located in front of the lovely Grand Traverse County Courthouse, this memorial is within feet of the World War memorial, Civil War (zinc) monument, Sesqucentennial time capsule, "sister city" statue, and Courthouse historical marker.
Waymark Code: WMCKM2
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 09/17/2011
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member saopaulo1
Views: 5

Text on monument:

THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED
AND DEDICATED BY THE PEOPLE OF
GRAND TRAVERSE REGION
MAY 30, 1924
IN HONOR OF
ALL HER BOYS WHO SERVED
IN THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
AND IN EVER GRATEFUL MEMORY OF
THOSE WHO DIED WHILE IN SERVICE.
1898 IN MEMORIAM 1902

Alexander, Grenville
Covey, Fred
Culman, George H.
Dalzell, Cloyd
Dickinson, Hiram
Espenson, Hans P.
Fuller, Frank M.
Henry, William G.
Smedley, Amasa F.

A SONG FOR THE HEROES GONE ON AHEAD
TO JOIN THE HOSTS OF THE MARCHING DEAD -
A SONG FOR THE SOULS THAT COULD LIGHTLY FLING
SWEET LIFE AWAY AS A LITTLE THING.
FOR THE SAKE OF THE MIGHTY NEED OF EARTH,
THE NEED OF THE AGES COMING TO BIRTH.
GLORY THAT GOD GATHERS THE HEROES HOME
OUT OF THE RED FIELDS, OUT OF THE FOAM.
GATHERS THEM OUT OF THE EVERY WHERE
INTO THE CAMP THAT IS OVER TEHRE.
~EDWIN MARKHAM

PROMOTED BY THE COUNTY FEDERATION OF
WOMEN'S CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS.
Type of memorial: Monument

Location: In front of the Grand Traverse County Courthouse

Public or private: Public

Who placed it?: People of the Grand Traverse Region

When was it placed?: May 24, 1924

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