Civil War Monument, Washington Square - Washington, IL
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N 40° 42.212 W 089° 24.405
16T E 296675 N 4508633
The Civil War memorial is a pile of canon balls on a concrete platform placed in Washington Square at the city's center.
Waymark Code: WMJ7H5
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 10/06/2013
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In Washington, at the center of the city, is Washington Square, a green area that has a Civil War monument.
The monument is located on the northwestern corner of the green. The green is a rotary where Main Street, Peoria Road and Eureka Street.
The monument is a concrete platform with a pyramidal pile of cannon balls three rows high. On the base is the following: "In Memory of Our Soldiers, 1861 - 1865."
I could not find any more information about this memorial. Part of the problem is that "Washington" is a common location name, so I ended up in Washington Park in Chicago and Ottawa, as well as Washington, DC.
Union, Confederate or Other Monument: Union
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Date Installed or Dedicated: Not listed
Name of Government Entity or Private Organization that built the monument: Not listed
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