Soldiers' Monument, Montrose, PA - American Civil War Monuments and Memorials on Waymarking.com

From website "Dominating the Green is the Soldiers' Monument. Designed by Captain J. R. Lyons and dedicated on Independence Day, 1887, a bronze plaque proclaims it to be "in memory of the Citizen Soldiers of Susquehanna County who gave their lives for the preservation of the Union in the war of 1861-1865. " At the time of its erection, it was ordered that the monument would not only honor local soldiers, but would also be of local materials. The monument is set upon a heavy base and diminishes in size as its height increases. Each stone of the monument, save the granite soldier's statue at its peak, is of material quarried near the old Fairgrounds in Montrose. Against the base of the monument are sixteen stone tablets, six inches in thickness. Four tablets are found on each side of the monument, measuring thirty-three inches in height and twenty inches in width. Each tablet bears the incised name of the home borough or township of the fallen Civil War soldier. The entire monument is set upon a masonry slab with a cannon at each corner."

One of the panels says "The union must and shall be preserved", another "Give then the dead their due", a third "Erected 1896", the fourth "in memory of the Citizen Soldiers of Susquehanna County who gave their lives for the preservation of the Union in the war of 1861-1865. "

Date Installed or Dedicated: 07/04/1897 Union, Confederate or Other Monument: Union Related Website: [Web Link] Photo or photos will be uploaded.: yes Name of Government Entity or Private Organization that built the monument: Not listed Rating (1-5): Not listed

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