Officers, Sailors, & Soldiers Obelisk - Key West, FL
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N 24° 33.508 W 081° 48.395
17R E 418317 N 2716297
The Officers, Sailors, & Soldiers Obelisk is located in a small park-like triangle on Front Street in downtown Key West, FL.
Waymark Code: WMNPCK
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 04/13/2015
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Key West remained under Union control throughout the Civil War. Here was the headquarters of the East Gulf Blockading Squadron and many sailors and soldiers were stationed here. The Key West monument is the oldest Civil War monument in the state.
In 1866, a 25' tall marble obelisk was erected in downtown Key West. Funds for the monument came from the sale of surplus furniture and equipment from the Key West headquarters of the U.S. East Gulf Blockading Squadron by the Navy Club of Key West. The front dado on the base of the monument is Inscribed:
ERECTED 1866
By the Navy Club of key West
To the Memory of the
officers, Sailors, & Soldiers
of the
Army, Navy, & Marine Corps
of the
United States
who lost their lives in their
Country’s service upon this station
from 1861 to 1865.