Pleasant Hill Cemetery Veterans Memorial - Pleasant Hill, OR
N 43° 57.758 W 122° 55.122
10T E 506522 N 4867726
A simple veterans memorial resides in Pleasant Hill Cemetery.
Waymark Code: WMY6P9
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 05/01/2018
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A simple veterans memorial resides in the heart of Pleasant Hill Cemetery.
This cemetery contains two rare graves, one being a War of 1812 veteran grave for Elijah Bristow, the first settler to build a cabin in Lane County. Amazingly, Bristow's grave does not give any mention of him being a veteran of the War of 1812, although it's mentioned in an online obituary I located.
This cemetery also contains a rare historical marker of a Daughter of a Soldier of the American Revolution, another rare find in a cemetery.
Both of these graves are rare to see on the West Coast.
Type of Memorial: Non-Specific Memorial
In Honor Of: Honoring Veterans of All Wars
Marker Text:
Honoring Veterans
of All Warr Who
Rest Here
Who Put it Here?: Unknown
Description of Memorial:
This veterans memorial is comprised of a simple concrete monument with an inscription stamped on the flat surface. There is a flagpole that stands next to the monument. Pleasant Hill Cemetery is a pioneer cemetery, established in 1853 from land that was deeded by Lane County's first settler, Elijah Bristow, who is also interred here. Elijah Bristow fought in the War of 1812 and is the oldest military veteran in this cemetery.
Wars mentioned (Multi-war only): Not listed
Date of dedication: Not listed
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