Spanish-American War Memorial - East Chicago, IN
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N 41° 37.906 W 087° 28.840
16T E 459963 N 4609004
This Memorial is located in East Chicago, Indiana's Veterans Park...AND it's plaque is made from metal recovered from the USS Maine!
Waymark Code: WMBYQ4
Location: Indiana, United States
Date Posted: 07/05/2011
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There are Memorials to the veterans of five wars at this park. The Spanish-American War Memorial is the most prominent. Located in the center of the others, it is the only one on a large boulder and the only one with a plaque...two plaques actually.
One plaque reasds:
"ADMIRAL SHILEY CAMP NO. 70
DEPARTMENT OF INDIANA
UNITED SPANISH WAR VETERANS"
The second plaque has a relief of a sullen soldier with arm outstretched reads:
"MEMORIUM
USS MAINE
DESTROYED IN HAVANA HARBOR
FENBRUARY 15th, 1898
THIS TABLET IS CAST FROM METAL RECOVERED FROM THE USS MAINE"
Type of memorial: Monument
Location: in East Chicago, Indiana's Veterans Park
Public or private: Public
Who placed it?: ADMIRAL SHILEY CAMP NO. 70 UNITED SPANISH WAR VETERANS
When was it placed?: UNKNOWN
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Visit Instructions:
Please provide another photo of the memorial. If you want, you can be in it, but it's by no means necessary.