Civil War Monument - Grand Rapids, MI
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N 43° 01.224 W 085° 39.529
16T E 609282 N 4763952
Located in cemetery on the north side of the Grand Rapids Home for Veterans complex. Parking is available.
Waymark Code: WM1KEJ
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 05/26/2007
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From the Michigan Historic Marker at the cemetery entrance:
In April 1886 the Board of Managers of the Michigan Veterans' Facility set aside five acres for a cemetery. The Grand Rapids posts of the Grand Army of the Republic dedicated the cemetery on Memorial Day, May 31, 1886. The original cemetery was designed in the form of a Maltese cross with 262 grave sites in each of its four sections. In 1894 a granite statue of a Civil War soldier was placed in the center of the cross. By the time of its centennial in 1986, the cemetery had recorded over 4,000 burials of veterans and their dependents.
Date Installed or Dedicated: 05/31/1886
Name of Government Entity or Private Organization that built the monument: State of Michigan
Union, Confederate or Other Monument: Union
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