Soldiers' Monument. Ashburnham, MA
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N 42° 38.161 W 071° 54.539
19T E 261490 N 4724499
Civil War monument located in front of the Ashburnham Town hall.
Waymark Code: WM499F
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 07/24/2008
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The monument is dedicated to the men of Ashburnham who fought in the Civil War. Melvin Ohio Adams erected the monument using $5,000 he received from the sale of his Winchester estate to the Town of Ashburnham for a new town hall. The monument was installed near the new town hall, the Jacob H. Fairbanks Memorial Hall, and the two were dedicated on the same day in the year 1904.
Name of Government Entity or Private Organization that built the monument: Melvin Adams
Union, Confederate or Other Monument: Union
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Date Installed or Dedicated: Not listed
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