Soldiers and Sailors Monument - Newton, NJ
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This monument is dedicated to the "Defenders of the Union" from 1861-1865 is in Newton, NJ.
Waymark Code: WMC4QY
Location: New Jersey, United States
Date Posted: 07/25/2011
Views: 6
The monument cost $6,000 and was designed by mason, Anthony F. O’Donnell of Newton. The monumnet is 33 feet tall and weighs about 90 tons. The soldier on the top is 8 feet tall and weighs 800 lbs.
The monument text is:
Erected
by a grateful people
to commemorate
the services
and sacrifices
of the soldiers
and sailors
in the War
of the Rebellion
Defenders of the Union
1861-1865
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Date Installed or Dedicated: 09/05/1895
Name of Government Entity or Private Organization that built the monument: Sussex County Board of Chosen Freeholders
Union, Confederate or Other Monument: Union
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