Crawford County Veterans Memorial - Dennison, Ia.
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N 42° 01.018 W 095° 21.390
15T E 304886 N 4654346
This Multi-war Memorial is in the Southeast Corner of the Crawford County Courthouse Grounds - 1202 Broadway in Denison, Iowa.
Waymark Code: WMCDD2
Location: Iowa, United States
Date Posted: 08/24/2011
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This is a large impressive monument on the courthouse square in Denison. It is 34 feet high and erected in 1917. The bronze cannon in the lower left has Spanish inscriptions and is dated 1795. The inscription reads, "N.3853.Sevilla.14.DeAgosto.D.E.1795." It is about 8 1/2 feet in length and has a 4 1/2 inch bore diameter. It is believed that it was captured in the Spanish-American War. Crawford County had a unit that went to the Philippines in this war.
My commentary -
This monument is of white marble. Atop the monument is a Union Soldier at parade rest with his musket butt on the ground and the top of the barrel in his hands. On the shaft of the memorial are crossed rifles. The G.A.R. medal is below that with the inscription:
In memory of the men of the vicinity who gave their lives to the defense of their country.
1861 - 1865
On the other side of this memorial is the Spanish-American War. There is the Spanish-American Veterans metal at the top. The inscription reads:
Dedicated to all our sons who answered the call of Patriotism upon the Nation's battlefields.
Although there isn't a dedication plaque on this memorial, the wording, especially on the Spanish-American War portion, leads me to believe that the local G.A.R. Post is responsible for the Memorial. What makes this special for me is that Spanish cannon. This cannon was created just after the nation was created and it really ties the nation's history.