DUV Civil War Memorial, City View Cemetery - Salem, Oregon
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member ddtfamily
N 44° 55.196 W 123° 03.097
10T E 495925 N 4974058
Civil War Memorial dedicated in 1933 by the Oregon Daughters of Union Veterans
Waymark Code: WMFEP6
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 10/07/2012
Published By:Groundspeak Charter Member BruceS
Views: 1

This memorial, located in the northeast portion of City View Cemetery, features a sculpture of a Union Civil War veteran on a pedestal surrounded by two rings of markers memorializing Union Civil War veterans. The sculpture features a plaque which reads:

ERECTED
IN MEMORY OF
DECEASED BRAVE
DEFENDERS
OF OUR COUNTRY
IN THE CIVIL WAR OF
1861-1865.

Below the sculpture is a dedication marker that reads:

DEDICATED
TO OUR FATHERS
BY
OREGON DEPARTMENT
DAUGHTERS
UNION VETERANS OF THE
1861 CIVIL WAR 1865
15TH CONVENTION 1933

Date Installed or Dedicated: 01/01/1933

Name of Government Entity or Private Organization that built the monument: Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War 1861-1865

Union, Confederate or Other Monument: Union

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