O. H.Wood Relief Corps Memorial - Rose Hill Cemetery - Brookfield
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This small marble memorial is located in the Rose Hill Cemetery - 112 Brooks in Brookfield, Mo.
Waymark Code: WMK7PA
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 02/24/2014
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This small marble memorial is located in the Rose Hill Cemetery. The memorial rests on a concrete plinth. The plinth and memorial rests on an earthen mound. The inscriptions read:
Front:
In memory of the Unknown Dead
O. H. Wood Women's Relief Corps No. 5
Right:
Who on land and on sea.
during the Civil War
gave their lives in defense
of the Union.
Reverse:
They sleep for the flag.
May its stars shield dreams
of glory upon their eternal
souls forever.
Left:
This monument is erected by the Women's Relief Corps of Brookfield, Mo.
May 22, 1889
Date Installed or Dedicated: 05/22/1889
Name of Government Entity or Private Organization that built the monument: O.H. Wood Women's Relief Corps No. 5
Union, Confederate or Other Monument: Union
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