Woburn Service Women Monument - Woburn, MA
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A monument honoring the Woburn service women is located on Woburn Common, at the intersection of Common and Pleasant Streets, in Woburn, MA.
Waymark Code: WMWK3V
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 09/14/2017
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A monument Woburn service women is the fourth monument from the left of five similar monument on Woburn Common. The 5' tall gray granite monument has a dark granite insert with a laser etched image of five women each dressed in the uniform of a different branch of the military: United States Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, and Coast Guard. The monument is inscribed:
DEDICATED 1999
TO WOBURN SERVICE WOMEN
THE HISTORY OF WOMEN SERVING
IN DEFENSE OF OUR NATION BEGAN
MORE THAN 220 YEARS AGO
DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
AND CONTINUES WITH
THOSE WHO SERVED
YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMORROW
Type of Memorial: Multi-War Memorial
Wars mentioned (Multi-war only):
American Revolution
In Honor Of: Woburn service women
Marker Text:
see long description
Date of dedication: 1999
Who Put it Here?: City of Woburn, MA
Description of Memorial:
Triangular area of the southwestern portion of the Woburn Common has five similar monuments arranged in a semicircle. There is an older World War I monument to the south and a wall with a large list of names to the north.
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