
Saddle & Saber - Union, MO
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YoSam.
N 38° 26.721 W 091° 00.382
15S E 673979 N 4257111
Quick Description: Memorial on the courthouse lawn....
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 7/13/2020 5:49:32 AM
Waymark Code: WM12THC
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Long Description:County of framed view: Franklin County
Location of Memorial: N. Oak St. & E. Main St., courthouse lawn, Union.
The relief of a saddl with boots backward and the hanging saber csignify the last ride of a cavalry trooper.
Today, it is used to honor all veterans..but on the memorial tey are in relief upon the black stone stone.
Memorial Text:
DEDICATED
THE VETERANS OF FRANKLIN COUNTY
The solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the alter of freedom.
Abraham Lincoln
1994
Second Stone:
[HANGING U.S. FLAG]
Dedicated to
The Veterans of Franklin County