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thyastw-calinageLiesicalrenanytheSOLDIERS’ MONUMENT»tly ! tOour'erei ted ’at z a theickrday !or-' L in in it.hs , ax 1 is had lots imfi iieir andany the like r ofittheingiUled.her if her *«fic I dor soon, h So 11 for tul man in ! any he WellErected by Ben Butterfield there. Post G. A. R. on Sol- j Veil diers’ Lot.( from h” ' WeiAt Forest Rose Cemetery is Complct- best w ed by Danison Bros. Monumental Works—Unveiling Date Wot Yet Fixed byam setPost.FNolanbcrt a as I •MSiatsost.]hesned.The soldiers’ monument contract-ed for by Bon Butterfield Post a year nago to be erected by' Danison Bros., have t Monumental Works, on the soldiers’ hfr- w burying ground, located at the sum- I ar mit of Forest Rose cemetery has jusl I just been completed by Danison Bros, and to Cot is a most beautiful and impressive I wro monument. a:It is composed of Barre granite or the and weighs 25 tons. It stands ten missin feet high and ten foot long by five Wei feet wide. On the north side is earv-ed the excellent figure of a cannon borne, under which are carved the words, ,hm* “In Memory of trie Union Soldiers, b who served in the army from 1861 to 1SG5.On either end is carved in splendidstyle military emblems, and on thesouth side is carved a large beauti- * Joful wreath under whch are the W;(sbwords, “Erected by Ben Butterfield ‘Hft1Post, No. 77, Grand Army of the Re- JUfJcpublic. Lancaster, Ohio. -g Sp(.Surrounding the wreath are thedates 1861-1S65. ( rIt required eleven teams, 22 hors- lt;,wer(cs, to haul the heavy pieces of gran- beforlt;ite to the site and it is the largest jmonument and only soldiers’ monu- q k.ment erected in Fairfield county, and xianycost in the neighborhood of $2,500. drilleThere are flow 21 soldiers graves nie 1on the lot and are laid out in a cir- of cacle, about the monument. homeDanison Bros, are to be congrat- overulated for the excellent work and thatthe splendid construction of the mon job nument. ialmoiIt is understood that Ben Butter- longfield Post wil! in the near future in tharrange a date for the unveiling of nndthe monument. iwas______ was ’
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Lancaster Daily Eagle
Lancaster, Ohio, US
Sat, Jun 15, 1918
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