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m Monuments Will Be Erected ForVeto ‘Gone Weit’T -• f IVPermanent recognition of theirM'hic.' t•» their countrv will be l •given eight soldiers jr. Nolan coun-; ty whose graves win soon be mark- j ed by erection of beautiful Gcor-! gia marble tombstones provided 1 WEi n~: through the government arid ** American Legion.The graves, unmarked by monu*» . * . i ,Wtcments at present, include five in ; ^t|a the City Cemetery here and three * the jv in othei cemeteries in the county. »• • Five* monuments have been receiv- #r t-u here and three other* are cn-Harlt;RunLr*■ route. ,jn |[,{. The tombstones will be erected ] r«r Mt t*1*’ grave* of their departed buddies by local Legionaires acme time in July. The date is at present unset and there will be no public ceremony in connection, ii w«k said.Thfr government is supplying * the tombstones through Legion *avlt; posit* at the death of ex-tervice ^oh men or for those who have ' al- ®ar »n- ready “gone West/’ They areshipped free of chance when their KonT. use is desired by the relative#. ^rlt;) ^ The monuments are 42 jnehes in :Mi- height, and carry an inscription' 1iof the name of the deceaaed, the ‘ moi vas address of his enlistment, his pur *n Army organisation and date of f«r md hi* death. j ratThe Legion post here has atl-; ssm! to** ready placed bronse markers at ** i i in graves of every ex-service man *P**‘ are buried in this county.Jed Jack Armstrong, Post Com- P®* nse :n*ndcr here, and V. Earl Earp, an °f wi vicr officer, pointed out that ; the government is also furnishing theI*P an American flag to go on the*** coffin at the death of any ex- itind service man. with the flag to be rur*»!?• presented the nearest relative of thtur* tiv4 «Jelt;ea*ed after tj*e funeral. £U rc« Th» government also provides^rl* $ J on t ash toward payment of bur- inchis at itie death of any Wlt;**r' e%.service man in rase* where he iolt;The Jf*ver lesi thar. $1,000 beside bis Ku mxuraiue m*iiUU'
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Sweetwater Nolan County News
Sweetwater, Texas, US
Thu, Jun 25, 1931
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