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[[Image:Linn Park Revolutionary Veterans Memorial.jpg|right|thumb| | [[Image:Linn Park Revolutionary Veterans Memorial.jpg|right|thumb|450px|The Revolutionary War Veterans Memorial in April 2011. Photo by Cougar_6 ([http://www.flickr.com/photos/50245058@N03/5679897286/in/photostream/ link])]] | ||
The '''Revolutionary War Veterans Memorial''' is a large granite boulder bearing a bronze plaque commissioned in [[1912]] by the [[General Sumter Chapter]] of the [[Daughters of the American Revolution]] to honor veterans of the [[American Revolution]] who settled in [[Jefferson County]]. The boulder, originally displayed at [[Five Points South]], was moved to [[Linn Park|Woodrow Wilson Park]] in [[1937]]. | The '''Revolutionary War Veterans Memorial''' is a large granite boulder bearing a bronze plaque commissioned in [[1912]] by the [[General Sumter Chapter]] of the [[Daughters of the American Revolution]] to honor veterans of the [[American Revolution]] who settled in [[Jefferson County]]. The boulder, originally displayed at [[Five Points South]], was moved to [[Linn Park|Woodrow Wilson Park]] in [[1937]]. | ||
The plaque names [[James Boyd]], [[John Brown (settler)|John Brown]], [[John Buford]], [[John Click]], [[Thomas Goode]], [[Goldsmith Hewitt|Goldsmith W. Hewitt]], [[Michael McCarthy]], [[John McDonald]], [[Leonard Miller]], [[Hugh Morrow (pioneer)|Hugh Morrow]], [[Hugh Pierce]], [[William Pullen]], [[R. S. Shepherd]], [[William Speer]], [[Nicholas Starnes]], [[James Tarrant]]. | The plaque names [[James Boyd]], [[John Brown (settler)|John Brown]], [[John Buford]], [[John Click]], [[Thomas Goode]], [[Goldsmith Hewitt Sr|Goldsmith W. Hewitt]], [[Michael McCarthy]], [[John McDonald]], [[Leonard Miller]], [[Hugh Morrow (pioneer)|Hugh Morrow]], [[Hugh Pierce]], [[William Pullen]], [[R. S. Shepherd]], [[William Speer]], [[Nicholas Starnes]], and [[James Tarrant]]. | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Veterans memorials]] | ||
[[Category:1912 works]] | [[Category:1912 works]] | ||
[[Category:Five Points South]] | [[Category:Five Points South]] | ||
[[Category:Linn Park]] | [[Category:Linn Park]] | ||
Latest revision as of 15:31, 10 November 2023
The Revolutionary War Veterans Memorial in April 2011. Photo by Cougar_6 (link)
The Revolutionary War Veterans Memorial is a large granite boulder bearing a bronze plaque commissioned in 1912 by the General Sumter Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution to honor veterans of the American Revolution who settled in Jefferson County. The boulder, originally displayed at Five Points South, was moved to Woodrow Wilson Park in 1937.
The plaque names James Boyd, John Brown, John Buford, John Click, Thomas Goode, Goldsmith W. Hewitt, Michael McCarthy, John McDonald, Leonard Miller, Hugh Morrow, Hugh Pierce, William Pullen, R. S. Shepherd, William Speer, Nicholas Starnes, and James Tarrant.