What better place for military and veteran memorials than libraries, already repositories of histories, stories and remembrance?
What better place for military and veteran memorials than libraries, already repositories of histories, stories and remembrance?
Ava Maria School of Law Veterans Memorial Law Library, Naples, Fla.: “Plaque outside the entrance to the law library.” Placed by the founders.
Chicago Public Library Civil War cannon display, Chicago: Installed at the Harold Washington Library Center by the library and the Grand Army of the Republic.
Blue Island Public Library Veterans Memorial, Blue Island, Ill.: “Dedicated to those from Blue Island … who were killed in America's wars.”
Adams Free Library, Adams, Mass.: “President William McKinley laid the cornerstone of the building on Sept. 25, 1897, during his first visit to Adams as president of the United States. The Adams Free Library opened to the public on Jan. 2, 1899. With Washington, Lincoln and Grant named on the exterior, this Civil War memorial and library was also the meeting place for the Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) veterans of George E. Sayles Post 126. A plaque dedicated to USS Maine, a relic of the Spanish-American War, is also located there.”
Wall of Honor Meagher County Veterans, White Sulphur Springs, Mont.: “This memorial wall is in the Meagher County Library … located at 205 SW Garfield St., and honors all veterans, both past and present. The wall lists over 1,200 names of veterans, and is approximately 7 feet high by 12 feet wide.”
- Honor & Remembrance