Taylor Park in St. Albans in Franklin County, Vermont — The American Northeast (New England)
St. Albans Civil War Memorial
Photographed By Steve Stoessel, September 21, 2019
1. St. Albans Civil War Memorial
Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in a great civil war testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.
But in a larger sense we cannot dedicate — we cannot consecrate — we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men living and dead who struggled here have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note nor long remember what we say here but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us — that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they here gave the last full measure of devotion — that we here highly
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.President Abraham Lincoln - Gettysburg PA November 19, 1863
Erected 1940 by William E. Clark.
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil.
Location. 44° 48.665′ N, 73° 4.947′ W. Marker is in St. Albans, Vermont, in Franklin County. It is in Taylor Park. Memorial is at the intersection of S Main Street (U.S. 7) and Lake Street, on the right on S Main Street. Monument is in Taylor Park. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Saint Albans VT 05478, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. St. Albans World War Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); History on the Hill/Leçon d'historie sur la colline (within shouting distance of this marker); Franklin County Veterans Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); St. Albans War Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); St. Albans Raid (within shouting distance of this marker); The Smith Legacy / L'héritage de la famille Smith (about
Photographed By Steve Stoessel, September 21, 2019
2. St. Albans Civil War Memorial
More about this memorial. The monument uses little carved eagles in the text to denote paragraph breaks, and extra dashes for punctuation. Replaced with paragraphs breaks and normal punctuation as appropriate.
Also see . . . The Gettysburg Address - Abraham Lincoln Online. (Submitted on October 6, 2019, by Steve Stoessel of Niskayuna, New York.)
Photographed By Steve Stoessel, September 21, 2019
3. St. Albans Civil War Memorial
of
Our Soldiers
And Sailors
Who Fought
in the
Civil War
1861 - 1865
Photographed By Steve Stoessel, September 21, 2019
4. St. Albans Civil War Memorial
to the
City and Town
of St. Albans
by
William E. Clark
of This City
1940 A.D.
Credits. This page was last revised on February 16, 2023. It was originally submitted on October 5, 2019, by Steve Stoessel of Niskayuna, New York. This page has been viewed 362 times since then and 41 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on October 5, 2019, by Steve Stoessel of Niskayuna, New York. • Michael Herrick was the editor who published this page.
