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West Bridgewater in Plymouth County, Massachusetts — The American Northeast (New England)
 

West Bridgewater Civil War Memorial

 
 
West Bridgewater Civil War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, October 26, 2022
1. West Bridgewater Civil War Memorial
Inscription.
Erected
by the
Citizens of this Town
In Memory of
Her Sons Who Lost Their Lives
Defending the Government
During the
War of 1861-65

Let Us Have Peace
1879
Capt. John Ripley · Myron E. Alger · Timothy Callahan · Edgar E. Colwell · George Colwell · Melvin Colwell · Martin Cunningham · William Dewyre · John B. Dunbar · Henry M. Folsom · John B. Gould · Charles H. Hayden · Luman E. Hayward · Eustace Howard · Nicholas P. Howard · Leonard Jones · Hector D. Kingman · Wesley D. Linesey · Francis Lothrop · Michael McMurphy · John Mullen · Charles H. Parker · James M. Pasco · Henry Quinley · Asa F. Shaw · James M. Stetson · Rosco Tucker · Elijah Withington · James E. Jacobs · Alvan R. Coffin
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil.
 
Location. 42° 1.123′ N, 71° 0.468′ W. Memorial is in West Bridgewater, Massachusetts, in Plymouth County. It is at the intersection of W Center Street (Massachusetts Route 106) and Route 28, on the right when traveling east on W Center Street. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: West Bridgewater
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MA 02379, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Greater Boston. It is also in the American Northeast and in New England. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Pulpit Rock (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Bridgewater Purchase (about 700 feet away); Deacon Samuel Edson (approx. 0.2 miles away); West Bridgewater World War II Vietnam War Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); West Bridgewater World War I Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); Home of John Cary (approx. 0.4 miles away); Home of Rev. James Keith (approx. half a mile away); Tory House (approx. 2.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in West Bridgewater.
 
West Bridgewater Civil War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, October 26, 2022
2. West Bridgewater Civil War Memorial
West Bridgewater Civil War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, October 26, 2022
3. West Bridgewater Civil War Memorial
West Bridgewater Civil War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, October 26, 2022
4. West Bridgewater Civil War Memorial
West Bridgewater Civil War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, October 26, 2022
5. West Bridgewater Civil War Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on November 3, 2022. It was originally submitted on November 3, 2022, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut. This page has been viewed 459 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on November 3, 2022, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.
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