Soldiers Memorial

Soldiers Memorial. . , Silent Guardians , The Parrott Rifle was the most formidable field weapon of the Civil War. Each cannon carries the initials of the creator, Robert Parker Parrott, and the date of manufacture at the West Point Foundry in the state of New Work., Iron from Lawrence County was used at the foundry for weapon production. The cannon is designated a 20 pounder for the weight of its projectile., 1861, Never Forget , Freedoms we Americans enjoy today were entrusted to us by the veterans who served and protected our nation in the past., These hallowed grounds must always remind us of a debt we can never repay., Freedom is never free. , Veterans Memorial Committee, 2001, Civil War , Here lie veterans of that bloody conflict which pitted brother against brother in the most deadly war Americans ever fought., "With malice toward none, with charity for all, let us strive on to finish the work we are in... to do all which may achieve and cherish a just, and a lasting peace, among ourselves and with all nations". , Abraham Lincoln , 1865, G. A. R. , Woodland Cemetery, founded in 1871, set aside this Grand Army of the Republic section to honor our Civil War Veterans., The U.S. Congress donated four Parrott Rifles to the Dick Lambert Post of the G. A. R. on 19 July, 1882 for a Soldiers Memorial in Woodland Cemetery., 1882