Three Rivers in St. Joseph County, Michigan — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Three Rivers Soldiers Memorial
Photographed By Duane Hall, July 9, 2014
1. Three Rivers Soldiers Memorial Marker
Forever Set Apart and Maintained by
Riverside Cemetery Association
There has been Erected this St. Joseph County
Native Boulder
By Ed. M. Prutzman Post G.A.R. and Woman’s Relief Corps
Citizens Generously Assisting;
And on Memorial Day May 30, 1903,
Dedicated
To the Perpetual memory of the Soldiers of
All Wars - Defenders of the Republic.
Erected 1903 by Ed. M. Prutzman Post of the Grand Army of the Republic and Woman’s Relief Corps.
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Military • Women. In addition, it is included in the The Grand Army of the Republic series list.
Location. 41° 56.658′ N, 85° 37.109′ W. Marker is in Three Rivers, Michigan, in St. Joseph County. Memorial can be reached from the intersection of Jefferson Street and 3rd Avenue. Marker is located 500 feet east of the main entrance to Riverside Cemetery; the above directions are to the cemetery entrance. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Three Rivers MI 49093, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Sue Silliman House (approx. 0.7 miles away); Traditional Site Of Seventeenth Century Jesuit Mission (approx. 0.7
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Additional commentary.
1. Bivouac of the Dead
Surrounding the marker boulder are four metal plaques with stanzas from the poem "Bivouac of the Dead" by Theodore O'Hara. O'Hara wrote the poem as a remembrance of his fellow soldiers from Kentucky who died in the Mexican-American War. The poem is oft quoted and displayed at soldier memorials and monuments.
The four stanzas displayed here are:
On Fame’s eternal camping-ground
Their silent tents are spread,
And Glory guards, with solemn round,
The bivouac of the dead.
No rumor of the foe’s advance
Now swells upon the wind,
No troubled though at midnight haunts
Of loved ones left behind.
No vision of the morrow’s strife,
The
Photographed By Duane Hall, July 9, 2014
2. Three Rivers Soldiers Memorial Boulder and Marker
No braying horn nor screaming fife
At dawn shall call to arms.
The neighing troop, the flashing blade,
The bugle’s stirring blast,
The charge, the dreadful cannonade,
The din and shout are past.
To learn more about the poem, visit the Wikipedia entry on Bivouac of the Dead.
— Submitted July 11, 2014, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas.
Photographed By Duane Hall, July 9, 2014
3. Three Rivers Soldiers Memorial
Photographed By Duane Hall, July 9, 2014
4. Stanza from Bivouac of the Dead
Photographed By Duane Hall, July 9, 2014
5. Three Rivers Soldiers Memorial
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on July 11, 2014, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas. This page has been viewed 465 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on July 11, 2014, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas.
