Tipton Civil War Memorial, Tipton Michigan
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N 42° 01.111 W 084° 03.778
16T E 743178 N 4656006
This was the first Civil War Memorial in Michigan. It is located in a cemetery.
Waymark Code: WM15YZ
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 01/26/2007
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This monument originally dedicated July 4, 1866 was the first memorial built by public subscription in the state of Michigan honoring the fallen heroes of the civil war.
July 4, 2006 For those inscribed on the monument and the other citizens from this community who gave unselfishly for the cause of freedom and equality we the family and friends of Raynor C and Wanda I Hardy hereby restore and rededicate this monument in the spirit of which it was originally constructed.
From Michigan Civil War monuments:
Monument in the cemetery in Tipton. The monument was erected in 1866 and is Michigans oldest civl war monument. The inscription reads:
Union and liberty, one and inseperable, now and forever. Erected July 4, 1866, by the citizens of Franklin as a memorial of the brave and patriotic men who represented them in battle, and gave their lives in defense of the unity of our common country. Preserve the union of the states, cemented by our prayers, our tears, and our blood. [ The names of thirty-three men from Franklin township who lost their lives in the civil War are inscribed on the monument]."
Date Installed or Dedicated: 07/04/1866
Union, Confederate or Other Monument: Other or General Civil War
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Name of Government Entity or Private Organization that built the monument: Not listed
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