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NEVADA COUNTY
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CIVIL WAR/GAR MEMORIALS PROJECT

This is a very large project and we can use your assistance. If you know of a monument to the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) or Civil War-related memorial (of any size or design) near you, we invite you to share this information with the SUVCW. Please contact our Department Civil War Memorials Officer with any information.

Department Civil War Memorials Officer
E-mail: memorials@suvpac.org

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Location:

Grass Valley, Nevada Co., CA

Dow Alexander Memorial Park
(AKA, City Square, G.V. Jaycee Park) Bank and Bennett Streets.

Type:

Cannon
8" Columbaid, C.A. & Co. 1854, Muzzle 28 and B.H., 9,130 pounds, U.S., 10' long.

Reported by:

Kirby Morgan, M.O., Gen. George Wright Camp #22, 1999.

Status:

___ Completed

___ Submitted

_X_ Under Assessment

___ Needs Investigation

Notes:

1911 "When the Square was completed it was dedicated to the pioneers and to the Memory of Nevada County boys of Company I, Regiment 8, Volunteers for the Spanish American War." Included in the park is the Columbaid from Fort Point and/or Alcatraz Island Fort via Benicia.
KRM/17Aug2008

Researched by:

Kirby Morgan, Dept. M.O. and P.M.O. Camp #22, 95% complete.

DONATIONS:
The Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War is a 501(c)(4) organization and is approved by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service as an organization to which tax deductible gifts can be made pursuant to Section 170 of the Internal Revenue Code.

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Created 19 Aug 2008; Revised 19 Aug 2008

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