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Civil War Monuments in Vermont
Underhill

Monument

"In Memory of
Civil War Veterans
1861- 1865
(Front)
The rear of the monument has a 48 star U.S. Flag and the letters "GAR"


From "The History of Underhill, Vermont - The Town Under the Mountain", published by the Underhill Historical Society in 1976:

"Grand Army of the Republic, Lucius Bostwick Post, organized 1883 with 61 members; built GAR Hall with most of labor and materials furnished by veterans; monument in Park erected in 1939 to honor Civil War Veterans."


Sources: Photograph and material contributed by Peter Flood, great-grandson of 1st Lieutenant Jerome B. Hatch, 1st Vermont Cavalry.

Visit the Flood Collection at the Virtual Museum