Gettysburg Greg
First Sergeant
- Joined
- Jun 6, 2010
- Location
- Decatur, Illinois
In the 1930's, the curve in Stone Avenue was added routing it away from the John Burns monument. This resulted in the monument sitting some 100 feet back from the new road. It was at this time the monument along with the boulder it sat on was moved to its present location next to the curve in Stone Avenue. Below is a early 20th century view along with a modern image that shows how far the monument was moved. I will also include photo I took last year that shows the concrete slab where the monument was originally located. The slab can be seen today on the east side of the worm fence.