Pasadena remembers...

[PeterT]

I went for a stroll around Pasadena CA (the new home for my son who lives here now) and we came across this in the Memorial Park. A cool find.

The plaque reads:

"ERECTED BY THE CITIZENS OF PASADENA TO PERPETUATE THE MEMORY OF THE DEFENDERS OF THE UNION 61 TO 65"

 

[MaryDee]

Where in Pasadena is Memorial Park? I will be down there in mid-May for my son #2's wedding. (At age 53 he finally decided to take the plunge!)

 

[kholland]

I went for a stroll around Pasadena CA (the new home for my son who lives here now) and we came across this in the Memorial Park. A cool find.

The plaque reads:

"ERECTED BY THE CITIZENS OF PASADENA TO PERPETUATE THE MEMORY OF THE DEFENDERS OF THE UNION 61 TO 65"

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Interesting photos with the Fan Palms in the background. You won't find too many photos of Civil War monuments with those in them!

 

[diane]

Nice photos, PeterT!

California has an unexpectedly rich Civil War history, by the way. A little ways from Pasadena, in Westwood, is the Los Angeles National Cemetery - there are 10,000 Civil War veterans buried there. (There is also the un-CW Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery, which is located right smack dab in the middle of downtown! An alley, as a matter of fact...but it contains some really famous celebrities.)

 

[PeterT]

Where in Pasadena is Memorial Park? I will be down there in mid-May for my son #2's wedding. (At age 53 he finally decided to take the plunge!)

It's at the corner of East Walnut Street and South Raymond Avenue.

 

[rpkennedy]

Nice photos, PeterT!

California has an unexpectedly rich Civil War history, by the way. A little ways from Pasadena, in Westwood, is the Los Angeles National Cemetery - there are 10,000 Civil War veterans buried there. (There is also the un-CW Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery, which is located right smack dab in the middle of downtown! An alley, as a matter of fact...but it contains some really famous celebrities.)

They also had 4 regiments that fought with the Army of the Potomac.

Ryan

 

[James N.]

The figure on the memorial is very similar to one on the Massachusetts State Monument in Grant Circle at Vicksburg and this one in Winchester National Cemetery, Virginia: