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It does look like the top has changed. Not as rounded as it used to be. I need to check other pics I have to see if it just a different angle or something like that.What happened to the rock???
It does look like the top has changed. Not as rounded as it used to be. I need to check other pics I have to see if it just a different angle or something like that.
Good question.Do you think people chipped off pieces as souvenirs?
Good question.
I don't think that's what happened, but the stone definitely looks to have been altered over time.
Here is the current National Park Service photo of the monument:
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http://www.nps.gov/vick/learn/historyculture/tilghmanmon.htm
His monument at the Vicksburg National Military Park is my favorite monument in the park.
The monument in question is a different one, outside of the NMP.
The monument in question is a different one, outside of the NMP.
The majority of the battlefield still belongs to the Champion family so I don't see monuments being placed in the near future.Great pictures and comments everyone... does any one know if there are future plans to put more monuments on the Champion Hill battlefield?
Wow that's a LOT of poison ivy!!!!! At least that's what it looks like to me?
You can see a small crack at the top left corner of the plaque in both photos, and you can also see the same shape formed under the bottom right corner of the plaque, so it looks like the same rock. I bet it has either withered away over time or someone had chipped away at it at some point.So it's not the same stone?