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| Maine Civil War Monuments | |
Bangor (Beale Post Monument) |
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| Town/County: Bangor/Penobscot | |
| Location: Mount Hope Cemetery, 1038 State Street | |
| Type:Tower | Materials: Granite |
| Date Erected: 1907 | Date Dedicated: October 7, 1907 |
| Maker/Sculptor: | Source of Funding: B. H. Beale Post 12, G.A.R. |
| Principal inscriptions: This Fort Was Built By/Patriotic Donors In 1907/To Honor Veterans Of The Grand Army of the Republic./It Was Rebuilt In 1985/With Funds Bequeathed By/Luther H. Peirce, A Member/Of The Second Maine Regiment/Of Volunteers In The Civil War. | |
| References: Bangor Daily News, May 31, 1924; Albert W. Paine, History of Mt. Hope Cemetery, Bangor, 1907, p. 53; Trudy I. Scee, Mount Hope Cemetery, A Twentieth Century History, Bangor, 1999 | |
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Post card, 1910 |
