This past weekend I visited a local monument to the veterans of the Spanish American War here in Omaha, Nebraska. The monument and two period cannons are on display near the front gate at Westlawn-Hillcrest Cemetery located at 57th and Center Street. The monument is an impressive granite marker with some rather elaborate engraved details and an attached brass plaque. The two cannons are actually reproductions constructed by students from a local high school. There were also several grave markers for Spanish American War veterans, but I will have to go back in the spring because too many of them were covered with ice and snow. Overall it is an impressive memorial to the veterans of a bygone era and a forgotten war.
This past weekend I visited a local monument to the veterans of the Spanish American War here in Omaha, Nebraska. The monument and two period cannons are on display near the front gate at Westlawn-Hillcrest Cemetery located at 57th and Center Street. The monument is an impressive granite marker with some rather elaborate engraved details and an attached brass plaque. The two cannons are actually reproductions constructed by students from a local high school. There were also several grave markers for Spanish American War veterans, but I will have to go back in the spring because too many of them were covered with ice and snow. Overall it is an impressive memorial to the veterans of a bygone era and a forgotten war.
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