. The first one hundred years of McKeesport. An historical and statistical description of the city from its inception until its centennial in 1894. Soldiers Monument. The Soldiers Monument. fflcKEESPORT always had a warm love for the Unionsoldier. It jiarticularh reveres the memory of thosewho gave up their dearest possession, life, as a sacrifice upon thealtar of their country. Man}- grass} mounds in the cemeteriesof the city are surmounted I:)}- shafts of simple marble, whereonis inscribed a hint, or a suggestion, of how much they loved theircountry; and the quietude of their present resting
. The first one hundred years of McKeesport. An historical and statistical description of the city from its inception until its centennial in 1894. Soldiers Monument. The Soldiers Monument. fflcKEESPORT always had a warm love for the Unionsoldier. It jiarticularh reveres the memory of thosewho gave up their dearest possession, life, as a sacrifice upon thealtar of their country. Man}- grass} mounds in the cemeteriesof the city are surmounted I:)}- shafts of simple marble, whereonis inscribed a hint, or a suggestion, of how much they loved theircountry; and the quietude of their present resting places beneaththe sod, are in violent contrast to the battlefield where the shotand shell carried death to so many of the brave. In their last,long sleep these soldiers are not forgotten. Their graves arewatched over by loved ones and many a tear drops silently uponthe mounds above them, as those who are left behind pause inkindh remembrance of the time when the now dead were liv-ing. Each Memorial Day a tiny flag—that emblem aroundwhich the boys always rallied, and which cheered them on themarch and in the battle,—waves above these gra
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