Minnesota Monument, Little Rock, AR
1916 (Photographs 1995)
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The Minnesota Monument by John K. Daniels was unveiled in Little Rock, AR in 1916.
In 1913, the Minnesota state legislature established the Minnesota Monument Commission to recommend the construction of memorials honoring Minnesota's Civil War soldiers buried in national cemeteries throughout the South. Little Rock, Arkansas's Minnesota Monument, also called "Taps," was unveiled on September 22,1916, in the Little Rock National Cemetery. The cemetery contains almost 7,000 Union graves, including 36 of Minnesota soldiers. The Minnesota Monument is the only one in Arkansas whose commission came from an outside state government and one of only three known monuments in the state that acknowledges Union forces.
In 1913, the Minnesota state legislature established the Minnesota Monument Commission to recommend the construction of memorials honoring Minnesota's Civil War soldiers buried in national cemeteries throughout the South. Little Rock, Arkansas's Minnesota Monument, also called "Taps," was unveiled on September 22,1916, in the Little Rock National Cemetery. The cemetery contains almost 7,000 Union graves, including 36 of Minnesota soldiers. The Minnesota Monument is the only one in Arkansas whose commission came from an outside state government and one of only three known monuments in the state that acknowledges Union forces.
This photo and description of the Minnesota Monument in Little Rock, AR are part of materials from its Nomination form for the National Register of Historic Places.
This primary source comes from the Records of the National Park Service.
National Archives Identifier: 26140494
Full Citation: Minnesota Monument, Little Rock, AR; 1916 (Photographs 1995); National Register of Historic Places and National Historic Landmarks Program Records: Arkansas; National Register of Historic Places and National Historic Landmarks Program Records, 2013 - 2017; Records of the National Park Service, Record Group 79; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/documents/document/minnesota-monument-little-rock-ar, March 22, 2023]Activities that use this document
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