DAR & SAR Minuteman Memorial -- Veteran's Memorial Park, Pensacola, FL, USA
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A polished black granite monument placed by the Sons and Daughters of the American Revolution to the Minutemen soldiers of the American Revolution in Veteran's Memorial Park, at Pensacola FL USA
Waymark Code: WM18194
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 05/08/2023
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member 8Nuts MotherGoose
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This difficult to read Revolutionary War Memorial stands proudly along Admiral Mason walkway in Pensacola Veteran's Memorial Park.

The waymarked memorial is near the Submarine Memorial and the World War II Memorial.

It is a joint project of the local chapters of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Sons of the American Revolution.
DAR Chapter: Florida Society, DAR

Inscription:
[front]

Revolutionary War Veterans Minuteman Memorial
1775 – 1783
Erected by
Florida Society SAR and DAR
Pensacola chapters

[seal of Sons of the American Revolution]
[seal of Daughters of the American Revolution]

[north side]

"Minuteman

“By the wide bridge that arched the flood,
their Flag to April's breeze unfurled,
here once embattled Farmers stood
and fired the shot heard around the world.”
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson -–

Dedicated
To all patriots that through their service and
support established the United States of America

[back side]

"Those who hammer their guns into plows
Will plow for those who do not."
-- Unknown author

Major Sponsors
BP P.L.C.
Bullock Tice and Associates
Terhaar & Cronley
Whitesell-Green Inc.

[south side]

"Not gold but only men can make
A people great and strong.
Men who for only on honor's sake
Stand fast and suffer long."

-- Ralph Waldo Emerson -–



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