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The Decoration Day program will be held in the shadow of Iowa’s first Civil War monument. It was built to honor 15 soldiers from the area who died in the war.
VICKSBURG, Miss. --- When retired Iowa Army National Guard Col. Robert Pitts first saw the Iowa Civil War monument in Vicksburg, Miss., he noticed the monument was not in a ...
TOOLESBORO, Iowa (AP) — Hundreds of people have helped to dedicate a memorial to six southeast Iowa brothers who died after enlisting to fight for the Union in the Civil War.
i’m jackie defusco. 15 civil war veterans now have proper grave markers in des moines, clinton glendale cemetery. a retired des moines fire investigator led the effort for the recognition.
CLIMBING HILL, Iowa | Lyle Groth, 85, a veteran of the Korean War tries to remember fellow soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines left behind. He often joins fellow veteran Ron ...