{"id":1060,"date":"2024-09-13T20:40:17","date_gmt":"2024-09-13T20:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/s2.designcostaging.com\/clients\/mmm\/?post_type=monuments&#038;p=1060"},"modified":"2024-11-11T20:28:01","modified_gmt":"2024-11-11T20:28:01","slug":"westminster-revolutionary-soldiers-monument","status":"publish","type":"monuments","link":"https:\/\/s2.designcostaging.com\/clients\/mmm\/monuments\/westminster-revolutionary-soldiers-monument\/","title":{"rendered":"Westminster Revolutionary Soldiers&#8217; Monument"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Westminster\u2019s Revolutionary Soldiers&#8217; Monument was dedicated in 1905 to the local Patriots who fought for their country\u2019s independence. The ornate, fourteen-foot-tall zinc-cast monument stands prominently among the headstones in <a href=\"https:\/\/freedomsway.org\/place\/westminster-woodside-cemetery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Woodside Cemetery<\/a> on Narrows Road.<\/p>\n<p>Joseph Hager, a long-time <a href=\"https:\/\/freedomsway.org\/communities\/westminster\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Westminster<\/a> selectman, was responsible for its creation. Hager took care of incapacitated Civil War soldiers and was also a member of the committee that erected the town\u2019s Civil War Monument in 1865. Spurred by his involvement in that initiative, in 1905 he decided to erect a monument in Woodside Cemetery to memorialize Westminster\u2019s Revolutionary War veterans.<\/p>\n<p>The names of all 356 Westminster men who served in the Revolution can be found around each of the monument\u2019s four sides, along with a brief inscription that indicates its commemorative purpose:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">ERECTED<br \/>\nBY JOSEPH HAGER, 1905<br \/>\nIN MEMORY OF WESTMINSTER MEN WHO WERE<br \/>\nIN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Hager\u2019s grave is sited directly across from the monument.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Westminster\u2019s Revolutionary Soldiers&#8217; Monument was dedicated in 1905 to the local Patriots who fought for their country\u2019s independence. The ornate, fourteen-foot-tall zinc-cast monument stands prominently among the headstones in Woodside Cemetery on Narrows Road. 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