Category: Monuments

  • Chasing History: The Plum Creek Cemetery Soldiers’ Monument

    I didn’t grow up here. But I’ve lived in Plum for 11 years now. I drive past this cemetery twice a day on my regular commute. You can see it from my kids’ elementary school. And for 11 years, I thought it would be a pretty cool place to check out sometime. Sometime. As I’m…

  • Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall

    From Civil War parade-ground to a monument built of stone, space, and words Standing along Fifth Avenue in Oakland, Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall and Museum presents itself not simply as a memorial, but as a declaration. Its monumental classical form, elevated lawn, and commanding siting announce permanence and purpose. Yet the meaning of this…

  • Hampton Battery Monument

    Allegheny City (Pittsburgh), Pennsylvania The Hampton Battery Monument commemorates Hampton’s Independent Battery (Pennsylvania Light Artillery), a Pittsburgh-raised artillery unit. Standing today in Allegheny Center, within what was once the independent city of Allegheny City, the monument reflects a distinctly local form of remembrance – one shaped by neighborhood identity, veteran memory, and deeply personal loss.…