G.A.R. Monument

Price: $4.95
  

Stock #: 63551
Type: Postcard
Era: Linen
City: Chalmette
State: Louisiana (LA)
County: St. Bernard
Publisher: A. Hirschwitz
Postmark: 1947
PM City: NEW ORLEANS
PM State: LA
Stamp: 1C
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)

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The remains of nearly 15,000 veterans and others eligible for burial in a national cemetery have been interred here since this was set aside as a national cemetery in 1864. Dum Tacent clement inscribed on this monument is translated to mean "Though silent, Still Let Them Be heard!" The cemetery is within Chalmette National Historical Park administered by the National Park Service of the U. S. Department of the Interior.

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