Finish the Civil War Monument!

IN 1890 THE HORNELLSVILLE CIVIL WAR VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES HAD BUILT THE GRANITE MONUMENT THAT WAS PLACED AT HOPE CEMETERY WITH 4 POLISHED BUT BLANK SIDES. THESE BLANK SIDES WERE CLEARLY DESIGNED TO BE WRITTEN ON. THE APPROPRIATE WRITING THAT WAS NEEDED FOR THE 4 SIDES WAS LEFT TO BE DONE BY FUTURE GENERATIONS. SO THAT TASK NOW BELONGS TO ALL OF US.

 THE WRITING AT THE BASE OF THE MONUMENT SAYS THE MONUMENT IS DEDICATED “ TO HORNELLSVILLE’S LOYAL SONS WHO FOUGHT FOR THE UNION”.  SO IT IS CLEAR THAT THEY WERE CALLING FOR OUR GENERATION TO LOOK BACK IN TIME AND DETERMINE WHO THOSE MOST DESERVING MEN SHOULD BE. IT IS THE PROJECT COMMITTEES BELIEF THAT THE DESERVING MEN ARE THOSE WHO WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND IN THEIR DUTY.  SO WE PROPOSE TO INSTALL 4 NAMEPLATES WITH THE NAMES OF HORNELSVILLE’S SONS WHO WERE KILLED IN ACTION, DIED IN SERVICE, WOUNDED IN ACTION, DISCHARGED FOR DISABILITY, POW’S AND MIA’S. A PICTURE OF THIS PROPOSED FINISHED MONUMENT IS AVAILABLE FOR THOSE WHO DESIRE TO SEE IT.

 1) THE HORNELLSVILLE CIVIL WAR VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES INTENDED FOR THE MONUMENT TO BE COMPLETED AT A LATER DATE. THAT DATE IS NOW AT HAND.

2) THE LIVING FAMILIES OF THESE VETERANS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT WHO THESE MEN WERE AND THE SACRIFICES THAT THEIR ANCESTERS MADE, AND TO BE PROUD OF WHAT THESE MEN DID FOR THEM AND OUR NATION.

3) THE HORNELLSVILLE COMMUNITY NEEDS TO KNOW THAT THEIR ANCESTORS WERE HONORABLE, PATRIOTIC, AND WORTHY OF BEING REMEMBERED.

Your tax deductible donations can help our friends and families from years past fulfill their dreams by adding the names of their loved ones to our monument.  Please keep in touch for how you can help!