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| 35°41′14.7474″N 105°56′18.6714″W / 35.687429833°N 105.938519833°W | |
| Location | Santa Fe Plaza, New Mexico |
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| Type | obelisk and plinth with engraved text |
| Material | stone |
| Height | 33 feet (10 m) (including obelisk) |
| Dedicated date | 1868 |
| Dedicated to | Civil War soldiers and U.S. soldiers who battled with Native Americans |
| Dismantled date | October 12, 2020 |
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The Soldiers' Monument is a cenotaph at the center of the Santa Fe Plaza, a monument collectively memorializing deaths in several specified battles. It is obscured from public view and access by concreteboard walls used as a preservation measure. Erected during the late 1860s in the aftermath of the American Civil War, it consisted of a 33 feet (10 m) stone obelisk atop a plinth; only the plinth stands currently, and exhibits some damage. During the late nineteenth century, the monument was used as a place for Union veterans to gather at annual Memorial Day events to decorate the cenotaph and hear brief presentations.[1][2]
The square plinth includes four inscribed panels, three of which dedicate the monument to unnamed Union Army soldiers who died on the battlefields of New Mexico Territory in the American Civil War. The fourth panel on the monument commemorates US soldiers who died "in the various battles with savage Indians", referring to the Army's then-ongoing campaigns comprising the American Indian Wars § West of the Mississippi (1804–1924). The word "savage" was chiseled-off by an anonymous person in 1974.[3] On October 12 (Indigenous People's Day) in 2020, the obelisk portion of the monument was toppled by protestors.[4]
- ^ Wilson, Chris (1997). The Myth of Santa Fe, Creating a Modern Regional Tradition. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press. pp. 185–186. ISBN 978-0826317469.
- ^ "Flowers for All". Daily New Mexican. May 31, 1894. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
- ^ Chacon New Mexican. Retrieved 19 February 2021., Daniel (June 23, 2020). "Obelisk in Plaza Vandalized". Santa Fe New Mexican. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
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