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Vicksburg National Military Park
Massachusetts Memorial
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Massachusetts memorial
 

The Massachusetts State Memorial is located on Grant Avenue at Grant Circle. It was the first state memorial erected within Vicksburg National Military Park. The monument cost $4,500 and was dedicated on November 14, 1903. The sculptor was Theo Alice Ruggles Kitson, and is mounted on a 15-ton boulder from Massachusetts. The three regiments from Massachusetts are listed on the memorial.
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Vicksburg National Military Park was the final of the first five National Military Parks established by the Congress of the United States during the last quarter of the 19th century.

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