Veterans Memorial, Hannibal Missouri
Introduction
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Dedicated on Veteran's Day in 2021, this monument was the result of planning and fundraising efforts that started in 2018. The monument features the bell from the U.S.S. Hannibal, which served the Navy from its completion in 1898 through both World Wars. The Navy agreed to send the bell to this Missouri city in the late 1940s, and it was located in Kiwanis Park prior to the creation of this monument. The path to the memorial includes nearly four hundred bricks that bear the names of local service members. A nearby Hannibal monument that was dedicated in 1962, known as the Marion County Veterans Memorial, bears the names of all the local soldiers who died in World War I and World War II.
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This monument was dedicated in 2021
Backstory and Context
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The U.S.S. Hannibal was named in honor of the great military leader of Carthage who defeated the Romans during the Second Punic War.