Cumberland Co. Civil War Memorial Decorated with US and Confederate Flags.

Not many people are aware that the Civil War Memorial in downtown Crossville is one of only two in the country that includes both Union and Confederate Veterans on the same memorial. 

Cumberland Co. Civil War Memorial is one of only 2 in

the entire country that includes both Union and

Confederate soldiers name.

Memorial Day was originally recognized as Decoration Day in years after the Civil War as a time to remember the soldiers who died during the war.  Eventually, it was changed to Memorial Day and made a Federal Holiday in 1971. 

The local Sons of the Confederate Veterans Hamby Camp 1750 have put flags in front of the memorial for each Cumberland Co. resident in the Civil War.  According to the SCV 189 flags have been placed.

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