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Monuments are classed next to medals as commemorating events or [[strikethrough]] the [[/strikethrough]] as preserving the memory of eminent men.  [[strikethrough]] An effort has [[/strikethrough]]  Some [[?]] has been done towards [[strikethrough]] obtaining plots grap [[/strikethrough]] making a list of [[strikethrough]] all [[/strikethrough]] the monuments in the United States commemorating events of national importance and photographic ^[[models]] or other illustration of [[strikethrough]] ver [[/strikethrough]] many [[strikethrough]] of [[/strikethrough]] monuments have been collected. 
^[[The Memorial Arch at Hartford, Conn., erected in memory of the man who fell in the War of the Rebellion is perhaps the most interesting monument connected with the Rebellion period of our history.]]
All over the country there are buildings [[strikethrough]] of historic importance on account of where events [[/strikethrough]] ^[[bridges, etc.]] associated with events of more or less importance as Independence Hall in Phil., Faneuil Hall in Boston, the Old North Bridge at Concord, the bridge