It's the unveiling of a monument to the brave men of a small town.
We'll go to Coventry for that story.

The common in Coventry was filled with people on this day in 1912. Men, women and children came to hear speeches and see the new monument.

It was the unveiling of a magnificent Civil War monument, donated to the town by Judge Riley E. Wright, a Coventry native and Civil War veteran. He gave it to the town, he explained, in hopes that it would inspire interest and respect, and that it would stimulate others to "emulate the patriotic deeds" of those who risked or lost their lives so that ";our country might live."

Judge Riley E. Wright was one of 125 dedicated men from Coventry that served in the Civil War.

Postcard courtesy the Vermont Historical Society.

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