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30°15′57.9″N 97°43′33.5″W / 30.266083°N 97.725972°W | |
Location | Austin, Texas, U.S. |
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The Nine Men of Praha Monument, or Praha Monument, [1] is a pink granite memorial installed in the Texas State Cemetery in Austin, Texas. [2] It was dedicated by U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison on November 11 ( Veterans Day), 2002, to commemorate nine soldiers from Praha who died during World War II. [1] [2]
Texas Monthly has called the monument the "most haunting" of those installed at the cemetery. In 2008, the magazine's Gary Cartwright wrote: "The cemetery staff recalled vividly the day in 2002 that the stone was dedicated, how nearly the entire township arrived on two chartered buses." [3]
![]() The memorial in 2024 | |
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30°15′57.9″N 97°43′33.5″W / 30.266083°N 97.725972°W | |
Location | Austin, Texas, U.S. |
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The Nine Men of Praha Monument, or Praha Monument, [1] is a pink granite memorial installed in the Texas State Cemetery in Austin, Texas. [2] It was dedicated by U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison on November 11 ( Veterans Day), 2002, to commemorate nine soldiers from Praha who died during World War II. [1] [2]
Texas Monthly has called the monument the "most haunting" of those installed at the cemetery. In 2008, the magazine's Gary Cartwright wrote: "The cemetery staff recalled vividly the day in 2002 that the stone was dedicated, how nearly the entire township arrived on two chartered buses." [3]