Major Robert Anderson
In honor of
Major Robert Anderson
and the one-one-hundred-twenty-eight men of his command
who for thirty-four hours April Twelve-Thirteen,
Eighteen-hundred-sixty-one withstood the destructive
bombardment of Fort Sumter and withdrew with the
honors of war • the War of Secession began here.
Erected under the bequest of
E.M.C.A. Lawton
A daughter of Major Anderson
accepted by Act of Congress
Approved May 11, 1928
Courtesy hmdb.org
