On a beautiful Sunday in April members of the Iowa Society of the Sons of the American Revolution Color Guard joined with IASSAR President Alan Wenger, Governor Terry Branstad, Congressman David Young, City of Des Moines Mayor Cownie, Suku Radia, Roberta Swartzendruber, representatives of McCall Monument, members of the Des Moines Historical Society and the general public to dedicate and place the final 3 (of over 500) gravestones on Baby Hill at Woodland Cemetery in Des Moines, Iowa.

 

The 11 year long project started by historian Gerald LaBlanc was helped to completion the members of the Abigail Adams Chapter of the Iowa Society of  the DAR.

Photos by Suzanne Wenger