Albuquerque,
New Mexico
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The monument is located at Fourth and
Marble NW, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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This monument was dedicated on September
27, 1928. The keynote speaker was Judge Harry S Truman,
President of the National Old Trails Association.
The monument was rededicated on September
27, 1978.
On Sunday, September 27th, 1998, the
monument was once again rededicated at her new location
at Fourth and Marble NW.
The inscriptions read:
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(West Face)
MADONNA OF THE TRAIL
N.S.D.A.R. MEMORIAL
TO THE
PIONEER MOTHERS
OF THE
COVERED WAGON DAYS
(South Face)
TO THE PIONEER MOTHER OF AMERICA
THROUGH WHOSE COURAGE AND SACRIFICE
THE DESERT HAS BLOSSOMED.
THE CAMP BECAME A HOME,
THE BLAZED TRAIL THE THOROUGHFARE.
(East Face)
THE NATIONAL
OLD TRAILS ROAD
(North Face)
INTO THE PRIMITIVE WEST
FACE UPSWUNG TOWARD THE SUN
BRAVELY SHE CAME,
HER CHILDREN BESIDE HER
HERE SHE MADE A HOME,
BEAUTIFUL PIONEER MOTHER!
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Photo courtesy of the Lew
Wallace Chapter, NSDAR, Albuquerque, NM.
