"The community is indebted to the energetic work of the ladies of the Soldiers Aid Society" for the Soldiers Monument and were assisted by comrades of the Edward Huntting Post II G.A.R. Beginning with a Fourth of July benefit dinner, the ladies of the Soldiers Aid Society raised the funds ($1,000) for the monument. The Quincy granite monument is a tribute to the death of 29 Greenporters. It was installed in November 1883 and dedicated on Decoration Day 1884.