Father Pitt

Why should the beautiful die?

Troop H First Pennsylvania Cavalry Monument, South Park

Troop H monument

Instead of a heroic soldier, or—as in more than one First World War memorial—a baffled and scared soldier, we have a shiny plaque with a horse all ready for a rider. This strikes old Pa Pitt as a real soldier’s monument. A member of Troop H would remember the horses above all as what distinguished a cavalry unit. He would look at this relief and feel immediately that he was the soldier who was meant to mount that horse. In a way, the monument also serves as a memorial to the passing away of the horse as an important factor in military operations.

Plaque: Troop H First Pennsylvania Cavalry, organized November 2, 1911; served in the Mexican Border Expedition and World War
Perspective view of the monument
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One response to “Troop H First Pennsylvania Cavalry Monument, South Park”

  1. von Hindenburg

    I knew my days were numbered when o’er the trenches lumbered
    More modern machinations de la guerre.
    No match for rapid fire or the steel birds of the sky
    With a final rear guard action I retreat.
    No match for barbered wire or the armored engines whine
    Reluctant I retire and take my leave.

    Horse Solider, by Corb Lund

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