PHARSALIA – Pharsalia town officials are paying homage to soldiers past with a Civil War memorial that was unveiled in the Pharsalia town park on Thursday.

Affixed to a boulder near the park pavilion, the bronze plaque commemorates the 140 men from the township who signed up to fight in the Civil War. Town Board members are planning a special dedication of the plaque to take place during the town’s annual community picnic at the pavilion this Saturday.