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Pottstown in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Graham Post No. 106 G.A.R. Civil War Memorial
Our Fallen Comrades
 
Graham Post No. 106 G.A.R. Civil War Memorial Photo, Click for full size
By William Fischer, Jr., July 4, 2009
1. Graham Post No. 106 G.A.R. Civil War Memorial
Looking north toward Jefferson Avenue.
 
Inscription.
Erected
by Graham Post No. 106,
Grand Army of the Republic
July 4, 1879
to commemorate the services of those who
defended the nation
in the Civil War
of
1861-1865

 
Erected 1879 by Graham Post 106, G.A.R.
 
Location. 40° 15.115′ N, 75° 38.773′ W. Marker is in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, in Montgomery County. Marker is on Hanover Street, on the right when traveling north. Click for map. Memorial is in Pottstown East Cemetery, bounded by Hanover Street, Jefferson Avenue, and Charlotte Street on northwest, northeast, and southeast sides, respectively. Marker is in this post office area: Pottstown PA 19464, United States of America.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Site of Old Burial Ground (approx. 0.3 miles away); Philadelphia Steam Engine Fire Co. #1 (approx. 0.3 miles away); The Old Brick Church (approx. 0.3 miles away); The Potts Family Burial Ground (approx. 0.3 miles away); The Pottstown News (approx. 0.4 miles away); G.A.R. Statue (approx. 0.5 miles away); Bahr Arcade (approx. 0.5 miles away); St. Clair Mansion (approx. 0.5 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Pottstown.
 
Graham Post No. 106 Memorial Dedication Photo, Click for full size
By William Fischer, Jr., July 4, 2009
2. Graham Post No. 106 Memorial Dedication
 
 
Graham Post No. 106 G.A.R. Memorial Photo, Click for full size
By William Fischer, Jr., July 4, 2009
3. Graham Post No. 106 G.A.R. Memorial
68th PA Infantry Regiment names.
 
 
Graham Post No. 106 Memorial Photo, Click for full size
By William Fischer, Jr., July 4, 2009
4. Graham Post No. 106 Memorial
53rd PA Infantry Regiment names.
 
 
Graham Post No. 106 Memorial Photo, Click for full size
By William Fischer, Jr., July 4, 2009
5. Graham Post No. 106 Memorial
Names from other regiments
 
 
G.A.R. Burial Section Next to Memorial Photo, Click for full size
By William Fischer, Jr., July 4, 2009
6. G.A.R. Burial Section Next to Memorial
 
 
Peter B. Lessig Marker Photo, Click for full size
By William Fischer, Jr., July 4, 2009
7. Peter B. Lessig Marker
Representative of others in GAR burial section.
 
 
G.A.R. Burial Plot Boundary Marker Photo, Click for full size
By William Fischer, Jr., July 4, 2009
8. G.A.R. Burial Plot Boundary Marker
 
Credits. This page originally submitted on November 3, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Lancaster, Ohio. This page has been viewed 82 times since then. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. Submitted on November 3, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Lancaster, Ohio. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.


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