Tahlequah in Cherokee County, Oklahoma — The American South (West South Central)

Jack C. Montgomery

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 26, 2017

1. Jack C. Montgomery Memorial Bench

Inscription.

Congressional Medal of Honor
awarded to
Jack C. Montgomery
for action on Feb. 22, 1944
WW II

Erected by the Cherokee Nation.

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Patriots & Patriotism • War, World II. In addition, it is included in the Medal of Honor Recipients series list.

Location. 35° 51.138′ N, 94° 59.36′ W. Memorial is in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, in Cherokee County. It is on Cottonwood Street 0.1 miles south of Muskogee Avenue (U.S. 62), on the left when traveling south. Memorial is on the Cherokee Nations Veterans Center grounds. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Tahlequah OK 74464, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Cherokee Nation

and in Northeast Oklahoma — Green Country.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Ozarks,

on the prairies,

and on the Southern Plains.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself

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in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Cherokee Warrior Memorial (here, next to this marker); John Noah Reese, Jr. (here, next to this marker); Billy B. Walkabout (a few steps from this marker); Park Hill (approx. 1.1 miles away); Riley's Chapel (approx. 1.1 miles away); Park Hill Press (approx. 1.1 miles away); Trail of Tears (approx. 2.1 miles away); The Blacksmith Shop (approx. 4.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Tahlequah.

Also see . . .
1. Jack C. Montgomery Obituary (New York Times, 2002). (Submitted on October 8, 2017, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
2. Jack C. Montgomery Medal of Honor Citation (CMOHS). (Submitted on October 8, 2017, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 26, 2017

2. Jack C. Montgomery Memorial Bench

Bench closest to the larger memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on September 24, 2020. It was originally submitted on October 8, 2017, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 477 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 8, 2017, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.