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Near Westboro in Clinton County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
 

Westboro Civil War Memorial

 
 
Westboro Civil War Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, August 14, 2018
1. Westboro Civil War Memorial Marker
Inscription.
To all
soldiers
and
sailors
who fought
under our flag

 
Erected 1914 by O.G.Sherwin Post. No. 360 G.A.R. Dept. of Ohio.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Fraternal or Sororal OrganizationsWar, US Civil.
 
Location. 39° 17.051′ N, 83° 54.25′ W. Memorial is near Westboro, Ohio, in Clinton County. It is at the intersection of Jonesboro Road (County Route 14) and Valley Street (County Route 49), on the right when traveling east on Jonesboro Road. Located in Westboro Independent Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 419 Jonesboro Rd, Midland OH 45148, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Southern Ohio Hill Country. It is also in the American Midwest and in the Corn Belt. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, and the Northwest Territory.

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least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Garrison Corner GAR Monument (approx. 3½ miles away); Garrison Corner Community (approx. 3½ miles away); Sgt. Chester H. Wilson (approx. 4 miles away); Blanchester Veterans' Memorial Park (approx. 4 miles away); WWII Killed in Action (approx. 4.1 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 4.6 miles away); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. 4.9 miles away); The Ursulines of Brown County (approx. 5.1 miles away).
 
Also see . . .  Westboro ceremony has storied history. Wilmington News Journal (6/1/2017) (Submitted on August 21, 2018.) 
 
Additional keywords. Independant Order of Odd Fellows
 
Westboro Civil War Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, August 14, 2018
2. Westboro Civil War Memorial Marker
Westboro Civil War Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, August 14, 2018
3. Westboro Civil War Memorial Marker
Westboro Civil War Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, August 14, 2018
4. Westboro Civil War Memorial Marker
marker as seen from Jonesboro Road. It is in the center of I.O.O.F. Circle
Westboro Civil War Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, August 14, 2018
5. Westboro Civil War Memorial Marker
G.A.R. medallion on west side of marker
Westboro Civil War Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick
6. Westboro Civil War Memorial Marker
linked web site describes this picture. The man carrying the flag is the last surviving Civil War soldier in the area.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on August 21, 2018. It was originally submitted on August 20, 2018, by Rev. Ronald Irick of West Liberty, Ohio. This page has been viewed 449 times since then and 33 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on August 20, 2018, by Rev. Ronald Irick of West Liberty, Ohio. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
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