Southwestern Sacramento in Sacramento County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

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J. Holland Laidler Camp No. 5 Plot

J. Holland Laidler Camp No. 5 Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Syd Whittle, October 13, 2008

1. J. Holland Laidler Camp No. 5 Marker

Text on the left is J. Holland Laidler Camp No.5 Inscription, Text on right is Spanish American War - (1898) Inscription.

Inscription.

J. Holland Laidler, in honor of whose memory the Camp was named, was on staff of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company’s Hospital in Sacramento prior to the commencement of the war between the United States and Spain. At the outbreak of hostilities, he joined the Hospital Corps. United States Army, and was killed in action during the Philippine insurrection, April 24, 1899, at Quinqua, Philippine Islands. He was born in Elko, Houston County, Georgia, July 11, 1876. The Department of California United Spanish-American War Veterans chartered J. Holland Laidler Camp No.5 on April 18, 1904 and the granite monument seen here was erected in his honor.

The Spanish American War – (1898) The Spanish American War was a conflict between Spain and the United States, brought about, in part, by the sinking of the U.S. Battleship Main in Havana Harbor, February 15, 1898 and the open American support of Cuban insurgence revolting against Spanish rule. Following a Congressional demand for Spanish withdrawal from Cuba, Spain declared war on the United States (April 24, 1898). The United States responded with its own declaration

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on April 25. In ensuing military action and with the battle cry “Remember the Maine”, United States Naval Forces attacked and destroyed the Spanish Fleet in Manila Harbor, Philippine Islands, (May 1, 1898) and at Santiago Harbor, Cuba (July 3, 1898), with a subsequent land assault and defeat of Spanish forces at Santiago de Cuba by American troop, (July 18, 1898), and successful occupation of Puerto Rico, hostilities between Spain and the United States were brought to an end. The Treaty of Paris, signed December 10, 1898 officially ended the war, one of the shortest in American History.
Total U.S. Military commitment to the war was 306,760 men. Casualties, 4,108 including 385 killed in action and 1,162 wounded.
Results of the war: Spain relinquished Cuba and ceded to the United States the Philippine Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Island of Guam. As a result of the war, the United States became a world power.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, Spanish-American. A significant historical date for this entry is February 15, 1756.

Location. Marker is missing. It was located near 38° 33.695′ N,

J. Holland Laidler Marker and Monument image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Syd Whittle, October 13, 2008

2. J. Holland Laidler Marker and Monument

121° 30.001′ W. Marker was in Sacramento, California, in Sacramento County. It was in Southwestern Sacramento. It was on Riverside Boulevard. Marker is located at the Sacramento City Cemetery. Touch for map. Marker was at or near this postal address: 1000 Broadway, Sacramento CA 95818, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker was in the Sacramento Valley

and specifically in the Central Valley.

It was also on the American Pacific Coast.

Globally, it was in North America,

on the Ring of Fire,

in the Pacific Rim,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it found itself in what was once New Spain

and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this location: Jane Norris (a few steps from this marker); Luella Buckminster-Johnston (within shouting distance of this marker); Sacramento Turn Verein (within shouting distance of this marker); Old Odd Fellows Plot (within shouting distance of this marker); Theodora Tiffee Purkitt, M.D. (within shouting distance of this

J. Holland Laidler Camp No. 5 Plot Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J. Makali Bruton, July 2, 2019

3. J. Holland Laidler Camp No. 5 Plot Marker

The marker is no longer on the post to the right of the monument.

marker); Charles Duncombe, M.D. (1787 – 1862) (within shouting distance of this marker); John Bigler (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); May Hollister Woolsey (about 300 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Sacramento.

Also see . . .
1. The Spanish American War Centennial. (Submitted on October 15, 2008, by Syd Whittle of Mesa, Arizona.)
2. The War in the Philippines. (Submitted on October 15, 2008, by Syd Whittle of Mesa, Arizona.)

Additional commentary.
1. The Spelling of "Holland"
It is interesting to note that the spelling of Holland on the marker is with two L’s and
spelling on the monument is with only one.

— Submitted October 15, 2008, by Syd Whittle of Mesa, Arizona.

J. Holland Laidler Camp No. 5 Monument image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Syd Whittle, October 13, 2008

4. J. Holland Laidler Camp No. 5 Monument

Art Work on the J. Holland Laidler Camp No. 5 Monument image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Syd Whittle, October 13, 2008

5. Art Work on the J. Holland Laidler Camp No. 5 Monument

"United Spanish War Veterans 1898 - 1902" Philippine Islands Cuba Porto Rico U.S.A.

Photographed by Syd Whittle, October 13, 2008

6. J. Holland Laidler Camp No. 5 Monument

American Legion Post 61

Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on October 14, 2008, by Syd Whittle of Mesa, Arizona. This page has been viewed 1,770 times since then and 25 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 15, 2008, by Syd Whittle of Mesa, Arizona. 3. submitted on July 7, 2019, by J. Makali Bruton of Washington, District of Columbia. 4, 5, 6. submitted on October 15, 2008, by Syd Whittle of Mesa, Arizona.