Easton in Northampton County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Soldiers and Sailors Monument

Civil War Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., February 9, 2019

1. Civil War Memorial

Inscription.

In honor of
the Union
Soldier and Sailor
1861 - 1865

Northampton County's
Tribute
to her Heroes
Erected 1899

Dulce et decorum
est pro patria mori
[Sweet and proper for the country]

"Liberty and union
now and forever
one and inseparable"

[Leaders]
Lincoln • Grant
Meade • Hancock
Farragut • Porter
Sherman • Sheridan

[Battles]
Gettysburg • Wilderness • Appomattox
Shiloh • Pocotaligo • Lookout Mountain
New Orleans • Mobile Bay • Fort Fisher
Antietam • Fredericksburg • Chancellorsville

Erected by Northampton County.

Topics. This monument and memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & Patriotism • War, US Civil.

Location. 40° 41.474′ N, 75° 12.549′ W. Monument is in Easton, Pennsylvania, in Northampton County. It is at the intersection of Northampton Street and 3rd Street, in the median on Northampton Street. Touch for map. Monument is at or near this postal address: Centre Square, Easton PA 18042, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial monument is in Southeast Pennsylvania and in Lehigh Valley.

It is also in the American Northeast

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

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

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The Declaration of Independence in Easton (a few steps from this marker); a different marker also named Soldiers and Sailors Monument

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(a few steps from this marker); Founding of Easton and Northampton County (a few steps from this marker); Indian Peace Treaties (a few steps from this marker); Northampton County’s First Court House (a few steps from this marker); Sullivan’s March (a few steps from this marker); The Great Square (a few steps from this marker); Lafayette College Founding (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Easton.

Civil War Memorial West Face image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., February 9, 2019

2. Civil War Memorial West Face

Civil War Memorial East Face image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., February 9, 2019

3. Civil War Memorial East Face

Civil War Memorial North Face image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., February 9, 2019

4. Civil War Memorial North Face

Civil War Memorial South Face image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., February 9, 2019

5. Civil War Memorial South Face

Civil War Memorial Obelisk Detail image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., February 9, 2019

6. Civil War Memorial Obelisk Detail

Civil War Memorial "The Bugler" image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., February 9, 2019

7. Civil War Memorial "The Bugler"

Civil War Memorial Detail image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., February 9, 2019

8. Civil War Memorial Detail

Credits. This page was last revised on October 4, 2020. It was originally submitted on February 10, 2019, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,049 times since then and 110 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. submitted on February 10, 2019, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.