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St. Johnsville in Montgomery County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Parrot Rifle

 
 
Parrot Rifle Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Steve Stoessel, August 4, 2019
1. Parrot Rifle Marker
Inscription. Transferred to Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Park by Alonzo Smith Post No. 356 G.A.R Dept. of N.Y. C.W. Scudder, Com., C. W. Lambert, Adj.
1922

This gun was in active service during the Civil War
 
Erected 1922 by Alonzo Smith Post No. 356 G.A.R. Dept of N.Y.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil.
 
Location. 42° 59.861′ N, 74° 40.2′ W. Memorial is in St. Johnsville, New York, in Montgomery County. It is on East Main Street (New York State Route 5), on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Saint Johnsville NY 13452, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Upstate New York and in the Mohawk Valley. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, New Netherland, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

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least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Welcome to St. Johnsville (a few steps from this marker); St. Johnsville War Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Klock’s Field (approx. Ό mile away); Col. Jacob Klock (approx. 0.3 miles away); Klock’s Church (approx. 0.4 miles away); Jacob Zimmerman (approx. 0.4 miles away); Nellis Tavern (approx. 0.6 miles away); The Canalway Trail: Minden (approx. 0.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in St. Johnsville.
 
Also see . . .  Parrott Rifle. (Submitted on August 18, 2019, by Steve Stoessel of Niskayuna, New York.)
 
Parrot Rifle Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Steve Stoessel, August 4, 2019
2. Parrot Rifle Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on August 19, 2019. It was originally submitted on August 17, 2019, by Steve Stoessel of Niskayuna, New York. This page has been viewed 387 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos:   1. submitted on August 17, 2019, by Steve Stoessel of Niskayuna, New York.   2. submitted on August 18, 2019, by Steve Stoessel of Niskayuna, New York. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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