Bangor in Van Buren County, Michigan — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Grand Army of the Republic

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, July 23, 2017

1. Grand Army of the Republic Marker

Inscription.
To the honor of A. Lincoln Post No. 19, Dept. Of Mich. Grand Army of the Republic whose 296 members fought from 1861 till 1865 to save the Union, and to A. Lincoln Woman’s Relief Corps No. 89, whose devoted services for forty years have helped the Post to keep burning the fires of patriotism and loyalty in this community, this tablet is erected by the surviving members of the Post and Corps, and loyal citizens of Bangor, 1926.

Erected 1926 by A. Lincoln Post No. 19, A. Lincoln Woman’s Relief Corps No. 89, and loyal citizens of Bangor.

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & Patriotism • War, US Civil • Women. In addition, it is included in the The Grand Army of the Republic series list.

Location. 42° 18.763′ N, 86° 6.57′ W. Memorial is in Bangor, Michigan, in Van Buren County. It is on West Monroe Street (State Highway 43) just west of North Center Street, on the left when traveling east. Marker is located beside the sidewalk on the west side of a grassy, half-block city greenspace at the northwest corner of this intersection. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 14 West Monroe Street, Bangor MI 49013, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Southwest Michigan

and specifically in one of the Lake Michigan Shore counties. It is also in the American Midwest

and on the Great Lakes.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are

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within 10 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Van Buren County Poorhouse (approx. 6.8 miles away); Covert World War II Memorial (approx. 7.9 miles away); Covert Library (approx. 7.9 miles away); Bloomingdale Oil Boom (approx. 9.1 miles away); Bloomingdale Oil Boom / Statewide Effect of Bloomingdale Oil Boom (approx. 9.1 miles away); Kalamazoo and South Haven Railroad / Bloomingdale Depot (approx. 9.2 miles away); Bloomingdale Veterans Memorial (approx. 9.2 miles away); Theodatus Timothy Lyon (approx. 9.6 miles away).

Also see . . .
1. Grand Army of the Republic (Wikipedia). The Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) was a fraternal organization composed of veterans of the Union Army (United States Army), Union Navy (U.S. Navy), Marines and the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service who served in the American Civil War. It was founded in 1866 in Springfield, Illinois, and grew to include hundreds of "posts" (local community units) across the nation. It was dissolved in 1956 at the death of its last member, Albert Woolson (1850–1956) of Duluth, Minnesota. (Submitted on May 20, 2020, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

2. Woman’s Relief Corps. The National Woman’s Relief Corps (WRC) is an active organization, chartered in 1883 as auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic (GRR). It is a patriotic

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, July 23, 2017

2. Grand Army of the Republic Marker

organization whose primary goal is to provide perpetually, curation and preservation of research, documents and records that pertain to the GRR. The WRC also strives to perpetuate the memory of those who sacrificed much and sometimes all in the Great War of the Rebellion (The American Civil War). (Submitted on May 20, 2020, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, July 23, 2017

3. Grand Army of the Republic Marker

(marker visible in background, left of caboose)

Credits. This page was last revised on May 12, 2022. It was originally submitted on May 20, 2020, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 317 times since then and 9 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on May 20, 2020, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.