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Spanish War Veterans

 
 
Spanish War Veterans Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Dawn Bowen, July 15, 2007
1. Spanish War Veterans Marker
Inscription. In memory of our comrades who encamped on this site prior to the campaign in Cuba during the War with Spain 1898–1899.
 
Erected 1942 by Veterans Regimental Organization 4th U.S. Vol. Infantry (Immune).
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, Spanish-American. A significant historical year for this entry is 1898.
 
Location. 38° 17.596′ N, 77° 27.506′ W. Memorial is in Fredericksburg, Virginia. It is on Gunnery Road 0 miles east of Dunmore Street, on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Fredericksburg VA 22401, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Washington Metropolitan Area and in Northern Virginia. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Upper South. 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 territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 10 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Camp Cobb at Gunnery Springs (here, next to this marker); Fredericksburg Gun Manufactory (here, next to this marker); The Walker-Grant School (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Walker-Grant School (within shouting distance of this marker); Walker-Grant School - 1935 (within shouting distance of this marker); c. 1938 (about 800 feet away, measured in a direct line); c. 1835 (approx. 0.2 miles away); Brig. Gen. John Minor (approx. 0.2 miles away); 1888 / Lot 255 (approx. Ό mile away); Virginia Central Railway Trail (approx. Ό mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Fredericksburg.
 
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Another marker is no longer nearby.
Fredericksburg Gun Manufactory (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it).
 
Marker on Gunnery Road image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Dawn Bowen, July 15, 2007
2. Marker on Gunnery Road
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 2, 2023. It was originally submitted on July 15, 2007, by Dawn Bowen of Fredericksburg, Virginia. This page has been viewed 1,640 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on July 15, 2007, by Dawn Bowen of Fredericksburg, Virginia. • J. J. Prats was the editor who published this page.
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