Gibraltar in Wayne County, Michigan — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
War of 1812 Memorial
Photographed by Dale K. Benington, February 15, 2010
1. War of 1812 Memorial Marker
View of the first (tablet) historical marker, which is the lower tablet facing east.
Dedicated on Aug. 5, 2006
Original monument was dedicated
In 1908 at W. Jefferson Ave.
Near Gibraltar Road by
Dr. Hal C. Wyman
Moved in 1958-1959 to
Parsons School in Gibraltar by
Gibraltar Rotary Club
Moved and restored at this
Site in 2005-2006 by
Brownstown Historical Society
[Second Tablet, Upper Tablet Facing East on East Cannon]:
Erected by
Wayne County Medical Society
to Commemorate
Surgeons Roby and Allison
Officers in Van Horn's Command
Killed at Brownstown Aug. 5, 1812
Committee, Hal C. Wyman, M.D.
E.L. Shurley, M.D.
Fleminc Carrow, M.D.
[Third Tablet, Upper Tablet Facing North on East Cannon]:
November 7, 1807
Pottawattomie Ottawa
Wyandotte
and Chippewa Indians
Ceded Lands to U.S.
[Forth Tablet, Upper Tablet Facing West on East Cannon]:
Tecumseh the Savage
At Brownstown was made a
Brigadier General by
The British.
[Fifth Tablet, Upper Tablet Facing East on West Cannon]:
The Heroes who fell at
Battle of Monguagon
August 8, 1812
[Sixth
this page online
Gen. Hull
Who commanded
American forces at
Detroit in War of 1812
[Seventh Tablet, Upper Tablet Facing West on West Cannon]:
Stained with the blood of
American Heroes, and these
Momentoes are donated to
Wallace Post, G.A.R., #95,
by
Hal C. Wyman, Carrie S. Lamb,
Mary H. Hall, Frances Strong,
Charles E. Townsend M.C.,
Fred Hall, Carl Friese,
George Frier, Ernest Hall,
Eliza Quick, Luther Wood,
Britton Wyman
[Eighth Tablet, Lower Tablet Facing West]:
Originals dedicated Aug. 8, 1908
Donated by
In memory of
John Hal Carpenter Wyman Sr.
and Isabel Wyman Burger
Children of Britton Wyman
and Jennie L. Hutchins Wyman
[Ninth Tablet, Upper Tablet Facing South on West Cannon]:
This war ended
Scalpbuying
In North America
[Tenth Tablet, Upper Tablet Facing South on East Cannon]:
August 5, 1812
Erected 2006 by Brownstown Historical Society.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Indigenous Peoples and Communities
Photographed by Dale K. Benington, February 15, 2010
2. War of 1812 Memorial Marker
View of the second (tablet) historical marker, which is the upper tablet facing east on the east cannon.
Location. 42° 5.075′ N, 83° 12.44′ W. Memorial is in Gibraltar, Michigan, in Wayne County. It is on South Gibraltar Road 0.1 miles east of West Jefferson Avenue, on the right when traveling east. Located where a local walking trail crosses the South Gibraltar Rd, and is immediately adjacent to a Michigan marker for the Battle of Brownstown. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 30786 S Gibraltar Rd, Rockwood MI 48173, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Southeast Michigan and in Greater Detroit. 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 Viceroyalty of New France and also the Northwest Territory.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Battle of Brownstown (a few steps from this marker); Anchor from the schooner "Oak Leaf" (approx. 1.1 miles away);
Photographed by Dale K. Benington, February 15, 2010
3. War of 1812 Memorial Marker
View of the third (tablet) historical marker, which is the upper tablet facing north on the east cannon.
Related markers. Click here for a list of markers that are related to this marker.
Photographed by Dale K. Benington, February 15, 2010
4. War of 1812 Memorial Marker
View of the forth (tablet) historical marker, which is the upper tablet facing west on the east cannon.
Photographed by Dale K. Benington, February 15, 2010
5. War of 1812 Memorial Marker
View of the fifth (tablet) historical marker, which is the upper tablet facing east on the west cannon.
Photographed by Dale K. Benington, February 15, 2010
6. War of 1812 Memorial Marker
View of the sixth (tablet) historical marker, which is the upper tablet facing north on the west cannon.
Photographed by Dale K. Benington, February 15, 2010
7. War of 1812 Memorial Marker
View of the seventh (tablet) historical marker, which is the upper tablet facing west on the west cannon.
Photographed by Dale K. Benington, February 15, 2010
8. War of 1812 Memorial Marker
View of the seventh and eighth (tablets) historical markers on the west side of the memorial.
Photographed by Dale K. Benington, February 15, 2010
9. War of 1812 Memorial Marker
View of the ninth (tablet) historical marker, which is the upper tablet facing south on the west cannon.
Photographed by Dale K. Benington, February 15, 2010
10. War of 1812 Memorial Marker
View of the tenth (tablet) historical marker, which is the upper tablet facing south on the east cannon.
Photographed by Dale K. Benington, February 15, 2010
11. War of 1812 Memorial
View of the Brownstown War of 1812 Memorial.
Photographed by Dale K. Benington, February 15, 2010
12. War of 1812 Memorial
View looking south of the walking path that is routed around the Brownstown War of 1812 Memorial in the background, with the state's Historic Site Marker to the Battle of Brownstown in the left foreground.
Photographed by Dale K. Benington, February 15, 2010
13. War of 1812 Memorial
View looking south, from across South Gibraltar Road, to the Brownstown War of 1812 Memorial and the state's Historic Site Marker to the Battle of Brownstown, along with a view of the area walking pathway that goes by all of these historical markers.
Credits. This page was last revised on September 27, 2021. It was originally submitted on February 21, 2010, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio. This page has been viewed 3,229 times since then and 65 times this year. Last updated on September 26, 2021, by J.T. Lambrou of New Boston, Michigan. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13. submitted on February 22, 2010, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio. • Mark Hilton was the editor who published this page.
