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Beacon Hill in Boston in Suffolk County, Massachusetts — The American Northeast (New England)
 

General Joseph Hooker

 
 
General Joseph Hooker Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), November 13, 2021
1. General Joseph Hooker Marker
Inscription.
Hooker

 
Erected 1903 by Daniel Chester French and Edward Clark Potter.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, Mexican-AmericanWar, US Civil.
 
Location. 42° 21.48′ N, 71° 3.789′ W. Memorial is in Boston, Massachusetts, in Suffolk County. It is in Beacon Hill. It is on Beacon Street just west of Bowdoin Street, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 10 Park St Pl, Boston MA 02108, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Massachusetts’ Historic Boston. It is also in the American Northeast and in New England. 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 one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Arrival of the Frigate Arbella (here, next to this marker); Grand Army of the Republic in Massachusetts (a few steps from this marker); Beacon Hill (a few steps from this marker); Mary Dyer (within shouting distance of this marker); Chester Harding House (within shouting distance of this marker); Memorial to Robert Gould Shaw and the Massachusetts 54th Regiment (within shouting distance of this marker); The Monument (within shouting distance of this marker); The Sculptor (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Boston.
 
Also see . . .  Equestrian Statue of Joseph Hooker. Wikipedia article about the
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statue (Submitted on November 20, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.) 
 
General Joseph Hooker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mark Parker, July 24, 2019
2. General Joseph Hooker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on December 12, 2024. It was originally submitted on November 20, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 370 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos:   1. submitted on November 20, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.   2. submitted on December 2, 2024, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina.
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