Fairmount Park in Philadelphia in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Major General George Gordon Meade
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), April 2, 2022
1. Major General George Gordon Meade Memorial
Erected 1887 by Alexander Milne Calder, sculptor.
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil.
Location. 39° 58.866′ N, 75° 12.489′ W. Memorial is in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia County. It is in Fairmount Park. It is on Black Road 0.2 miles west of Black Road, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 5280 Black Rd, Philadelphia PA 19131, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Southeast Pennsylvania. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in 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.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: A different marker also named Major General George Gordon Meade (here, next to this marker); Haydn (about 700 feet away, measured
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Credits. This page was last revised on February 2, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 6, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 285 times since then and 21 times this year. Photo 1. submitted on April 6, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
