Alliance in Stark County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

In Commemoration of the Veterans of the Civil War

1861-1865

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, July 30, 2018

1. In Commemoration of the Veterans of the Civil War Marker

Inscription. Lincoln Statue Committee
appointed July 23, 1921
John Grimes, Chairman
D. B. Turnipseed, Treasurer
J. A. Matticks, Commander
W. C. Cary • A. E. Hawkins • Ross Rue • M. M. Southworth
———————
Daughters of Veterans Monument Committee
Minnie Trescott Guittard, Chairman
Katherine Fenton Miller, Secretary
Morgan Anderson, P.C., G.A.R. • Jennie Johnston Farmer • Annie Filson • Belle Rosenberg • Letta Craft Silver • Clara Taylor

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & Patriotism • War, US Civil.

Location. 40° 55.289′ N, 81° 5.915′ W. Memorial is in Alliance, Ohio, in Stark County. It is at the intersection of East Main Street and North Freedom Avenue, on the right when traveling east on East Main Street. Memorial is the center of several comprising the centerpiece of Freedom Square. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Alliance OH 44601, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Amish Country

and in Greater Cleveland.

It is also in the American Midwest.

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,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Spanish-American War Memorial (here, next to this marker); Last Post Meeting in Ohio Held in This Building (within shouting distance of this marker); Christ United Methodist Church

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(approx. 0.2 miles away); The Crossing (approx. 0.2 miles away); Abraham Lincoln (approx. 0.2 miles away); Alliance-Birthplace of Ohio's State Flower - The Scarlet Carnation (approx. 0.4 miles away); Mabel Hartzell (approx. 0.7 miles away); The Deceased of Co. F. 115th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (approx. one mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Alliance.

Civil War Memorial<br>1861-1865 image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, July 30, 2018

2. Civil War Memorial
1861-1865

Erected
May 30, 1915
to the memory
of our heroes.
(marker is mounted above memorial inscription)

Civil War Memorial (<i>east sculpture</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, July 30, 2018

3. Civil War Memorial (east sculpture)

Civil War Memorial (<i>west sculpture</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, July 30, 2018

4. Civil War Memorial (west sculpture)

Freedom Square War Memorials image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, July 30, 2018

5. Freedom Square War Memorials

(Civil War Memorial is at the center)

Freedom Square image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, July 30, 2018

6. Freedom Square

(looking west along Main Street • Civil War Memorial is on left)

Credits. This page was last revised on January 25, 2023. It was originally submitted on January 25, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 280 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on January 25, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.