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Rocky Grove in Sugarcreek in Venango County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Civil War Memorial

 
 
Civil War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., July 12, 2024
1. Civil War Memorial
Inscription.

To the
Union Volunteer
1861 - 1865

"That the government of
the people, by the people,
and for the people, shall
not perish from the earth."

 
Erected by Mays Grand Army of the Republic Post No. 220.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial SitesPatriots & PatriotismWar, US Civil.
 
Location. 41° 24.658′ N, 79° 49.698′ W. Memorial is in Sugarcreek, Pennsylvania, in Venango County. It is in Rocky Grove. It can be reached from Palmer Avenue. Monument is the centerpiece for Franklin Cemetery's G.A.R. Plot/Soldier Circle. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 203 Rocky Grove Avenue, Franklin PA 16323, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Northwestern Pennsylvania. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Mid-Atlantic, in Appalachia, and specifically in Northern Appalachia. 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,
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the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); Johnny Appleseed (approx. 0.7 miles away); Fort Franklin (approx. Ύ mile away); Major General Jesse L. Reno (approx. 0.8 miles away); John E. Logue, Jr. (approx. 0.9 miles away); Universal Motherhood (approx. 0.9 miles away); Brigadier General Alfred B. McCalmont (approx. 0.9 miles away); Franklin (approx. 0.9 miles away).
 
Civil War Memorial Dedication image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., July 12, 2024
2. Civil War Memorial Dedication
Civil War Memorial Epitaph image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., July 12, 2024
3. Civil War Memorial Epitaph
Soldier Circle and Civil War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., July 12, 2024
4. Soldier Circle and Civil War Memorial
Civil War Memorial Statue image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr.
5. Civil War Memorial Statue
Cpl Nathaniel Lawson, 43rd US Colored Infantry image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., July 12, 2024
6. Cpl Nathaniel Lawson, 43rd US Colored Infantry
Representative soldier buried in the plot
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on July 15, 2024. It was originally submitted on July 15, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 164 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on July 15, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
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