Friendship in Allegany County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
In Grateful Remembrance
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, October 9, 2024
1. In Grateful Remembrance G.A.R Monument
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Gratefully erected in behalf of our heroic dead, whose lives were freely offered upon our country's altar in her hour of need.
"We highly resolve that the dead shall not have died in vain - that the nation shall under God, have a new birth of freedom, and that the government of the people, by the people, and for the people, shall not perish from the earth." Lincoln.
"They went where duty seemed to call, they scarcely asked the reason why; they only knew they could but die. And death was not the worst of all."
"On Fame's eternal camping-ground, their silent tents are spread, and glory guards, with solemn round, the bivouac of the dead."
Erected 1885 by Hatch Post #241, Grand Army of the Republic.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Fraternal or Sororal Organizations • War, US Civil.
Location. 42° 12.277′ N, 78° 7.262′ W. Memorial is in Friendship, New York, in Allegany County. It is on County Route 31 Ό mile east of Moss Brook Street. Monument is in
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Regionally, this memorial is in Upstate New York, specifically in Western New York, and in the Southern Tier. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Mid-Atlantic, in Appalachia, and specifically in Northern Appalachia. 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 the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, New Netherland, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Friendship Free Library (approx. Ύ mile away); Town of Amity Civil War Monument (approx. 4.6 miles away); Town of Scio (approx. 7.6 miles away); Cuba Cemetery (approx. 7.7 miles away); Dedicated to All Veterans (approx. 8 miles away); Cuba Lake (approx. 8.2 miles away); One Mile East of this Spot (approx. 8.2 miles away); Original Court House (approx. 8.8 miles away).
Regarding In Grateful Remembrance. The quotes on the memorial are from Lincoln's Gettyburg Address, the poem Lexington by John Greenleaf Whittier in 1775, and the Poem Bivuoac of the Dead by Theodore O'Hara following the Mexican-American War.
All Grand Army of the Republic property was conveyed to the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War by authority of the last member. The motto of the G.A.R., which is on the monument, was Fraternity, Charity, & Loyalty; it continues as the motto of the S.U.V.C.W.
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, October 9, 2024
2. In Grateful Remembrance G.A.R. Monument
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, October 9, 2024
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Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, October 9, 2024
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Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, October 9, 2024
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Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, October 9, 2024
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Credits. This page was last revised on October 10, 2024. It was originally submitted on October 10, 2024, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York. This page has been viewed 205 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. submitted on October 10, 2024, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York.
