Hamilton in Madison County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

“Far From Thy Valley…”

Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, March 18, 2025

1. “Far From Thy Valley…” Marker

Inscription. Erected to honor the students and alumni/ae who have gone forth from this hill to serve their country and humanity over more than a century and a half, especially the more than 5,000 members of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps who began their training and service in World War II at Colgate, those who returned to complete their work after serving their country, their wives and the members of the Colgate University family who worked with them. May they know they will be a part of Colgate forever.

Erected 1995.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Education • War, World II.

Location. 42° 49.029′ N, 75° 32.162′ W. Memorial is in Hamilton, New York, in Madison County. It can be reached from Alumni Road. Marker is in front of Longyear Museum of Anthropology as you walk towards the courtyard. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 32 Alumni Road, Hamilton NY 13346, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Upstate New York,

specifically in Central New York,

and in the Syracuse Metropolitan Area.

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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 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: This Marks The Spot Where (within shouting distance of this marker); Thus The Legend of the Great Chocolate Wreck… (approx. 0.8 miles away); NY O & W Railway (approx. 0.8 miles away); Chenango Canal (approx. 0.9 miles away); Madison Street Cemetery (approx. 1.3 miles away); Smiths Valley (approx. 2.4 miles away); The Bark Hut (approx. 2.8 miles away); Toll Gate No. 1 (approx. 4.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Hamilton.

Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, March 18, 2025

2. “Far From Thy Valley…” Marker

“Far From Thy Valley…” Marker on side of Longyear Museum of Anthropology image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, March 18, 2025

3. “Far From Thy Valley…” Marker on side of Longyear Museum of Anthropology

Path leading from the parking lot to the marker. Longyear Museum of Anthropology on the right. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, March 18, 2025

4. Path leading from the parking lot to the marker. Longyear Museum of Anthropology on the right.

Colgate Memorial Chapel across from the marker. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, March 18, 2025

5. Colgate Memorial Chapel across from the marker.

Credits. This page was last revised on March 28, 2025. It was originally submitted on March 19, 2025, by Susan A. Dalaba of Cortland, New York. This page has been viewed 140 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on March 19, 2025, by Susan A. Dalaba of Cortland, New York. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.