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Middlebury American Revolution Memorial

 
 
Middlebury American Revolution Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, May 10, 2026
1. Middlebury American Revolution Memorial Marker
Inscription.
Dedicated to the memory
of these soldiers
of the American Revolution:
Titus Chapman • Lambert Clement • Isaac Dudley • William Neal • Thomas Sumner • Hosea Wilcox. Jr.

And to the pioneers who blazed the way
for succeeding generations.

"But there are deeds which should not pass away,
and names that must not wither,
though the earth forgets her empires
with a just decay."

 
Erected 1923 by Cuyahoga Portage Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution.
 
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the Daughters of the American Revolution series list.
 
Location. 41° 4.381′ N, 81° 28.688′ W. Memorial is in Akron, Ohio, in Summit County. It is in Goodyear Heights. It is at the intersection of Newton Street and Barter Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Newton Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1248 Newton St, Akron OH 44305, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Greater Cleveland and in the Western Reserve. 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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Middlebury Cemetery (here, next to this marker); East Akron Cemetery Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away); Franklin Augustus "F. A." Seiberling and The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
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(approx. half a mile away); Site of the Public Square of Middlebury (approx. 0.6 miles away); United States Synthetic Rubber Program 1939-1945 (approx. 1.9 miles away); 1936 Akron Rubber Strike (approx. 2.1 miles away); Summit County Service Members Memorial (approx. 2.1 miles away); Summit County Vietnam Veterans Memorial (approx. 2.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Akron.
 
Other markers no longer nearby. Middlebury Lodge No. 34 F.&A.M. (was approx. 0.6 miles away but has been confirmed missing); Akron Community Service Center and Urban League (was approx. 1.8 miles away but has been confirmed missing); Wesley Temple African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (was approx. 1.9 miles away but has been confirmed missing).
 
Middlebury American Revolution Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, May 10, 2026
2. Middlebury American Revolution Memorial
Middlebury Cemetery image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, May 10, 2026
3. Middlebury Cemetery
Middlebury American Revolution Memorial (Old Placement) image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, May 10, 2026
4. Middlebury American Revolution Memorial (Old Placement)
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2026. It was originally submitted on June 13, 2026, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 10 times since then. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on June 13, 2026, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
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Jul. 4, 2026