Ovid in Seneca County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Gold Star Families Memorial Monument

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Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, June 28, 2026

1. Gold Star Families Monument

Inscription.
Å Tribute To Gold Star Families And Relatives Who Sacrificed A Loved One For Our Freedom

(Back Of The Monument)

A Letter From
President Lincoln
To A
Gold Star Mother
Executive Mansion
Washington, November 21, 1864

To Mrs. Bixby, Boston, Massachusetts,

I have been shown in the file of the War Department a statement of the Adjutant General of Massachusetts that you are the mother of five sons who have died gloriously on the field of battle. I feel how weak and fruitless must be any word of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering to you the consolation that may be to found in the thanks of the Republic they died to save. I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom.

Yours, very sincerely and respectfully,

A. Lincoln

Erected by Department of New York Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Ladies Auxiliary.

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This monument and memorial is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Patriots & Patriotism • War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the Gold Star Families series list.

Location. 42° 41.923′ N, 76° 52.886′ W. Monument is in Ovid, New York, in Seneca County. It can be reached from State Route 96a. Marker is in Sampson Veterans Memorial Cemetery. Touch for map. Monument is at or near this postal address: 6632 State Route 96a, Ovid NY 14521, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial monument is in Upstate New York,

specifically in Western New York,

and in the Finger Lakes.

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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies:

Gold Star Families Memorial Monument image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, June 28, 2026

2. Gold Star Families Memorial Monument

American Veterans Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Veterans Memorial Bench (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial Bench (within shouting distance of this marker); William Thomas Sampson (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial Bench (within shouting distance of this marker); Veterans Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Routes of the armies of General John Sullivan and General James Clinton (approx. 1.2 miles away); Ken-Dai-A (approx. 1.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Ovid.

Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, June 28, 2026

3. Gold Star Families Memorial Monument

Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, June 28, 2026

4. Gold Star Families Memorial Monument

Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, June 28, 2026

5. Gold Star Families Memorial Monument

Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, June 28, 2026

6. Gold Star Families Memorial Monument

Credits. This page was last revised on July 1, 2026. It was originally submitted on June 29, 2026, by Susan A. Dalaba of Cortland, New York. This page has been viewed 9 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on June 29, 2026, by Susan A. Dalaba of Cortland, New York. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.