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G.A.R. Memorial

 
 
G.A.R. Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Keith L, August 21, 2010
1. G.A.R. Memorial
Inscription.
G.A.R.

To Our
Dead
Comrades

 
Erected 1894.
 
Topics. This historical marker and memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil.
 
Location. 44° 2.574′ N, 88° 33.954′ W. Marker is in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, in Winnebago County. It can be reached from Algoma Boulevard (U.S. 45) near Columbia Avenue. Memorial is in Riverside Cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1901 Algoma Boulevard, Oshkosh WI 54901, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker and memorial is in Wisconsin’s Fox River Valley. It is also in the American Midwest, on the Great Lakes, and in the Corn Belt. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture and also the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Knaggs Ferry (approx. 0.3 miles away); Soldier and Sailor Monument (approx. 0.4 miles away); Rainbow Memorial Park (approx. 0.4 miles away); Spanish–American War Monument (approx. 0.7 miles away); Elizabeth Batchelder Davis Children’s Home (approx. Ύ mile away); Edgar Sawyer House (approx. Ύ mile away); The 32d Red Arrow Division (approx. 1.3 miles away); The University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh (approx. 1.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Oshkosh.
 
Another marker is no longer nearby. Coles Bashford House (was approx. Ύ mile away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).
 
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 Riverside Cemetery (Oshkosh, Wisconsin). Wikipedia entry (Submitted on November 14, 2023, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.) 
 
G.A.R. Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Keith L, August 21, 2010
2. G.A.R. Memorial
Dedicated October 6, 1894
Nearby Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Keith L, August 21, 2010
3. Nearby Memorial
In loving tribute
to all Union Veterans who
so loyally served God and
their Country in the Great
Conflict - 1861 - 1865

Erected by
Clara Barton Tent No. 3.
Daughters of Union Veterans
of the Civil War.

1930
Veterans Memorials image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Keith L, August 21, 2010
4. Veterans Memorials
Grand Army of the Republic Veteran’s Plot image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Keith L, August 21, 2010
5. Grand Army of the Republic Veteran’s Plot
Riverside Cemetery image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Keith L, August 21, 2010
6. Riverside Cemetery
Wisconsin and National Register of Historic Places #03000578
Riverside Cemetery image. Click for more information.
via NPS, unknown
7. Riverside Cemetery
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form
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Credits. This page was last revised on November 14, 2023. It was originally submitted on February 14, 2011, by Keith L of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. This page has been viewed 1,160 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on February 14, 2011, by Keith L of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin.   7. submitted on November 14, 2023, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.
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