Asbury Park in Monmouth County, New Jersey — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Soldiers’ Monument
Photographed by R. C.
1. Plaque on Base of the Soldiers' Monument
Of Those Who Fought
in
Defence of the Union.
War of Rebellion
1861-1865
Erected by
C.K. Hall Post
No. 41 G.A.R. Dept. of N.J.
And Womens
Relief Corp No. 25
Erected 1893 by C.K. Hall Post No. 41 G.A.R. Dept. of N.J. & Womens Relief Corp No. 25.
Topics. This historical marker and monument is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil.
Location. 40° 13.017′ N, 74° 0.467′ W. Marker is in Asbury Park, New Jersey, in Monmouth County. It is on Cookman Avenue near Grand Avenue. Located exactly at the intersection of Cookman and Grand Avenues. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Asbury Park NJ 07712, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker and monument is in New Jersey’s Central Jersey, specifically on the Jersey Shore, and in the New York City Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. 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 New Netherland and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: President Wilson’s Asbury Park Executive Offices (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); S.S. Morro Castle Disaster (approx. 0.7 miles away); Honey Suckle Rose (approx. 0.7 miles away); Bradley Beach World War I Monument (approx. 1.1 miles away); Jersey Central Power & Light Employees (approx. 1.2 miles away); New Era Anchor (approx. 1.3
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More about this marker. I saw a picture of this monument on an old post card printed in 1907. The entire little park had bushes and sidewalks around it. Pre- WW I, it was called "Soldiers' Monument."
Also see . . . The Soldiers’ Monument. The following information is from Postcard History Series, Asbury Park by Shirley Ayres, published in 2005 by Arcadia Publishing.
The original statue of a New Jersey 14th Regiment Civil War soldier was placed on the boardwalk by founder James A. Bradley in the 1870s. The statue was on a small pedestal, standing about 10 feet tall. On Memorial Day 1893, the city unveiled the monument in the triangle at Cookman and Grand Avenues. The dedication was led by Cmdr. H. L. Hartshorne of the New Jersey Department, Grand Army of the Republic. The granite base and shaft were donated by George W. Potts of Ocean Grove. The bronze figure of a Union soldier at parade rest was sometimes referred to as “old George Potts.” (Submitted on February 8, 2008, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia.)
Additional commentary.
Photographed by R. C., January 19, 2008
2. Monument as Seen from Cookman Ave
