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Volunteers of the Army and Navy

 
 
Volunteers of the Army and Navy Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bill Coughlin, April 19, 2012
1. Volunteers of the Army and Navy Marker
Inscription.
To the Volunteers of the Army
and Navy of the United States
whose heroic patriotism has
helped to make our Republic
what it is to-day.

Erected MCMXIV

 
Erected 1914.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Patriots & Patriotism.
 
Location. 40° 40.741′ N, 74° 6.752′ W. Marker is in Bayonne, New Jersey, in Hudson County. It is on JF Kennedy Blvd. north of W 39th Street, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Bayonne NJ 07002, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in New Jersey’s North Jersey, in Greater Newark, 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: U.S.S. Maine Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Bergen Neck Fort (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); Stephen R. Gregg / Bayonne Park (approx. 0.2 miles away); First Federated Church (approx. 0.4 miles away); James J. Donovan Park (approx. one mile away); Mercer Park (approx. one mile away); Port Jersey Peninsula Preserve (approx. 2.3 miles away); World War II Memorial (approx. 2.3 miles away in New York). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Bayonne.
 
More about this marker. The marker contains bas relief images of soldiers from different eras. The
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crests of the US War Office and Navy Department appear at the top of the marker.
 
Volunteers of the Army and Navy Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bill Coughlin, April 19, 2012
2. Volunteers of the Army and Navy Marker
Volunteers of the Army and Navy Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bill Coughlin, April 19, 2012
3. Volunteers of the Army and Navy Marker
Marker in Bayonne Park image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bill Coughlin, April 19, 2012
4. Marker in Bayonne Park
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on April 19, 2012, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. This page has been viewed 907 times since then and 31 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on April 19, 2012, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey.
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