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Michigan City GAR Memorial

 
 
Michigan City GAR Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Duane Hall, July 22, 2014
1. Michigan City GAR Memorial Marker
Inscription.

In Memory Of
The Grand Army
Of The Republic

 
Erected by Lucretia Williams Tent 38, Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War 1861-1865.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil.
 
Location. 41° 43.378′ N, 86° 54.369′ W. Memorial is in Michigan City, Indiana, in LaPorte County. It can be reached from Lake Shore Drive 0.1 miles west of Franklin Street. Marker is located on the grounds of the Michigan City Old Lighthouse Museum. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1 Washington Street, Michigan City IN 46360, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Northwest Indiana, specifically on the Indiana Dunes and Lake Michigan Shore, and in Greater South Bend. 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.

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least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Michigan City Spanish War Veterans Memorial (here, next to this marker); Michigan City Lighthouse (a few steps from this marker); S. S. Eastland Disaster (a few steps from this marker); Hoosier Slide (within shouting distance of this marker); Great Lakes' First Submarine (within shouting distance of this marker); Roger J. McKee Memorial Fountain (within shouting distance of this marker); Millennium Plaza (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Private First Class Daniel D. Bruce (about 400 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Michigan City.
 
Michigan City GAR Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Duane Hall, July 22, 2014
2. Michigan City GAR Memorial
Spanish War Veterans and Michigan City GAR Memorials image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Duane Hall, July 22, 2014
3. Spanish War Veterans and Michigan City GAR Memorials
Located on the grounds of the Michigan City Old Lighthouse Museum
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on July 27, 2014, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas. This page has been viewed 617 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on July 27, 2014, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas.
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