Delaware Park in Buffalo in Erie County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

This Monument Honors the Soldiers and Sailors

G.A.R. Monument image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, February 28, 2015

1. G.A.R. Monument

Southward view. Businesses in background are on West Delavan Avenue.

Inscription. 1881
This monument honors
the soldiers and sailors buried here
who fought to save the Union, 1861-1865. [east side]Eternal vigilance
is the price of liberty.
One country one flag. Committee on Removal, 1904. John D. Lieb, Chairman; Charles M. Bean, Secretary; Charles A. Orr, Treasurer; Anselm J. Smith; Harlan J. Swift; Alfred Lyth; Cola D.R. Stowits.
[rear]By the Erie County
Burial Association, of the
"Grand Army of the Republic" [west side]The penalty of treason is death.
No north no south.
The Union forever. Commitee. John D. Leib, Chairman. Charles S. Webb, Secretary. Col. John B Weber, Treasurer; Charles H. Dobbins; Major George H. Stowits. General Albert W. Bishop; Justin C. Elliott M.D.
[Masons Symbol] A.L. 5880; October 21, 1880 A.D.

Erected 1881 by Burial Association of the "Grand Army of the Republic".

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the The Grand Army of the Republic series list.

Location. 42° 55.36′ N, 78° 51.503′ W. Memorial is in Buffalo, New York, in Erie County. It is in Delaware

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Park. It is on West Delavan Avenue 0.1 miles west of Main Street (New York State Route 5), on the right when traveling west. The monument is in Forest Lawn Cemetery and can be seen through the iron fencing along West Delavan Avenue, but access is from the south road in the cemetery. The cemetery entrance is off Main Street at the West Delavan Avenue intersection. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Buffalo NY 14208, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Upstate New York

and specifically in Western New York.

It is also in the American Northeast,

on the Great Lakes,

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 Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

New Netherland,

and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Commemoration for African American Soldiers of the American Civil War (within shouting distance of this marker);

Front, Without Snow image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, February 28, 2016

2. Front, Without Snow

Forest Lawn Cemetery (within shouting distance of this marker); To Honor the Memory of Our Dead (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); To Preserve the Memories (about 300 feet away); On This Day of May 30, 1991, The Semper Fidelis Post #356 (about 600 feet away); Erastus Granger (about 800 feet away); In Honor of Those Men and Women (approx. 0.2 miles away); All Veterans / Middle East Wars Monument (approx. ¼ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Buffalo.

Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, February 28, 2016

3. West Side

Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, February 28, 2016

4. Rear

Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, February 28, 2016

5. East Side

View from the South Road in the Cemetery image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, February 28, 2015

6. View from the South Road in the Cemetery

Pictures taken on the last day of the coldest month ever recorded in Buffalo. Two to three feet of snow rendered the monument unapproachable, completely covering all the gravestones.

Civil War African-American Soldiers Plaque with G.A.R. Monument in Background image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, February 28, 2015

7. Civil War African-American Soldiers Plaque with G.A.R. Monument in Background

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