Nunda in Livingston County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Nunda Soldiers' Monument

Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, August 24, 2015

1. Nunda Soldiers' Monument Marker

Picture taken one day after the rededication.

Inscription. "This monument stands and will stand in our cemetery...not only as a memorial to the soldier dead but as a monitor to the living; admonishing us as a people and nation, to deal justly with all mankind and with all nations...it commemorates that the freedom and liberty we enjoy are priceless treasures, born and still later saved to us by rivers of blood...it admonishes us not to lightly of thoughtlessly throw away our heritage nor hesitate to defend it in the time of peril..."

Denton S. Robinson, at the dedication of monument October 12, 1897.

Dedicated 1897. Rededicated 2015.
Oakwood Cemetery's 150th Anniversary.

Erected 1897.

Topics. This monument and memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.

Location. 42° 34.993′ N, 77° 56.636′ W. Monument is in Nunda, New York, in Livingston County. It can be reached from West Street south of 4th Street. Marker is at the rear approach to the monument in Oakwood Cemetery. Touch for map. Monument is in this post office area: Nunda NY 14517, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial monument

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is in Upstate New York,

specifically in Western New York,

in the Finger Lakes,

and in the Rochester Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American Northeast

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 Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

New Netherland,

and 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: Oakwood Cemetery (within shouting distance of this marker); Lock 42 (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); "Nunda Valley" (approx. ¼ mile away); 17 Locks (approx. 0.4 miles away); The Genesee Valley Canal (approx. 1.4 miles away); Deep Cut (approx. 2.1 miles away); Kish-A-Wa (approx. 2.8 miles away); School Site (approx. 2.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Nunda.

Regarding Nunda Soldiers' Monument. Rededicated August 23, 2015. Oakwood Cemetery marker unveiled same day.

Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, August 24, 2015

2. Nunda Soldiers' Monument & Marker

Nunda Soldiers' Monument image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, August 24, 2015

3. Nunda Soldiers' Monument

Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, August 24, 2015

4. Nunda Soldiers' Monument

"Canisteo Iron Works" image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, August 24, 2015

5. "Canisteo Iron Works"

Cannon mount.

Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, August 24, 2015

6. Nunda Soldiers' Monument

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on August 24, 2015, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York. This page has been viewed 592 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on August 24, 2015, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York.