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Boonton Civil War Monument

 
 
Boonton Civil War Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, September 20, 2015
1. Boonton Civil War Monument
Inscription.
Erected
By The People
Of “Old Pequonnock”
In Grateful Remembrance
Of Their Fellow Citizens
Who Volunteered In
Defence Of The Union
In The War Of
1861 – 1865

Honor To The Brave

Erected 1876

 
Erected 1876.
 
Topics. This monument and memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil.
 
Location. 40° 54.29′ N, 74° 24.641′ W. Monument is in Boonton, New Jersey, in Morris County. It is at the intersection of Main Street (County Route 511) and Cornelia Street, on the right when traveling east on Main Street. Touch for map. Monument is in this post office area: Boonton NJ 07005, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial monument is in North Jersey 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.

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least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Holmes Library (within shouting distance of this marker); Morris Canal Plane 7 East (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Garret Rickards House (about 700 feet away); Dr. John Taylor House (approx. 0.2 miles away); Andrew M. Emery Memorial Park (approx. 0.2 miles away); Boonton Railroad Station (approx. Ό mile away); Boonton Fire Department 100th Anniversary (approx. Ό mile away); Gone But Not Forgotten (approx. Ό mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Boonton.
 
Boonton Civil War Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, September 20, 2015
2. Boonton Civil War Monument
Small Plaque image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, September 20, 2015
3. Small Plaque
Town of Boonton
Historic Landmark
Bronze Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, September 20, 2015
4. Bronze Marker
Grand Army of the Republic
1861 Veteran 1866
Old Pequonnogs
786 Quota
Boonton Civil War Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, September 20, 2015
5. Boonton Civil War Monument
Four brass cannons stand around the base
Boonton Civil War Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, September 20, 2015
6. Boonton Civil War Monument
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on September 22, 2015, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut. This page has been viewed 1,627 times since then and 25 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on September 22, 2015, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.
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