Sterling in Rice County, Kansas — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Meade Post No 14 G.A.R. Memorial

Mead Post No 14 G.A.R. Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 11, 2016

1. Mead Post No 14 G.A.R. Memorial Marker

Inscription.

This gun is to mark those two trees
planted by the W.R.C. 237
in memory of Mead Post No 14 G.A.R.
Dept. of Kansas

Erected by Woman's Relief Corps 237.

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Fraternal or Sororal Organizations • Patriots & Patriotism • War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the The Grand Army of the Republic series list.

Location. 38° 12.664′ N, 98° 12.4′ W. Memorial is in Sterling, Kansas, in Rice County. It is on Broadway (State Highway 14/96) south of Jefferson Street, on the right when traveling north. Monument is in the park immediately south of the Sterling Public Library. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 138 North Broadway, Sterling KS 67579, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Central Kansas. It is also in the American Midwest,

in the Corn Belt,

on the prairies,

on the Southern Plains,

and on the Santa Fe Trail Corridor.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

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Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The Emporium (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Bulletin (about 500 feet away); The Landis Hollinger Mercantile (approx. 0.2 miles away); The Monroe Apartments (approx. 0.2 miles away); The Mincer Building (approx. 0.2 miles away); The Santa Fe Depot (approx. ¼ mile away); The African Methodist Episcopal Church (approx. 0.4 miles away); Cooper Hall (approx. 0.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Sterling.

Regarding Meade Post No 14 G.A.R. Memorial. The trees mentioned on the marker are apparently long removed.

Mead[e] Post No 14 G.A.R. Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 11, 2016

2. Mead[e] Post No 14 G.A.R. Memorial

Mead[e] Post No 14 G.A.R. Memorial Machine Gun image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 11, 2016

3. Mead[e] Post No 14 G.A.R. Memorial Machine Gun

Credits. This page was last revised on May 31, 2017. It was originally submitted on June 19, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 559 times since then and 29 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on June 19, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.