Xenia in Greene County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Honor

Ohio Soldier’ and Sailor’ Orphans’ Home

— Ohio Veterans’ Childrens’ Home AXP Museum —

Honor Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, June 23, 2016

1. Honor Marker

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Inscription. This tablet is erected in honor of our beloved veterans of the 1861 Civil War 1865 The Grand Army of the Republic Dept. of Ohio who organized the “Home” in 1869 and by their patriotic effort, provided for the future protection and education of their children and the children of all wars, whose father served in the defense of the United States of America.

Rutherford B. Hayes, Gov. of State
Maj. Gen. J. Warren Keifer Dept. Comdr.

Committee
Geo. W. Collier J.A.Chase A.G.Byers D.B.Corwin Capt. William Earnshaw

Board of Control
Rev. P.P.Ingalls, President
Gen. H.G.Armstrong, Secretary
Maj. M.S.Gunckel, Treasurer
Gen. James Barnett, Mrs. Lucy Webb Hayes, Gen. George B. Wright, Mrs. Henriette B. Monroe, Gen. B.F.Coates, Mrs. Rachel White, Eli Millen ESQ.

Presented June, 1927 by their Auxiliary The Women’s Releif Corps Department of Ohio

Erected 1927 by Women's Relief Corps.

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

Location. 39° 40.208′ N, 83° 55.235′ W. Memorial is in Xenia, Ohio, in Greene County. It is on Elliott Dr, on the left when traveling east. Marker is on the far right corner of Ohio Soldier’ and Sailor’ Orphans’ Home Ohio Veterans’ Childrens’ Home AXP Museum on the campus of the Legacy Center. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 650 Elliott Dr, Xenia OH 45385, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Ohio’s Dayton Metro and in the Miami Valley. It is also in the American Midwest and in the Corn Belt. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World,

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and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Logan’s Memorial Day Order (a few steps from this marker); Civil War Veterans Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Xenia Station (approx. 0.9 miles away); Gowdy Associate Reformed Cemetery (approx. 0.9 miles away); Helen Hooven Santmyer (approx. one mile away); Greene County War Memorial (approx. 1.1 miles away); 74th Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry (approx. 1.1 miles away); War Savings Stamps (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Xenia.

Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, June 23, 2016

2. Honor Marker

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Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, June 23, 2016

3. Honor Marker

marker can be seen at far right

Credits. This page was last revised on July 1, 2016. It was originally submitted on June 30, 2016, by Rev. Ronald Irick of West Liberty, Ohio. This page has been viewed 585 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on June 30, 2016, by Rev. Ronald Irick of West Liberty, Ohio. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.