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Oakland County

Monuments

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Our Charge as a camp

Our Memorials Committee is registering all monuments and memorials to the GAR, as well as assessing monuments and memorials to their condition and assisting in their preservation. This is an ongoing project for all camps.

 

Civil War Monuments Already Known to Exist in Oakland County, MI


Birmingham City Hall (Moved from Cemetery)

It was erected in 1869 by the citizens of Bloomfield, Troy, Royal Oak, and Southfield in memory of the soldiers and sailors in the Civil War who were war fatalities.

Clyde School Grounds

Boulder with a bronze plaque.

Farmington

It was erected by the citizens of Farmington in 1924.

Pontiac

 

 

 

 

Monument, consisting of a statue of a Civil War soldier, and a bronze plaque. It was erected in 1927 by the Frances C. Butterfield Tent No. 9, Daughters of Union Veterans, in memory of the Union veterans of the Civil War.


Cast aluminum, official state historical marker of the Michigan Historical Commission, at the Governor Moses Wisner House, 401 Oakland Avenue. The marker was dedicated on June 19, 1961 and was purchased by the Oakland County Historical Foundation.

Stone marking fairground where Oakland County Soldiers trained

 

1907 Postcard showing the former GAR Park inPontiac.

Rochester

 

Monument, consisting of a statue of a Civil War soldier on a stone base, and a plaque. It was erected in 1911 by the W.P. Everitt Womens Relief Corp. No. 227, in memory of the Soldiers and Sailors of Oakland County.

MILFORD

Monument in Oak Grove Cemetery. These pictures are all courtesy of D.U.V Sister Wenda Fore, and we sincerely thank her for them!

 

 

 


For more information on these monuments, look under Oakland County at http://suvcw.org/mi/mcwm3.html

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updated 04Jan2006