El Reno Cemetery Civil War Memorial - El Reno, OK
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N 35° 31.310 W 097° 56.346
14S E 596192 N 3931431
Memorial honoring the Civil War Dead
Waymark Code: WMFNCJ
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 11/08/2012
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El Reno Cemetery's memorial to the Civil War Dead can be found at the north side of the cemetery, in section 4, near the entrance off of E. Elm.
The memorial is all white, squared at the base, tapered at the top, and with an identical plaque placed on each of the four sides. The U.S. and Oklahoma flags are displayed a few feet away. A short bush surrounds the base of the monument, with a single row of bricks lining the perimeter.
Text on plaque at side of memorial:
G.A.R. Dept. O.T.
In Memory
Of The Unknown Dead
Soldiers, Sailors, Marines
Of The Civil War From 1861
to 1865 Erected A.D. 1905
By The Reno Post No. 138 W.R.C. 625
El Reno, Oklahoma
Date Installed or Dedicated: 01/01/1905
Name of Government Entity or Private Organization that built the monument: Reno Post 138
Union, Confederate or Other Monument: Union
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