Rural Cemetery Memorial at Glendale Cemetery - Akron, Ohio
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N 41° 05.070 W 081° 31.579
17T E 455792 N 4548270
This honors the Unknown Dead of the Civil war
Waymark Code: WM2Z0D
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 01/13/2008
Views: 70
The inscription states:
To Our Unknown Dead
1861-1865
Erected by Buckley Post #12 G.A.R.
From the book "Sparks from the Campfire"
"Buckley Post, Number 12, of Akron, is the only one of the posts chartered during 1867, that has maintained it's organization. This fact is commemorated by a beautiful memorial chapel, built on the plot of ground devoted to veterans graves in the Akron Rural Cemetery, and dedicated on May 30th 1876. The chapel contains memorial tablets for Akron veterans and several beautiful cathederal windows."
Name of Government Entity or Private Organization that built the monument: Buckley Post #12, Department of Ohio Grand Army of the Republic
Union, Confederate or Other Monument: Other or General Civil War
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Date Installed or Dedicated: Not listed
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