See also List of Union Civil War monuments and memorials
This is a list of memorials to the Grand Army of the Republic. Memorials include a commemorative postage stamp, a U.S. highway, and physical memorials in numerous communities throughout the United States:
National U.S. Route 6 is known as the Grand Army of the Republic Highway for its entire length. At the final encampment in 1949, the Post Office Department issued a three-cent commemorative postage stamp.B. Two years later, it printed a virtually identical stamp for the final reunion of the United Confederate Veterans.
State
Alabama Birmingham: GAR plot and memorial dedicated in 1891 in Oak Hill Cemetery
Arizona Tombstone: A monument in the memory of the Comrades of the GAR, dedicated May 30, 1887, stands in the Tombstone Cemetery.
California Modesto: Memorial lot in Modesto Pioneer Cemetery contains 36 graves, a wooden cenotaph and two cannons were erected as a monument in 1907. The wooden cenotaph was replaced with a granite obelisk in 1924. Oakland: GAR plot and monument dedicated in 1893 in Mountain View Cemetery, 5000 Piedmont Avenue. Sacramento: GAR memorial and many grave sites in the Sacramento Historic City Cemetery (aka Old City Cemetery).
San Jose: GAR lot in Oak Hill Cemetery. San Diego: Monument in memory to the GAR in Mount Hope Cemetery. Dedicated by the Woman's Relief Corp.
Connecticut Rockville: The New England Civil War Museum is maintained by Alden Skinner Camp 45 Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. The museum is within Memorial Hall, which was dedicated to the GAR veterans by the former city of Rockville.
District of Columbia Washington: A memorial honoring founder Benjamin F. Stephenson, M.D., stands near the National Archives Building and the Navy Memorial (Hybrid satellite image/street map of Stephenson GAR Memorial in Washington, D.C., from WikiMapia). The GAR Memorial Foundation erected the monument using funds appropriated by the U.S. Congress in 1907 and dedicated the work in 1909.
Idaho Boise The Hall of the Sheridan Post located at 714 W. State Street was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974 and currently houses the James A. & Louise McClure Center for Public Policy Research of the University of Idaho. The Ladies of the GAR erected a granite monument on the northwest corner of the Capitol Building grounds in April 1935.
Illinois
Aurora Grand Army of the Republic Hall (Aurora, Illinois) Built in 1878 as a memorial to the Union soldiers. G.A.R. Post No. 20 met here until the 1930s, when the last member died. Operates as a military history museum after several restoration attempts. Chicago GAR memorial and several gravesites in Union Ridge Cemetery in the Norwood Park neighborhood. The current Chicago Cultural Center was formerly the dual-purposed Chicago Public Library and GAR Meeting Hall. Completed in 1897, it occupies property on Michigan Avenue at Randolph Street donated by the GAR. GAR memorial and approximately 350 graves in Rosehill Cemetery Memorial to German soldiers of the Civil War in St. Boniface Cemetery. Almost a quarter million German Americans fought for the Union, the largest of any ethnic group in the country.
Decatur: GAR section with approximately 570 graves and monument in Greenwood Cemetery Hoopeston: Floral Hill Cemetery holds a GAR memorial and many gravesites. Minier: A GAR monument erected in 1888 by the John Hunter GAR Post 168. Murphysboro: A cemetery with the graves of several GAR members who were former slaves originally from Tennessee is southwest of the town. Palatine Township: re-dedicated the Grand Army Memorial Plot at Hillside Cemetery on August 16, 2015. River Forest: Grand Army of the Republic Memorial Woods which is part of the Forest Preserves of Cook County. Springfield: Grand Army of the Republic Memorial Museum, located at 629 South 7th Street, is owned and maintained by the Woman's Relief Corps Auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic. The Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War donated a sundial that was dedicated on the grounds of the Illinois State Capitol September 8, 1940, during the 74th Encampment of the GAR. Watseka: GAR Cemetery, established for the Williams Post 25, has a memorial and statue as prominent features at the entrance.
Indiana Valparaiso: The Memorial Opera House was constructed by the local GAR chapter in 1893.
Iowa Des Moines: In 1922, a banner created for the GAR encampment was declared a permanent memorial and suspended in the rotunda of the Iowa State Capitol. A sundial was dedicated to the GAR on grounds of the Iowa State Capitol during the 1938 encampment. Eldora: GAR memorial of a metal soldier atop a granite base costing $3,000 was erected in 1885 in the center of the town square. It was relocated on the site in 1890 to accommodate construction of the courthouse. It has since been relocated to a site east of the courthouse and restored in 1985. Red Oak: GAR memorial of a bronze soldier atop a granite base was dedicated in 1907 near grave sites in Evergreen Cemetery. Mt. Pleasant: Hickory Grove Cemetery, at the junction of Hwy 218 & 185th Street, holds a GAR monument and grave sites. Redfield: The Marshall GAR Hall was restored in 2008 and houses a small museum. Waterloo: The Grand Army of the Republic meeting hall has been restored and is operated as a meeting hall and museum by the City of Waterloo. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
Kansas Baxter Springs: GAR monument and 163 gravesites in the Baxter Springs City Cemetery Topeka: The GAR Memorial Hall at 120 SW 10th Avenue was dedicated May 27, 1914, housed the Kansas State Historical Society until 1995 when the society moved to larger quarters. After restoration, the structure became home to the Attorney General and Secretary of State offices in 2000. Westmoreland: GAR Monument located in center of Westmoreland City Cemetery located in Pottawatomie County Kansas. Westmoreland.
Kentucky Covington: GAR Monument in the Linden Grove Cemetery was erected in 1929. Frankfort: The Colored Soldiers Monument occupies a site in Green Hill Cemetery near the junction of US 60 and US 421.
Louisiana Chalmette: Chalmette National Cemetery in Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve contains a monument and the graves of approximately 12,000 Union Soldiers from the Civil War
Maryland Baltimore A sundial at Warren Avenue and Henry Street in the Federal Hill neighborhood was dedicated in 1933. Multiple Union veterans monuments are located in Loudon Park National Cemetery on Frederick Road in Irvington. Winfield: A monument to Pickett Post, G.A.R. in Ebenezer United Methodist Church Cemetery, on Woodbine Road. Hagerstown: Memorial Speaker's Rostrum dedicated to the MG Jesse L. Reno Post, #4 of Hagerstown in 1924 is located in Rose Hill Cemetery Monument dedicated to Lyon Post #31 of Hagerstown (an African-American post), constructed in 2013. Located adjacent to the Reno Post Memorial in Rose Hill Cemetery. Lansdowne: Memorial Church dedicated to the memory of the Grand Army of the Republic.
Massachusetts Lynn: Grand Army of the Republic Hall and Museum Rockland: Hartstuff Post 74 was dedicated January 30, 1900. Portions of the wooden structure were restored between 1990 and 1999 and the structure is currently home of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War Camp 50.
Michigan Algonac: Bronze statue of a soldier on a granite base was erected in 1905 in Boardwalk Park on St. Clair River Drive. Bay City: A monument of Whitney granite on a base of the same was erected in 1893 in Pine Ridge Cemetery in a section dedicated as Soldier's Rest. Pine Ridge Cemetery is located on the SE corner of Tuscola and Ridge Rd In 1902, an 8-inch Howitzer siege gun cannon was added to the Soldier's Rest section of Pine Ridge to guard the soldiers. Detroit: Grand Army of the Republic Building was completed in 1890 as a meeting place for the local chapter of the GAR. When membership dwindled in the 1930s, the group deeded the property to the City of Detroit who paid a portion of the construction costs. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986 and was vacant for many years. In November 2011, the software company Mindfield acquired the building and, through the summer of 2013, spent over $1,000,000 on restoration. In addition to Mindfield, the building now houses an upscale restaurant. Flint: Two Parrott rifles occupy the lawn of the Genesee County Courthouse. In 2003, the Governor Henry H. Crapo Camp of SUVCW restored the bases and held a re-dedication ceremony. Grand Rapids A zinc fountain depicting a soldier at parade rest atop a carved column was dedicated in 1885 at the intersection of Fulton, Monroe and Division in what is now called Veterans Memorial Park. It was restored and rededicated in October 2003. In Memory of Grand Army of Republic Marker is also located in Veterans Memorial Park. Oak Hill Cemetery at 1100 Eastern Avenue, SE contains an obelisk and the graves of several members of the Custer Post No. 5. Lansing Stone memorial dedicated to GAR by the Department of Michigan Woman's Relief Corps. on June 11, 1924.
Minnesota Bemidji: GAR memorial in Greenwood Cemetery.
Detroit Lakes: GAR Park at 317 Washington Avenue opened May 30, 1952, on the site of the former meeting hall. The park was renovated and rededicated on April 15, 2015. Grand Meadow: GAR Hall/Museum. Booth Post No. 130 was once a meeting hall for members of the Grand Army of the Republic. The hall is believed to be one of only two remaining in Minnesota and is located on South Main Street between First Avenue SW and Second Avenue SW. The building is on the National Register of Historic Places because of its architectural and social significance. Hastings: Peller Post 89 purchased one-half acre of land for a cemetery in 1905. It holds graves of Civil War and Spanish–American War veterans. In 1998, local VFW post 1210 restored the cemetery. Litchfield: The hall of Frank Daggett Post 35 has been preserved and houses a GAR museum. The Ripley Cemetery houses a "Soldiers and Sailors Monument" that was dedicated on May 31, 1909, and renovated in 2007. St. Paul: A memorial obelisk capped by a bronze statue stands at the intersection of John Ireland Boulevard and Summit Avenue. The statue gazes toward the capitol building to the east and was erected in 1903 at a cost of $9,000. It was created by artist John K. Daniels and bears a dedication to "Josias R. King the first man to volunteer in the 1st MN infantry" and commemorates all who fought. White Bear Lake GAR monument is located at 2nd St & Clark Ave. It was dedicated May 30, 1913. A white bronze statue was selected, and the base was designed to list the names of the members of the E.B. Gibbs Post, along with the battles in which they fought. Around the base of the monument are the names of major Civil War battles. The monument faces north.
Missouri Carthage: Park Cemetery contains a lot with several burials from the Stanton Post No. 16 with a large granite monument Laclede: Grove and Cole Streets; Bronze soldier atop a granite base inscribed with a dedication to the Phil Kearny Post No. 19 Monett: Oakdale Cemetery, formally, Westbay Cemetery has a large G.A.R. monument.
Nebraska Omaha: Forest Lawn Memorial Park holds a GAR memorial and many grave sites.
New Hampshire Peterborough: GAR Memorial Hall on Grove Street. South Lyndeborough: The Hartshorn Memorial Cannon was named and dedicated by the Harvey Holt Post, Grand Army of the Republic, in 1902. The cannon was previously located outside the GAR's headquarters, Citizens' Hall, before being moved to the village common in 1934. Franklin: A GAR Hall occupies space on the second floor of Franklin City Hall.
New Jersey Asbury Park: Monument at Grand and Cookman Avenues erected by C.K. Hall Post 41.