Grand Army of the Republic Monument

Local nameGrand Army of the Republic Monument
LocationCovington, Kentucky

The Grand Army of the Republic Monument, in the Linden Grove Cemetery of Covington, Kentucky, was built in 1929 by the O. P. Sine of Garfield Post No. 2 of the Grand Army of the Republic, a group comprising the remaining veterans of the Union army.

This was the second memorial built by the Grand Army of the Republic in the commonwealth of Kentucky, with the first being built in Kentucky's capital city of Frankfort, Kentucky, the Colored Soldiers Monument in Frankfort. Most GAR monuments are built in courthouse squares, but both in Kentucky are in cemeteries. By the time interest in building such memorials to the Civil War had waned; most G.A.R. had been built long before Covington's. It is the only monument related to the war in Kentucky shaped like a sarcophagus. It measures three feet high, three feet tall, and is ten feet long. It is made of concrete, and was painted white.

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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GAR_Monument_in_Covington

Address Linden Grove Cemetery, Covington 41011, United States

Coordinates 39°4'24.537" N -84°30'52.917" E

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