Civil War memorial · Dedicated 1870
Odd Fellows Cemetery Soldier's Circle & Civil War Monument (Tamaqua)
- Location
- Odd Fellows Cemetery, West Broad Street (US 209), Tamaqua, PA
- Dedicated
- 1870
- Status
- Extant
- Coordinates
- 40.79633, -75.97893 · Open in Maps · Approximate location
HMDB marker m86753 records the Tamaqua Area Partnership's roadside marker on West Broad Street about the Odd Fellows Cemetery; the Soldier's Circle and its 1870 monument stand inside the cemetery above the road, so this pin marks the cemetery's street-side marker rather than the monument itself.
The Soldier’s Circle and Civil War Monument at the heart of Tamaqua’s Odd Fellows Cemetery dates to 1870. The cemetery was incorporated in 1865, in the immediate wake of the war, and the monument became its focal tribute to the Civil War dead.
More than a century and a half later it remains the site of Tamaqua’s annual Memorial Day Service of Remembrance, and it is a contributing resource in the Tamaqua Historic District.
Sources
- Odd Fellows Cemetery — Historical Marker Database (HMDB) m86753
License: reference - Tamaqua remembers those killed in war — Times News Online
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Frequently asked
- How old is Tamaqua's Odd Fellows Civil War monument?
- It dates to 1870, at the center of the Soldier's Circle in Odd Fellows Cemetery, which was incorporated in 1865.
- Is the site still used for commemoration?
- Yes. It remains the site of Tamaqua's annual Memorial Day Service of Remembrance, and is a contributing resource in the Tamaqua Historic District.