Grand Army of the Republic Monument
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Grand Army of the Republic Monument is a historic site in Kentucky, at a modelled elevation of 167 m. Rumpke Mountain stands 319 m to the north-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Veteran’s Monument, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Riverboat Row Scenic Byway passes 1.1 miles off. 32 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Grand Army of the Republic Monument, in the Linden Grove Cemetery of Covington, Kentucky, was built in 1929 by 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. In 1926 the James A. Garfield Post of the G.A.R. asked to have a cannon placed in Linden Grove. Senator Richard P. Ernst came through with a 35 millimeter cannon from World War I. In 1929 Oliver Perry Sine, a member of the G.A.R. veterans group, built a pedestal on which to place the cannon along with a flag pole, a flower stand and a temporary podium. At some point the cannon was either stolen or scrapped during World War II. The pedestal then became the monument and is on the national register. Most monuments to the War in Kentucky were made to honor Confederate soldiers/veterans/memories. Though many regions in the state were pro-Union during the war, by Reconstruction Kenton County, Kentucky was one of the few places in Kentucky where sentiment was still decidedly pro-Union, which is why the Grand Army of the Republic chose Covington in particular for this monument. On July 17, 1997, it was one of sixty different monuments to the Civil War in Kentucky placed on the National Register of Historic Places, as part of the Civil War Monuments of Kentucky Multiple Property Submission. It is a few feet from the Veteran's Monument in Covington, which was also on the same MPS, but was built four years after the G.A.R. Monument was.
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Wikidata Q5512878, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 1.1 mi off the Riverboat Row Scenic Byway
- 1.7 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 13.6 mi off the Presidential Pathways Ohio Scenic Byway
- 15.1 mi off the Big Bone Lick Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Bird Watching Shelter · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Veteran’s Monument: 0.0 mi
- Goose Girl Fountain: 0.8 mi
- Black Brigade Monument: 1.6 mi
- Batthery Bates: 1.6 mi
- 1869 Red Stockings Pavilion: 1.6 mi
- Henry Farny Park: 0.4 mi
- St. Mary’s Park: 0.4 mi
- Annie Hargraves Park: 0.5 mi
- Basil Lewis Park: 0.5 mi
- B. F. Howard Park: 0.6 mi
- Kentucky Natural History: 0.9 mi
- The London Police: 1.0 mi
- Roebling Murals: 1.2 mi
- Big Boy: 1.6 mi
- Sing the Queen City Sign: 1.6 mi
- American football ball: 1.1 mi
- BB Riverboats: 1.5 mi
- Labyrinth: 1.6 mi
- Carol Ann’s Carousel: 1.6 mi
- Main Street Fountain: 1.6 mi
- Kay’s Garden: 2.7 mi
- Pleasant Street North Community Garden: 2.7 mi
- Over-The-Rhine People’s Garden: 2.9 mi
- Rain Garden: 3.5 mi
- Druffel Gardens: 3.7 mi
- Behringer-Crawford Museum at Devou: 1.4 mi
- Cincinnati Black Music Walk of Fame: 1.5 mi
- National Underground Railroad Freedom Center: 1.7 mi
- Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame and Museum: 1.7 mi
- Railway Museum of Greater Cincinnati: 1.8 mi
- Imago: 3.7 mi
- Theresa Street Reserve: 4.0 mi
- Glenway Woods: 4.2 mi
- Scarborough Woods: 4.7 mi
- California Woods Nature Preserve: 5.2 mi
- Orchard Hill: 2.5 mi
- Mount Adams: 2.5 mi
- Goat Hill: 3.1 mi
- Mount Echo: 3.2 mi
- Brighton Hill: 3.3 mi
- Lower Picnic Area: 5.4 mi
- Area 23: 6.7 mi
- Area 22, Furnas Hill: 6.8 mi
- Area 26: 6.9 mi
- Area 30, McFarlan Woods: 7.0 mi
- Lower Buckeye Falls: 15.5 mi
- Buckeye Falls: 15.5 mi
- Simpkinsville: 20.6 mi
- Butterworth: 21.1 mi
- Hidden Valley Lake Beach: 18.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Grand Army of the Republic Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rumpke Mountain | NNW 342° | 319 m | 14.7 mi |
| Harrison Hill | WNW 303° | 284 m | 21.7 mi |
| Harrison Hill | NW 305° | 279 m | 21.7 mi |
| Heitsmanns Hill | NNW 346° | 274 m | 23.7 mi |
| Whites Hill | WNW 303° | 273 m | 23.8 mi |
| Orchard Hill | SSW 203° | 268 m | 2.5 mi |
| Pleasant Hill | SSE 152° | 267 m | 23.5 mi |
| Galley Hill | ENE 73° | 265 m | 17.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:42 | 19:15 | 19:50 |
| June solstice | 06:13 | 20:28 | 21:08 |
| September equinox | 07:26 | 19:02 | 19:37 |
| December solstice | 07:54 | 16:37 | 17:19 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 35 | 44 | 55 | 64 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 56 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cincinnati Muni AP Lunken FLD, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 97000684OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- National Register of Historic Places — GAR Monument in Covington, reference 97000684, listed 07/17/97.
OpenStreetMap element node/4293702260
Day trips start here
- Covington · 1 mi
- Cincinnati · 2 mi
- Cincinnati/Downtown · 2 mi
- Fort Wright · 2 mi
- Newport · 2 mi
- Cincinnati/Over-the-Rhine · 3 mi
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