Perkins Cemetery Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) Memorial
The Civil War memorial consists of a short stone obelisk tapered to a pyramidal top, with a flagpole adjacent. The obelisk is inscribed: G.A.R. TO THE UNKNOWN OF 1861 TO 1865. At the base of the flagpole embedded in the concrete is an American Legion medallion. (Note: The "Grand Army of the Republic" [G.A.R.] was a fraternal organization composed of veterans of the Union Army, Navy, Marines and the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service who served in the American Civil War for the Northern [Federal] forces.)
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Perkins, OK 74059. The cemetery is along Knipe St. in the southern part of town, some .4 mile west of US Hwy 177 (Main St.). The Memorial is located in the Perkins Cemetery, about midway, on the western side, between the main (center) access road and the western access road. It is along a mid-point crossing road, some .1 mile north of the entrance, where the crossing road intersects the western road. It is easily distinguishable by a flagpole.
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Published on January 16, 2017