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Wheaton in Silver Spring in Montgomery County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Wheaton Veterans Park

M-NCPPC Department of Parks Montgomery County

 
 
Wheaton Veterans Park Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), November 25, 2017
1. Wheaton Veterans Park Marker
Inscription. Dedicated to America's courageous men and women veterans
 
Erected 1978 by Maryland-National Capital Parks Planning Commission.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 39° 2.339′ N, 77° 2.968′ W. Marker is in Silver Spring, Maryland, in Montgomery County. It is in Wheaton. Memorial is at the intersection of Fern Street and Reedie Drive, on the right on Fern Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 11200 Amherst Ave, Silver Spring MD 20902, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Safeway (a few steps from this marker); Wheaton Tunnel and Station (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Marian Fryer (about 700 feet away); Stream Restoration (approx. 0.8 miles away); Evans Parkway Neighborhood Park (approx. 0.9 miles away); Welcome to Ovid Hazen Wells Carousel at Wheaton Regional Park (approx. one mile away); Shorefield (approx. 1.1 miles away); Regional Parks (approx. 1.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Silver Spring.
 
Also see . . .
1. Wheaton Veterans Park. (Submitted on November 26, 2017, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.)
2. Wheaton Veterans Urban Park.
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(Submitted on November 26, 2017, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.)
 
Interior of Wheaton Veterans Park image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), November 25, 2017
2. Interior of Wheaton Veterans Park

Dedicated to America's courageous men and women veterans
Wheaton Veterans Park Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), November 25, 2017
3. Wheaton Veterans Park Marker
Wheaton Veterans Park Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), November 25, 2017
4. Wheaton Veterans Park Marker
In Memory of<br>Albert B. Colman image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Allen C. Browne, March 26, 2018
5. In Memory of
Albert B. Colman
For Outstanding Community Service
                                   May 31, 1993
Dedication plaque on the grounds of the park image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), November 25, 2017
6. Dedication plaque on the grounds of the park

For
John P. Hewitt
in recognition of public service from
1946-74, 1987-91


The Maryland-National Capital Park
and Planning Commission
Cross Bottony<br>Maryland Flagpole<br>Wheaton Veterans Park image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Allen C. Browne, March 26, 2018
7. Cross Bottony
Maryland Flagpole
Wheaton Veterans Park
Maryland is the only state to require a specific decoration on the flagpole of the state flag. “Only a gold cross bottony may be used as an ornament on the top of the flagstaff that carries the Maryland flag.” — MD Gen Provisions Code § 7-203 (2015)
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 21, 2023. It was originally submitted on November 26, 2017, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 297 times since then and 10 times this year. Last updated on March 28, 2018, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on November 26, 2017, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.   5. submitted on March 27, 2018, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.   6. submitted on November 26, 2017, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.   7. submitted on March 27, 2018, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.

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