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La Porte in LaPorte County, Indiana — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
 

Memorial Forest Planting

of 1939

 
 
Memorial Forest Planting Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Duane Hall, August 16, 2014
1. Memorial Forest Planting Marker
Inscription.
A tribute to

Harry August Backus • John William Burns • Chester L. Coplin • Hamon Gray • John E. Hawn • William L. Hubner • John E. Hunt • Chester Stewart Kiff • George Luebker • John C. Naill • Louis Edward New • Roy E. Newell • Norman Lay Roberts • Albert Emanuel Swanson • Hugh S. Woodard

The LaPorte Men
Who Died for Their Country
During the World War
1917 – 1919

 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World I.
 
Location. 41° 37.114′ N, 86° 44.173′ W. Marker is in La Porte, Indiana, in LaPorte County. Memorial can be reached from Lake Shore Drive west of Pine Lake Avenue (U.S. 35), on the left when traveling west. Marker is located at the eastern end of Soldiers Memorial Park. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: La Porte IN 46350, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. La Porte World War II Memorial (1991) (here, next to this marker); La Porte World War II Memorial (here, next to this marker); La Porte Korean War Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Operation Desert Storm Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); La Porte Viet Nam Memorial (within shouting distance of this
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marker); La Porte County Afghanistan–Iraq–Kuwait Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Indian Boundary Line (approx. ¼ mile away); Indiana Territory Boundary Line (approx. ¼ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in La Porte.
 
Memorial Forest Planting Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Duane Hall, August 16, 2014
2. Memorial Forest Planting Marker
Memorial Forest Planting Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Duane Hall, August 16, 2014
3. Memorial Forest Planting Marker
Located on right side of sidewalk at the eastern end of Soldiers Memorial Park
Memorial Forest Planting Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Duane Hall, August 16, 2014
4. Memorial Forest Planting Marker
Located on left side of sidewalk
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on September 21, 2014, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas. This page has been viewed 400 times since then and 7 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on September 21, 2014, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas.

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