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Operation Iraqi Freedom - Afghanistan Memorial

 
 
Operation Iraqi Freedom - Afghanistan Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mark Hilton, January 28, 2017
1. Operation Iraqi Freedom - Afghanistan Memorial
Inscription.
They gave their
tomorrows for our todays
on behalf of
a grateful nation
we remember
Smith, Jonathan L.
Nelson, Travis
Fales, Adam
Joshua, Adam Bailey
Norris, Paul B.
Ellenburg, Kevin J.

 
Erected by Cullman County.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, 1st Iraq & Desert StormWar, Afghanistan.
 
Location. 34° 11.551′ N, 86° 51.568′ W. Memorial is in Cullman, Alabama, in Cullman County. It can be reached from Sportsman Lake Road NW 0.4 miles west of 2nd Avenue NW (Route 31). Located in the Cullman Veterans Memorial Park at Sportsman Lake Park. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1544 Sportsman Lake Road NW, Cullman AL 35055, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in North Alabama. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Deep South. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the original Cherokee Nation, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Combat Wounded Veterans (a few steps from this marker); PFC Patrick Bates (a few steps from this marker); Cullman County World War I Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Cullman County Vietnam Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Marion Albert Hill (a few steps from this marker); Cullman County Korean War Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Cullman County WWII Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); UDC Confederate Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cullman.
 
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Cullman Veterans Memorial Park sign. image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mark Hilton, January 28, 2017
2. Cullman Veterans Memorial Park sign.
View of memorial towards Sportsman Lake Road and military service flags. image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mark Hilton, January 28, 2017
3. View of memorial towards Sportsman Lake Road and military service flags.
Entrance to the Cullman County Veterans Memorial Park image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mark Hilton, January 28, 2017
4. Entrance to the Cullman County Veterans Memorial Park
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on January 29, 2017. It was originally submitted on January 29, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 748 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on January 29, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.
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