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They Paid For Peace

 
 
They Paid For Peace Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, May 19, 2017
1. They Paid For Peace Memorial
Inscription.
They Paid
For
Peace
It Is Our Duty     To Preserve It

May This
Monument
Be A
Constant Reminder
To The Living
To Continue
Their Struggle
For
Peace

( 1,303 names are listed )

 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 38° 15.254′ N, 85° 45.531′ W. Memorial is in Louisville, Kentucky, in Jefferson County. It is in Downtown. It is at the intersection of W Jefferson Street and S 5th Street, on the right when traveling west on W Jefferson Street. Located in front of Louisville Metro Hall. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 527 W Jefferson Street, Louisville KY 40202, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, and in the Ohio River Valley. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Kentucky Medal Of Honor Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Jefferson County (within shouting distance of this marker); George Rogers Clark (within shouting distance of this marker); Thomas Jefferson Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); 2020 Racial Justice Protests (within shouting distance of this marker); City and County Named / Jefferson County Courthouse (about
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300 feet away, measured in a direct line); “The Black Six” (about 400 feet away); Louisville Firefighters Memorial (about 400 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Louisville.
 
Another marker is no longer nearby. Louis XVI (was about 400 feet away but has been confirmed missing).
 
They Paid For Peace Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, May 19, 2017
2. They Paid For Peace Memorial
( left panel )
They Paid For Peace Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, May 19, 2017
3. They Paid For Peace Memorial
( right panel )
They Paid For Peace Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, May 19, 2017
4. They Paid For Peace Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 12, 2023. It was originally submitted on July 4, 2017, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut. This page has been viewed 457 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on July 4, 2017, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.
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