Jackson in Breathitt County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)
World War I Memorial
Photographed by Don Morfe, April 16, 2014
1. World War I Memorial Marker
World War I
April 6, 1917 - November 11, 1918
Dedicated to all Breathitt Countians who served over there in the war to end all wars. To all those who supported the war effort in any fashion and in memory of the following who gave their lives to make the world safe for democracy.
Marion Adkins George Baker George Brewer Charley Campbell Jesse Carpenter Jesse Centers John Dale Garfield Deaton James Fugate Wm W Gillum Jarrett Grigsby Willie Grigsby Roscoe Gross Charles B. Hall Edward Cuerrant Hargis Robert W. Hill Joel Lee Curtis Linden South McIntosh James Noble Willie Oney Moore Riley Price Roark Fred Smith Ashford Watts Samuel Wells Pearl G. Wireman Linden Wyatt
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World I.
Location. 37° 33.234′ N, 83° 23.016′ W. Memorial is in Jackson, Kentucky, in Breathitt County. It is at the intersection of Main Street and Brown Street on Main Street. This monument is located in Breathitt County War Memorial. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Jackson
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Regionally, this memorial is in Eastern Kentucky and in the Cumberland Plateau. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, in Appalachia, and specifically in Southern Appalachia. 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 14 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Willie Sandlin (here, next to this marker); Korean War Memorial (here, next to this marker); Breathitt Volunteers (within shouting distance of this marker); "Bloody Breathitt" (within shouting distance of this marker); Broken Column (within shouting distance of this marker); Breathitt County (within shouting distance of this marker); Quicksand 1864 (approx. 2.4 miles away); Sam and Nola of Morris Fork (approx. 13.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Jackson.
Another marker is no longer nearby. Bitter Antagonism
Photographed by Don Morfe, April 16, 2014
2. Breathitt County War Memorial Plaza
Photographed by Frank Profitt, February 24, 2021
3. World War I Memorial
Credits. This page was last revised on March 15, 2023. It was originally submitted on July 19, 2017, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 422 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 19, 2017, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. 3. submitted on February 27, 2021, by Frank Profitt of Georgetown, Kentucky. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
