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Dedicated to the Memory of Those from Oak Ridge Who Gave Their Lives That Freedom Might Live

 
 
Dedicated to the Memory of Those from Oak Ridge Who Gave Their Lives That Freedom Might Live Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Tom Bosse, December 30, 2017
1. Dedicated to the Memory of Those from Oak Ridge Who Gave Their Lives That Freedom Might Live Marker
Inscription.
1942 - 1992
Samuel Karl Asher • Michael Roger Baker • James Edward Barlow • Jeff Thomas Barnett, Jr. • Martin Owen Boone • Joseph Keith Bradley • Gerald Wayne Davidson • Luther E. Davis • Ronald Edward Hibbard • David William Holmes • Benjamin Lee, IV • Phillip Edward Minton • Robert L. Rogers, Jr. • Charles Jerry Ross • Elmer Harold Schubert • George Edwin Skeggs • Hoyle Terry, Jr. • Gregory John Weber • John T. Welsham • John H. E. Young • Frederick Shannon Zeigler
 
Erected by American Legion Post 199 and AMVETS of World War II, Korea, & Vietnam Post 2.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, KoreanWar, VietnamWar, World II.
 
Location. 36° 0.743′ N, 84° 15.482′ W. Memorial is in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, in Anderson County. It is on South Tulane Avenue, on the right when traveling south. Marker is in front of the City of Oak Ridge Municipal Building. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 200 South Tulane Avenue, Oak Ridge TN 37830, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in East Tennessee and in Greater Knoxville. 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 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: The Birth of the City of Oak Ridge, Tennessee (here, next to this marker); a different marker also named The Birth of the City of Oak Ridge, Tennessee
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(here, next to this marker); a different marker also named The Birth of the City of Oak Ridge, Tennessee (here, next to this marker); a different marker also named The Birth of the City of Oak Ridge, Tennessee (here, next to this marker); Violent Clashes (within shouting distance of this marker); 1944 (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); K-25 – The Gaseous Diffusion Plant (about 500 feet away); Oak Ridge Hospital (about 500 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Oak Ridge.
 
Dedicated to the Memory of Those from Oak Ridge Who Gave Their Lives That Freedom Might Live Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Tom Bosse, December 30, 2017
2. Dedicated to the Memory of Those from Oak Ridge Who Gave Their Lives That Freedom Might Live Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on January 10, 2018. It was originally submitted on January 10, 2018, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 756 times since then and 40 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on January 10, 2018, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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