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South Lake Tahoe in El Dorado County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)
 

Veterans Memorial

 
 
Veterans Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Douglass Halvorsen, November 13, 2016
1. Veterans Memorial Marker
Inscription. This memorial is dedicated to all from our community who gave their lives and have served our country from all branches of service. We thank you for your sacrifice and you can rest assured that we will support your families and friends. You have served as an example to all Americans by giving of yourself to the ideals of freedom which is the basis on which our country was founded. May you rest in peace and forever remain in our hearts and in our prayers.

SGT Timothy Michael Smith
9-20-82    4-7-08

PFC Phillip Brandon Williams
5-29-85    10-9-06
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 38° 57.035′ N, 119° 57.141′ W. Memorial is in South Lake Tahoe, California, in El Dorado County. It is on Lake Tahoe Blvd (U.S. 50) east of Wildwood Avenue, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: South Lake Tahoe CA 96150, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in California’s Sacramento Metro, in the Sierra Nevada, and in the Lake Tahoe Basin. It is also in the American Mountain West. Globally, it is in North America, on the Ring of Fire, in the Pacific Rim, in the Western Hemisphere, in the Western World, and in the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Washoe Woman (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Lakeside Beach History (approx. 0.7 miles away); Henry Van Sickle (approx. Ύ mile away); Jack’s Ranch (approx. 0.8 miles away); Pony Express State Line Crossing
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(approx. 0.8 miles away in Nevada); The Pony Express (approx. 0.9 miles away in Nevada); Friday’s Added Station (approx. 1.2 miles away in Nevada); South Lake Tahoe Library Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in South Lake Tahoe.
 
More about this memorial. Marker is located in a small memorial park. A nearby plaque is dedicated to South Lake Tahoe children.
 
Veterans Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Douglass Halvorsen, November 13, 2016
2. Veterans Memorial Marker
Veterans Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Douglass Halvorsen, November 13, 2016
3. Veterans Memorial Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on January 27, 2018. It was originally submitted on January 22, 2018, by Douglass Halvorsen of Klamath Falls, Oregon. This page has been viewed 397 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on January 22, 2018, by Douglass Halvorsen of Klamath Falls, Oregon. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
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