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Brockton in Plymouth County, Massachusetts — The American Northeast (New England)
 

Veterans Memorial

 
 
Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 19, 2018
1. Veterans Memorial
Inscription.

Dedicated
to all
Veterans
who served
in the defense
of our country

 
Erected by City of Brockton.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & PatriotismWar, KoreanWar, World IWar, World II.
 
Location. 42° 5.034′ N, 71° 1.362′ W. Memorial is in Brockton, Massachusetts, in Plymouth County. It is at the intersection of Legion Parkway (Massachusetts Route 123) and Alton Street, in the median on Legion Parkway. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Brockton MA 02301, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Greater Boston. It is also in the American Northeast, in New England, and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Brockton Railroad Viaducts and Bridges (approx. 0.3 miles away); Peter J McGarvey Park (approx. 4 miles away); Swan's Tavern (approx. 4 miles away); North Easton Railroad Station (approx. 4.3 miles away); Ames Free Library (approx. 4.4 miles away); Oakes Ames Memorial Hall and Olmsted Rockery (approx. 4.4 miles away); West Bridgewater Civil War Memorial (approx. 4.6 miles away); Pulpit Rock (approx. 4.7 miles away).
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 20, 2020. It was originally submitted on June 4, 2018, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 471 times since then and 26 times this year. Photo   1. submitted on June 4, 2018, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
 
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