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Gold Star Families War Memorial

 
 
Gold Star Families War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, November 27, 2017
1. Gold Star Families War Memorial
Inscription.
In honor of our
Gold Star Families
and in the memory of
their sons and daughters
who gave their lives
while serving in the
Armed Forces of the
United States of America

Greater love hath no man


 
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military. In addition, it is included in the Gold Star Families series list.
 
Location. 40° 49.423′ N, 73° 13.466′ W. Memorial is in Hauppauge, New York, in Suffolk County. It is at the intersection of Veterans Memorial Highway and H. Lee Denison Building Drive, on the right when traveling east on Veterans Memorial Highway. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 100 Veterans Memorial Highway, Hauppauge NY 11788, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the New York City Metropolitan Area and on Long Island. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. 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
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New Netherland and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Women of the Armed Forces Memorial (here, next to this marker); Persian Gulf and Middle East Wars Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Vietnam War Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Kerry P. Hein Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Captured and Missing Americans in South East Asia Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Caleb Smith House (approx. 2 miles away); Methodist (approx. 2.3 miles away); Smithtown Bull (approx. 2½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Hauppauge.
 
More about this memorial. The marker is located in the western end of the Armed Forces Plaza, next to the Women in the Armed Forces memorial.
 
Also see . . .  Who are the Gold Star families? (CNN, 8/1/2016). (Submitted on August 3, 2018.)
 
Gold Star Families War Memorial - wide view image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, November 27, 2017
2. Gold Star Families War Memorial - wide view
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on August 3, 2018. It was originally submitted on August 3, 2018, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 352 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on August 3, 2018, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
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