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Sinking Spring Veterans Memorial

 
 
Sinking Spring Veterans Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, August 14, 2018
1. Sinking Spring Veterans Memorial Marker
Inscription. Veterans Memorial dedicated to the men and women from our community who honorably served the armed forces of our country
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 39° 4.465′ N, 83° 23.413′ W. Memorial is in Sinking Spring, Ohio, in Highland County. It is at the intersection of Grant Ct. and Washington, on the left when traveling north on Grant Ct.. Marker is in Byrd Cemetery. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 40 Washington Street, Sinking Spring OH 45172, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Southern Ohio Hill Country. It is also in the American Midwest, in the Corn Belt, in Appalachia, and specifically in Northern 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 Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Governor Charles Willing Byrd (a few steps from this marker); People of the Forest, 2000 B.P. (approx. 3.3 miles away); A Missing Coil? (approx. 4 miles away); The Serpent In American Indian Manetto Indiangkum, Traditions (approx. 4 miles away); Who Built Serpent Mound? (approx. 4 miles away); Astronomical Alignments at Serpent Mound? (approx. 4 miles away); What Is An Effigy Mound? (approx. 4 miles away); The Serpent Mound (approx. 4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Sinking Spring.
 
Other markers no longer nearby. Serpent Mound Impact Crater (was approx. 4 miles away but has been permanently removed); a different marker also named
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A Missing Coil? (was approx. 4 miles away but has been permanently removed).
 
Sinking Spring Veterans Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, August 14, 2018
2. Sinking Spring Veterans Memorial Marker
Sinking Spring Veterans Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, August 14, 2018
3. Sinking Spring Veterans Memorial Marker
as seen from the fence line
Sinking Spring Veterans Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, August 14, 2018
4. Sinking Spring Veterans Memorial Marker
as seen from Grant Ct.
Sinking Spring Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, August 2, 2025
5. Sinking Spring Veterans Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on August 5, 2025. It was originally submitted on August 17, 2018, by Rev. Ronald Irick of West Liberty, Ohio. This page has been viewed 272 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on August 17, 2018, by Rev. Ronald Irick of West Liberty, Ohio.   5. submitted on August 5, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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