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Mackinac County Soldiers & Sailors War Memorial

 
 
Mackinac County Soldiers & Sailors War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, July 23, 2018
1. Mackinac County Soldiers & Sailors War Memorial
Inscription.
Erected by the
Citizens of Mackinac County
in honor of our
Soldiers and Sailors
and in appreciation of their
sacrifice and service in the
World War

 
Erected by The Citizens of Mackinac County.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, KoreanWar, VietnamWar, World IWar, World II.
 
Location. 45° 51.975′ N, 84° 43.95′ W. Memorial is in St. Ignace, Michigan, in Mackinac County. It is on South Marley Street south of Portage Street, on the right when traveling south. War memorial and markers are located on the Mackinac County Courthouse grounds, directly in front of the main, front, east courthouse entrance. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 100 South Marley Street, Saint Ignace MI 49781, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and on the Straits of Mackinac. It is also in the American Midwest and on the Great Lakes. Globally, it is in North America, the Great North Woods, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France and also the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Fort de Buade (approx. Ό mile away); Old Mill Slip (approx. 0.3 miles away); Watery Graveyard (approx. 0.3 miles away); Commercial Fishing (approx. 0.3 miles away); Native American Land Losses (approx. 0.3 miles away); Mackinaw Boat (approx. 0.3 miles
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away); a different marker also named Mackinaw Boat (approx. 0.3 miles away); Two Cultures Meet (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in St. Ignace.
 
More about this memorial. Memorial consists of a large granite monument with multiple sculptures and markers.
 
Mackinac County Soldiers & Sailors War Memorial (<i>World War I plaque</i>) image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, July 23, 2018
2. Mackinac County Soldiers & Sailors War Memorial (World War I plaque)

1917-1918
They did not die too soon, who
held the front for Christendom
what equal glories could their
further years have won.

Aslin, William * Grant, Thomas * Mondeskin, David
Belonga, William A. * Hunt, Samuel J. * Nordquist, Edwin
Bourisaw, Garret H. * La Cross, Bernard * Riley, John
Bourisaw, Isaac * La Londe, Joseph * Smith, John E.
Darby, James G. * Leach, George J. * Summerby, Herbert C.
Gill, Clayton H. * Linderman, Edward E. * Wyers, Richard
Linderman, Walford C.
Mackinac County Soldiers & Sailors War Memorial (<i>World War II plaque</i>) image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, July 23, 2018
3. Mackinac County Soldiers & Sailors War Memorial (World War II plaque)

1941-1946
In memory of our servicemen
who gave their lives
for our country
during World War II

Melvin L. Archambeau * Floyd C. Leveille * Albert W. Paquin
William T. Aslin * Melvin P. Leveille * Cecil J. Pontiac
Alfred J. Boucha * Louis J. Martin * Edward J. Quay
Ernest R. Carlson * Robert G. McGahan * Louis E. Rapin
Joseph H. Charman * Willard L. McLeod * Matt Raske
Richard A. Corp * James E. McNeil * Frank A Sauro
William Draves * William W. Mitchell * Herman L. Simmons
Richard E. Duncanson * Patrick M. Mongueskwa * Clarence B. Stevenson
Ronald Graham * Daved F. Owen * Perry J. White
J.A. Gudmundsen * Alvin B. Painter * Louis F. Yott
Earl H. Law * Ivan T. Painter
Mackinac County Soldiers & Sailors War Memorial (<i>Korean War plaque</i>) image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, July 23, 2018
4. Mackinac County Soldiers & Sailors War Memorial (Korean War plaque)

Dedicated to all service personnel who
answered our Country’s call to defend
Freedom in the Korean Conflict and to the
memory of the men of Mackinac County
who gave their lives in Korea

Wiliam H. Dolan
Vern H. Nordquist
John D. St. Onge
Mackinac County Soldiers & Sailors War Memorial (<i>Vietnam War plaque</i>) image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, July 23, 2018
5. Mackinac County Soldiers & Sailors War Memorial (Vietnam War plaque)

Dedicated to all service personnel who
answered our Country’s call to defend
Freedom in the Vietnam War, and to the
memory of the men of Mackinac County
who gave their lives in Vietnam

James H. Dankowski
Larry J. Smith
Mackinac County Soldiers & Sailors War Memorial (<i>Building Committee Plaque</i>) image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, July 23, 2018
6. Mackinac County Soldiers & Sailors War Memorial (Building Committee Plaque)
War Memorial Name Panel (<i>left side</i>) image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, July 23, 2018
7. War Memorial Name Panel (left side)
War Memorial Name Panel (<i>right side</i>) image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, July 23, 2018
8. War Memorial Name Panel (right side)
Mackinac County Soldiers & Sailors War Memorial (<i>Mackinac County Courthouse in background</i>) image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, July 23, 2018
9. Mackinac County Soldiers & Sailors War Memorial (Mackinac County Courthouse in background)
Mackinac County Soldiers & Sailors War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Dan Reynard, June 18, 2021
10. Mackinac County Soldiers & Sailors War Memorial
Mackinac County Soldiers & Sailors War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Dan Reynard, June 18, 2021
11. Mackinac County Soldiers & Sailors War Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 24, 2022. It was originally submitted on September 29, 2018, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 673 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on October 2, 2018, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.   6, 7, 8. submitted on October 30, 2018, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.   9. submitted on October 2, 2018, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.   10, 11. submitted on May 17, 2022, by Dan Reynard of Bellevue, Wisconsin. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
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