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Korean War Veterans Memorial

 
 
Korean War Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), March 1, 2019
1. Korean War Veterans Memorial
Inscription.
Korean War Veterans Memorial
Dedication June 28, 2000
War started June 25, 1950

 
Erected 2000 by Korean War Veterans Association.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, Korean.
 
Location. 39° 18.392′ N, 75° 36.862′ W. Memorial is in Smyrna, Delaware, in Kent County. It is in Duck Creek Hundred. It can be reached from North Main Street (Delaware Route 65) east of Providence Drive, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 502 North Main Street, Smyrna DE 19977, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the American Mid-Atlantic and on the Delmarva Peninsula. 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 New Netherland, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Veterans Memorial (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); St. Peter's Episcopal Church (approx. 0.2 miles away); Sgt. John B. Maberry (approx. Ό mile away); Duck Creek Hundred (approx. 0.3 miles away); Creighton-Jones or Cummins-Stockley House (approx. 0.4 miles away); Site of the Duck Creek Society of Friends (approx. 0.4 miles away); Mount Olive Holiness Pentecostal Church (approx. 0.4 miles away); The John Cummins Mansion (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Smyrna.
 
Another marker is no longer nearby. "First in the World" (was
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approx. 0.4 miles away but has been permanently removed).
 
Korean War Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), March 1, 2019
2. Korean War Veterans Memorial
Bicentennial U.S. Constitution image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), March 1, 2019
3. Bicentennial U.S. Constitution
Nearby plaque commemorating the bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 15, 2026. It was originally submitted on March 1, 2019, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 375 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on March 1, 2019, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.   3. submitted on March 2, 2019, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
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Jun. 14, 2026