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Saluda County Veterans Memorial

 
 
Saluda County Veterans Memorial Marker - Central Piece image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brian Scott, October 18, 2008
1. Saluda County Veterans Memorial Marker - Central Piece
Inscription.
These are the ones
from Saluda County who
died in defense of
their country in her
five most recent wars

"They died that others
might live free."

Spanish American War
Woodruff Holston

World War I
Sammie O. Bedenbaugh, Clattis Bell, Oscar Berry, Lawrence G. Boatwright, Avery Bridges, Henry K. Brown, Ernest Cooner, Olin S. Crouch, Lewis S. edwards, Eddie Herron, Paul Jennings, William Elbert Long., Jr., Elbert E. Lott, Charles Miller, Norman D. Miller, Jim Mobley, Jr., Modock Moore, Allison Pow, Ezekiel Quattlebaum, Willie Rice, Ernest Rinehart, Walter Smith, Brantley Waites, John Henry Wiggins, William O. Ward, Joseph Williams, Dennis Wise, Allen Wise

Korea
Gilbert Bryant, Jr., John E. Cockrell, Thomas M. Maffett, John G. Miller, Bogus Padgett, Henry Parkman, Emanuel Solomon, W.S. Tennant, Jr., James W. Wightman

Vietnam
Johnny Daniel, Jr., Raymond Golston, William Golston, Jr., Thomas J. Johnson, James P. Powell, Wayne S. Proctor, Tillman D. Rodger, Robert Lee Shorter, Chester D. Townsend

 
Erected 1984 by Saluda County Council.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, Korean
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War, VietnamWar, World IWar, World II.
 
Location. 34° 0.062′ N, 81° 46.3′ W. Memorial is in Saluda, South Carolina, in Saluda County. It is on South Main Street, on the left when traveling south. Marker is near the west entrance of the Saluda County Courthouse. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Saluda SC 29138, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Midlands. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Deep South. 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 the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 10 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: At Old Saluda Town... (here, next to this marker); Travis / Bonham Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Pierce M. Butler / The Palmetto Regiment (within shouting distance of this marker); Clock Donated to the Town of Saluda and Saluda County (within shouting distance of this marker); Historic Saluda (within shouting distance of this marker); Saluda Old Town Treaty, July 2, 1755 (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Red Bank Church (approx. 0.3 miles away); Colonel William Barrett Travis (approx. half a mile away); Mr. Philemon B. Waters (approx. half a mile away); Saluda County Stockyard and Livestock Market (approx. one mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Saluda.
 
Saluda County Veterans Memorial Marker - Spanish-Amerian, World War I, Korea, and Vietnam image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brian Scott, October 18, 2008
2. Saluda County Veterans Memorial Marker - Spanish-Amerian, World War I, Korea, and Vietnam
Saluda County Veterans Memorial Marker - World War II image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brian Scott, October 18, 2008
3. Saluda County Veterans Memorial Marker - World War II
Saluda County Veterans Memorial Marker - Looking North image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brian Scott, October 18, 2008
4. Saluda County Veterans Memorial Marker - Looking North
Saluda County Veterans Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brian Scott, October 18, 2008
5. Saluda County Veterans Memorial Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on October 29, 2008, by Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 1,902 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on October 29, 2008, by Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina.
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