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Southern Charles County Memorial

Post 10081

— Veterans of Foreign Wars —

 
 
Southern Charles County Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), May 12, 2019
1. Southern Charles County Memorial
Inscription. Dedicated to the veterans of Charles County who served their country so nobly and honorably on foreign soil, on the seas, and in the air against enemy action. May those men and women be remembered always for their contribution toward the preservation of life and liberty throughout the world.
 
Erected 1986 by Post 10081, Veterans of Foreign Wars.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 38° 24.655′ N, 76° 57.178′ W. Memorial is near Newburg, Maryland, in Charles County. It can be reached from Crain Highway (U.S. 301) north of Glasva School Road, on the right when traveling north. On the grounds of the Maryland Veterans Museum at Patriot Park. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 11000 Crain Highway, Newburg MD 20664, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Washington Metropolitan Area and in Southern Maryland. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, in the Mid-Atlantic, and in the Tidewater. 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 one of the original Thirteen Colonies and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Dents Meadow (approx. 1.9 miles away); "Huckleberry" (approx. 2 miles away); Keechland (approx. 2.1 miles away); 300 Year Old Southern Red Oak (approx. 2.2 miles away); Crossing the Potomac (approx. 2.2 miles away); Popes Creek Generating Plant (approx. 2.2 miles away); Wolleston Manor
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(approx. 2.3 miles away); Cliffton (approx. 2.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Newburg.
 
Southern Charles County Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), May 12, 2019
2. Southern Charles County Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 12, 2019. It was originally submitted on May 12, 2019, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 306 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on May 12, 2019, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
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