Southwestern Sacramento in Sacramento County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

Veteran of Foreign Wars Memorial

Photographed by J. Makali Bruton, July 2, 2019

1. Veteran of Foreign Wars Memorial

Unfortunately the word 'heroes' is misspelled as 'hero's'.

Inscription.

To those gallant hero’s who sacrificed their lives that we might live.

Erected by Sacramento Post 1660 and Auxiliary. Veterans of Foreign Wars, of U.S.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.

Location. 38° 33.754′ N, 121° 29.995′ W. Memorial is in Sacramento, California, in Sacramento County. It is in Southwestern Sacramento. It can be reached from Broadway east of Muir Way, on the right when traveling east. The marker is in the northeast corner of the Sacramento City Cemetery. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Sacramento CA 95818, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Sacramento Valley

and specifically in the Central Valley.

It is also on the American Pacific Coast.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Ring of Fire,

in the Pacific Rim,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain

and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance

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of this marker: John Bigler (within shouting distance of this marker); May Hollister Woolsey (within shouting distance of this marker); Charles Duncombe, M.D. (1787 – 1862) (within shouting distance of this marker); Theodora Tiffee Purkitt, M.D. (within shouting distance of this marker); Sacramento Turn Verein (within shouting distance of this marker); Old Masonic Cemetery (within shouting distance of this marker); Charles "Charley" King (within shouting distance of this marker); The Fireman’s Plot (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Sacramento.

Other markers no longer nearby. The G.A.R. Memorial Plot (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been permanently removed); Charles A. “Charlie” King (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been permanently removed).

Veteran of Foreign Wars Memorial and flagpole image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J. Makali Bruton, July 2, 2019

2. Veteran of Foreign Wars Memorial and flagpole

Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on July 11, 2019, by J. Makali Bruton of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 207 times since then and 9 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 11, 2019, by J. Makali Bruton of Washington, District of Columbia.