Seneca in Oconee County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
Fairplay Community Veterans Memorial
Photographed by Brian Scott, November 28, 2008
1. Fairplay Community Veterans Memorial Marker
of this community to the
memory of those who gave
their lives in the great wars.
Erected 1958 by The American Legion and Auxiliary.
Topics. This historical marker and memorial is listed in these topic lists: Military • War, World I • War, World II.
Location. 34° 41.433′ N, 82° 57.267′ W. Marker is in Seneca, South Carolina, in Oconee County. It is on North Fairplay Street, on the left when traveling north. Marker is located on the grounds of the Charles McGee Byrd American Legion Post No. 120. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Seneca SC 29678, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker and memorial is in South Carolina’s and pstate, in the Foothills, in the Golden Corner. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, in Appalachia, and specifically in Southern Appalachia. 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 original Cherokee Nation, 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 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Memorial Gateway (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); Seneca Firsts (approx. 0.4 miles away); Seneca (approx. 0.4 miles away); Wall of Honor (approx. 0.4 miles away); Oconee County World War Veterans (approx. 0.6 miles away); Seneca Institute / Seneca Junior College (approx. Ύ mile away); Oconee County Training School (approx. 0.8 miles away); First Soil Conservation District Plan (approx. 1.2
this page online
Photographed by Brian Scott, November 28, 2008
2. Fairplay Community Veterans Memorial Marker with Charles McGee Byrd Post No. 120 in Background
Credits. This page was last revised on September 17, 2020. It was originally submitted on November 29, 2008, by Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 1,130 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 29, 2008, by Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina.
