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Near Matthews in Grant County, Indiana — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
 

Lt. Col. Thomas W. (Bill) Boles

Memorial Flag Pole

 
 
Lt. Col. Thomas W. (Bill) Boles Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, October 15, 2019
1. Lt. Col. Thomas W. (Bill) Boles Marker
full view of stone, at base of flag pole
Inscription.
In memory of
Lt. Col. Thomas W. (Bill) Boles
U.S. Air Force
in honor of all veterans

 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Air & Space.
 
Location. 40° 23.323′ N, 85° 29.268′ W. Memorial is near Matthews, Indiana, in Grant County. It is at the intersection of 4th Street and Main Street, in the median on 4th Street. Marker is in Matthews IOOF Cemetery. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 200 North 4th Street, Matthews IN 46957, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Central Indiana. It is also in the American Midwest and in the Corn Belt. Globally, it is in 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 and also the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Matthews Veterans Memorial (here, next to this marker); Covered Bridge (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct
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line); This Covered Bridge (about 800 feet away); The New Cumberland Gristmill 1853-1920 (about 800 feet away); Cumberland Covered Bridge (about 800 feet away); Elizabethtown (approx. 1.9 miles away); The Village of Trask (approx. 3 miles away); In Memory Of William J. Leach (approx. 4.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Matthews.
 
Lt. Col. Thomas W. (Bill) Boles Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, October 15, 2019
2. Lt. Col. Thomas W. (Bill) Boles Marker
flag pole as seen from 4th Street, monument is at the base of the pole, behind the obelisk
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on October 31, 2019. It was originally submitted on October 30, 2019, by Rev. Ronald Irick of West Liberty, Ohio. This page has been viewed 254 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on October 30, 2019, by Rev. Ronald Irick of West Liberty, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
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