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Milford Veterans Memorial

 
 
Milford Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), November 11, 2019
1. Milford Veterans Memorial
Inscription.
Milford honors her
men and women who
have served in the
Armed Forces of the
United States in
all wars

In memory of
the founders, builders
and defenders of
our home town

In memory of
Thomas G. Hanley
for outstanding contributions
to the economic growth
of Milford, Delaware
July 1982

In honor of all fallen heroes
of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars

"Lest they be forgotten"


 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, 2nd IraqWar, Afghanistan.
 
Location. 38° 54.857′ N, 75° 25.531′ W. Memorial is in Milford, Delaware, in Kent County. It is in Milford Hundred. It is on Northeast Front Street just east of Denny Row, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 204 Northeast Front Street, Milford DE 19963, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the American Mid-Atlantic, on the Delmarva Peninsula, and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World,
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and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Old Calvary Church, Franklin St. (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); Nixon Palace Theater, N. Walnut St. (about 700 feet away); Old Red Mill & L.D. Caulk Mfg. Plant (about 700 feet away); Launching George May Sailing Ship, 1900 (about 700 feet away); The Pea Crop, Waiting Their Turn (about 700 feet away); Railroad Depot, Junction & Breakwater Line (about 700 feet away); The Vinyard Shipbuilding Company (about 700 feet away); Site of the Home of General Alfred T.A. Torbert (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Milford.
 
Another marker is no longer nearby. Liberty Tree Memorial (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been confirmed missing).
 
Milford Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), November 11, 2019
2. Milford Veterans Memorial
Milford Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), November 11, 2019
3. Milford Veterans Memorial
Milford Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), November 11, 2019
4. Milford Veterans Memorial
Milford Veterans Memorial - wide view image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Pete Skillman, June 1, 2025
5. Milford Veterans Memorial - wide view
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 15, 2026. It was originally submitted on November 12, 2019, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 366 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on November 12, 2019, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.   5. submitted on June 1, 2025, by Pete Skillman of Townsend, Delaware.
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