Highlands/Perkins in Baton Rouge in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)

Memorial Oak Grove

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, October 26, 2018

1. Memorial Oak Grove Marker

Inscription.
In Proud Memory of
Those Members of
The United States Army
Who Died In
Defense Of Freedom

Erected by United States Army War Office.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World I.

Location. 30° 24.716′ N, 91° 10.602′ W. Memorial is in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in East Baton Rouge Parish. It is in Highlands/Perkins. It can be reached from Highland Road near Veterans Drive, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Baton Rouge LA 70803, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Louisiana’s Florida Parishes.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and in the Great River Road Region.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

the Louisiana Purchase,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least

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8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: La Maison Française & The Honors House (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Parade Ground (about 600 feet away); a different marker also named Parade Ground (approx. 0.2 miles away); Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College (approx. 0.2 miles away); a different marker also named Parade Ground (approx. 0.2 miles away); Land Grant College / Sea Grant College (approx. 0.2 miles away); Louisiana State Seminary of Learning Foundation Stone (approx. 0.2 miles away); Campanile (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Baton Rouge.

More about this memorial. Located at the LSU Student Union,
Thirty-one live oak trees were planted in the Memorial Oak Grove, one for each of the fallen (LSU Students) and one for an unknown soldier, as a living reminder of their sacrifice and service to the country in World War I.

Also see . . . Rededication of Memorial Oak Grove. Louisiana State University website entry (Submitted on January 18, 2020, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana.)

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, October 26, 2018

2. Memorial Oak Grove Marker

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, October 26, 2018

3. Memorial Oak Grove Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on February 19, 2024. It was originally submitted on January 18, 2020, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana. This page has been viewed 634 times since then and 31 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on January 18, 2020, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana.