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For God and Country

 
 
For God and Country Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mollie, February 1, 2020
1. For God and Country Marker
Inscription.
To honor and commemorate
Town of Dewitt veterans
of all wars
who fought for our country

 
Erected 1937 by Post No. 359 American Legion.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War of 1812War, US CivilWar, US RevolutionaryWar, World I.
 
Location. 43° 3.9′ N, 76° 4.252′ W. Memorial is in East Syracuse, New York, in Onondaga County. It is at the intersection of East Ellis Street and North Center Street, on the right when traveling east on East Ellis Street. Located next to the East Syracuse Fire Department and Village Court. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 204 N Center St, East Syracuse NY 13057, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Upstate New York, specifically in Central New York, and in the Syracuse Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American Northeast, on the Great Lakes, and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds
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itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, New Netherland, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Alexander D. Ellis (a few steps from this marker); East Syracuse War Memorial (approx. half a mile away); Wyborn Cemetery (approx. 1.8 miles away); Old Erie Canal State Historic Park (at Butternut Creek) (approx. 2.3 miles away); Site of John Greenway Mansion (approx. 2.3 miles away); Syracuse Area (approx. 2.4 miles away); Jermain W. Loguen (approx. 2.9 miles away); War Memorial (approx. 3.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in East Syracuse.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 4, 2020. It was originally submitted on February 3, 2020, by Mollie of Syracuse, New York. This page has been viewed 261 times since then and 17 times this year. Photo   1. submitted on February 3, 2020, by Mollie of Syracuse, New York. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
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