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Florence in Florence County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
 

Home Safe

Florence Veterans Park

 
 
Home Safe Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brandon D Cross, May 2, 2020
1. Home Safe Marker
Inscription.

Dedicated to the men and
women who have served in our
nation’s Armed Forces and to
their families who have provided
fidelity and loving support.
Home Safe was designed and sculpted by Florence resident and internationally acclaimed sculptor, Alex Palkovich.
Dedicated November 11, 2011

 
Erected 2011.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 34° 11.062′ N, 79° 50.044′ W. Memorial is in Florence, South Carolina, in Florence County. It can be reached from South Woody Jones Boulevard 0.3 miles north of David H. McLeod Boulevard. Florence Veterans Park can be reached from the far south parking lot of the Florence Civic Center. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Florence SC 29501, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in South Carolina’s Pee Dee. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Deep South. 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 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 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Belleau Wood Oak Trees (a few steps from this marker); World War I Memorial (a few steps from this marker); US Coast Guard Monument (within shouting distance of this marker); United States Air Force Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Vietnam Veterans Monument (within shouting distance of this marker); Korea (within shouting distance of this marker); United States Merchant Marine Monument (within shouting distance of this marker); The Marine Corps League of Florence, SC (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Florence.
 
Home Safe Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brandon D Cross, May 2, 2020
2. Home Safe Marker
Home Safe Sculpture image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brandon D Cross, May 2, 2020
3. Home Safe Sculpture
Florence Veterans Park All Branches of Service Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brandon D Cross, May 2, 2020
4. Florence Veterans Park All Branches of Service Monument
Florence Veterans Park Entrance image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brandon D Cross, May 2, 2020
5. Florence Veterans Park Entrance
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 18, 2020. It was originally submitted on May 10, 2020, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. This page has been viewed 312 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on May 10, 2020, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.
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