Crab Orchard in Cumberland County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)
Veteran's Memorial
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 16, 2020
1. Veteran's Memorial
VFW Post 6686
Crab Orchard, TN
1987
Erected 1987 by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9686.
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
Location. 35° 54.556′ N, 84° 53.64′ W. Memorial is in Crab Orchard, Tennessee, in Cumberland County. It is on U.S. 70 east of Carter Road, on the right when traveling east. Marker is in front of Haley Grove Cemetery. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 8961 Highway 70, Crossville TN 38555, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Tennessee’s Cumberland Plateau. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, in Appalachia, and specifically in Southern Appalachia. 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, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Kemmer Stand / Tavern (approx. 1.7 miles away); Tennessee Civil War Trails (approx. 1.7 miles away); Thomas "Big Foot" Spencer (approx. 3½ miles away); a different marker also named Tennessee Civil War Trails (approx. 3.8 miles away); Cumberland Homesteads Historic District (approx. 5.1 miles away); Cumberland County Families (approx. 5.8 miles away); Cumberland Mountain State Park Bridge (approx. 5.9 miles away); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. 6.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Crab Orchard.
Other markers no longer nearby. Champ Ferguson (was approx. 1.7
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Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 16, 2020
2. Veteran's Memorial
Credits. This page was last revised on June 1, 2020. It was originally submitted on May 21, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 419 times since then and 11 times this year. Last updated on May 31, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 21, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
