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Winchendon in Worcester County, Massachusetts — The American Northeast (New England)
 

Veterans Memorial

 
 
Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), June 20, 2020
1. Veterans Memorial
Inscription.
This
monument is
dedicated to
all from
Winchendon
who served
honorably
in the defense
of our country
in the

Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Air Force
Coast Guard

"And so, my fellow
Americans,
ask not what your
country can do
for you:
ask what you can do
for your country."
John F. Kennedy
President
Inaugural Address 1961

Supreme Sacrifice

World War II
Bisson, Leo W. • Bourgault, Raymond • Caquette, Armand N. • Clapp, Kenneth F. • Crawford, John F. • Descoteau, Raymond O. • Goula, Thomas • Hodgkins, Byron A. • Hutchinson, Clarence R. • LaFreniere, Henry O. • LaFrennie, Albert A. • Laperrier, Urvin J. • Launier, Joseph R. • Madigan, Fred M. • Occhialini, William B. • Plouffe, Albert E. • REardon, Francis L. • Rees, William H. Jr. • Robare, Foster H. • Sawtelle, Robert H. • St. Laurent, Laurence B. • St. Pierre, Henry E. • Therriault, Rene Alfred • White, Frederick Wilder • Wilson, James T.

Korea
Noyes, Raymond H. • Veenstra, Albert William

Vietnam
Hildreth, Robert Edward III • Peterson, Carl A.

Merchant Marines
W W II
Hewey, Hudson Adoc
 
Topics and series. This memorial is
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listed in these topic lists: War, KoreanWar, VietnamWar, World II. In addition, it is included in the Former U.S. Presidents: #35 John F. Kennedy series list.
 
Location. 42° 40.933′ N, 72° 2.973′ W. Memorial is in Winchendon, Massachusetts, in Worcester County. It is on Pleasant Street just north of Front Street (Massachusetts Route 12), on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 27 Pleasant St, Winchendon MA 01475, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Quiet Corner and in Greater Worcester. It is also in the American Northeast and in New England. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Honor Roll (within shouting distance of this marker); World War I Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker
Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), June 20, 2020
2. Veterans Memorial
also named Honor Roll (within shouting distance of this marker); Toy Town Horse (approx. 0.2 miles away); Desert Storm Memorial (approx. 0.3 miles away); Spirit of the American Doughboy (approx. 0.3 miles away); The School Boy of 1850 (approx. 7.6 miles away); Gardner Soldiers' Monument (approx. 7.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Winchendon.
 
Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), June 20, 2020
3. Veterans Memorial
Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), June 20, 2020
4. Veterans Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 24, 2020. It was originally submitted on June 24, 2020, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 273 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on June 24, 2020, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
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