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Moorefield in Hardy County, West Virginia — The American South (Appalachia)
 

Veterans Memorial

 
 
Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), July 17, 2020
1. Veterans Memorial
Inscription.
Dedicated to the memory
of
American Veterans
of
All Wars

 
Erected 1983 by American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 39° 3.764′ N, 78° 57.675′ W. Memorial is in Moorefield, West Virginia, in Hardy County. It is on Olivet Drive 0.1 miles north of Paskell Hill Drive, on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 323 Winchester Ave, Moorefield WV 26836, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Eastern Panhandle. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, in Appalachia, and specifically in Northern 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 and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Cemetery Hill (a few steps from this marker); Confederate Memorial
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(about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Olivet Cemetery (about 600 feet away); Hardy County's First Court House (approx. 0.4 miles away); Moorefield (approx. half a mile away); McMechen House (approx. half a mile away); S. A. McMechen House (approx. half a mile away); Presbyterian Church (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Moorefield.
 
Other markers no longer nearby. Cemetery Hill (was a few steps from this marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it); a different marker also named McMechen House (was approx. half a mile away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).
 
Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), July 17, 2020
2. Veterans Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on July 18, 2020. It was originally submitted on July 18, 2020, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 243 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on July 18, 2020, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
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