Hannibal in Marion County, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
Veterans Memorial
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 15, 2020
1. Veterans Memorial
to all Veterans buried
here who faithfully and
honorably have served
their country
Erected by Emmette J. Shields American Legion Post No. 55.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Patriots & Patriotism • War, Vietnam • War, World II.
Location. 39° 42.083′ N, 91° 20.602′ W. Memorial is in Hannibal, Missouri, in Marion County. It can be reached from Riverside Street. Memorial is in Riverside Cemetery, off Missouri Highway 79. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Hannibal MO 63401, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Missouri’s Mark Twain Country. It is also in the American Midwest, in the Lewis & Clark Corridor, in the Corn Belt, and in the Great River Road Region. 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, the Louisiana Purchase, and the Antebellum South.
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: 9/11 Memorial (approx. Ό mile away); Craig Dowell Joey Hoag Billy Hoag (approx. Ό mile away); The Legend of Lovers Leap (approx. 0.3 miles away); Admiral Robert E. Coontz (approx. Ύ mile away); A Piece of the Rock of Gethsemane (approx. Ύ mile away); Clemens Field Commemoration (approx. Ύ mile away); 351⅛ (approx. 0.8 miles away); 342 (approx. 0.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Hannibal.
Also see . . . Riverside Cemetery aka Riverview Cemetery. Find A Grave website entry (Submitted on December 6, 2023, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 15, 2020
2. Veterans Memorial in Riverside Cemetery
Credits. This page was last revised on December 6, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 23, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 279 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 23, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
