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Veterans Memorial

American Legion Post 541

 
 
Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, June 21, 2019
1. Veterans Memorial
Inscription.

In memory of all who served
 
Erected by American Legion Post 541.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Fraternal or Sororal OrganizationsMilitary.
 
Location. 41° 5.767′ N, 84° 16′ W. Memorial is in Continental, Ohio, in Putnam County. It is on Maple Street east of South 5th Street, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Continental OH 45831, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Ohio’s Black Swamp and in the Till Plains. It is also in the American Midwest and in the Corn Belt. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Continental Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.9 miles away); Saint Joseph Catholic Church (approx.
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4.2 miles away); Home-In-The-Wilderness 1821-1870 (approx. 5.4 miles away); The Samuel Myers, Sr., Grist Mill 1834-1860 (approx. 5.4 miles away); Findlay & Ft. Wayne RR Cornerstone (approx. 5.6 miles away); Auglaize River Bridge (approx. 5.6 miles away); Site of Southerton Station (approx. 6.2 miles away); Miller City Veterans' Memorial (approx. 7.1 miles away).
 
Veterans Memorial - American Legion medallion image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, June 21, 2019
2. Veterans Memorial - American Legion medallion
Veterans Memorial reverse image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, June 21, 2019
3. Veterans Memorial reverse
Veterans Memorial and American Legion Post 541 image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, June 21, 2019
4. Veterans Memorial and American Legion Post 541
Veterans Memorial artillery piece image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, June 21, 2019
5. Veterans Memorial artillery piece
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on November 22, 2020. It was originally submitted on November 22, 2020. This page has been viewed 180 times since then and 11 times this year. Last updated on November 22, 2020, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on November 22, 2020, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.
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