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AmVets Memorial

 
 
AMVETS Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, May 17, 2018
1. AMVETS Memorial
Inscription. Tennessee AmVets dedicates this memorial to all veterans living or deceased who have honorably served their country that freedom may reign
 
Erected 1995 by Tennessee AmVets; Don Sundquest, Governor.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 36° 38.167′ N, 86° 34.4′ W. Memorial is near Mitchellville, Tennessee, in Sumner County. It can be reached from Interstate 65 4.1 miles Tennessee Highway 52, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 6111 Lake Springs Rd, Portland TN 37148, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Middle Tennessee and in Greater Nashville. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Upper South. 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
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within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Civil War in Tennessee (within shouting distance of this marker); Replica of Stone #38 (approx. 0.6 miles away in Kentucky); Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial (approx. 0.6 miles away in Kentucky); Triangular Jog (approx. 0.6 miles away in Kentucky); Duval-Groves House (approx. 1.2 miles away); Sandford Duncan Inn / Noted Dueling Ground (approx. 1½ miles away in Kentucky); Camp Trousdale (approx. 2 miles away); Birthplace of T.O. Chisholm / Noted Hymn Writer (1866-1960) (approx. 2.3 miles away in Kentucky).
 
Other markers no longer nearby. Tennessee / Kentucky (was approx. 0.6 miles away but has been confirmed missing); Fort Smith (was approx. 2 miles away but has been confirmed missing).
 
AMVETS Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, May 17, 2018
2. AMVETS Memorial
Tennessee Welcome Center image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, May 17, 2018
3. Tennessee Welcome Center
Blue Star Memorial Highway image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, May 17, 2018
4. Blue Star Memorial Highway
near AMVETS memorial.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 24, 2022. It was originally submitted on December 11, 2020, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 302 times since then and 31 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on December 11, 2020, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
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