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Grayson in Carter County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)
 

World War I Memorial

 
 
World War I Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Don Morfe, April 15, 2014
1. World War I Memorial Marker
Inscription. Dedicated to the memory of our comrades who entered the service of their country. Those who were wounded and those who gave up their lives in the World War of 1917-1918.

Sponsored by Moore-Armstrong Post No. 138, American Legion; Willie C. Lewis Post No. 156, American Legion; Carter County Fiscal Court.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World I.
 
Location. Memorial has been reported missing. It was located near 38° 19.985′ N, 82° 57.095′ W. Memorial was in Grayson, Kentucky, in Carter County. It was at the intersection of West Main Street and North Court Street on West Main Street. The monument is located in Veterans Square near the Carter County Courthouse. Touch for map. Memorial was in this post office area: Grayson KY 41143, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial was in Kentucky’s Kyova Tri-State Region and in the Cumberland Plateau. It was also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, in Appalachia, and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it was in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it found 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 6 miles of this location, measured as the crow flies: County Named, 1838 (within shouting distance of this marker); We Honor William Jason Fields (within shouting distance of this marker); Eastern Kentucky Railway (approx. 0.4 miles away); Civil War Reunion (approx. 0.4 miles away); Mount Savage Furnace (approx. 1.2 miles away); Pactolus Furnace / Iron Made in Kentucky

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(approx. 2.4 miles away); a different marker also named Eastern Kentucky Railway (approx. 3.9 miles away); a different marker also named A Masterful Retreat (approx. 5.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Grayson.
 
Another marker is no longer nearby. A Masterful Retreat (was approx. half a mile away but has been confirmed missing).
 
World War I Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, January 7, 2021
2. World War I Memorial
World War I Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, January 7, 2021
3. World War I Memorial
Doughboy image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Don Morfe, April 15, 2014
4. Doughboy
World War I Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Don Morfe, April 15, 2014
5. World War I Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on April 16, 2022. It was originally submitted on July 19, 2017, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 420 times since then and 29 times this year. Last updated on January 9, 2021, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. Photos:   1. submitted on July 19, 2017, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland.   2, 3. submitted on January 9, 2021, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio.   4, 5. submitted on July 19, 2017, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
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Jun. 12, 2026