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Merritt Island in Brevard County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)
 

America’s Women Veterans

Veterans Memorial Center

 
 
America’s Women Veterans Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brandon D Cross, January 3, 2021
1. America’s Women Veterans Marker
Inscription. Dedicated by the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution with deepest appreciation for the tremendous sacrifices made by America’s Women Veterans
 
Erected by Daughters of the American Revolution, Cape Canaveral Chapter.
 
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: MilitaryWomen. In addition, it is included in the Daughters of the American Revolution series list.
 
Location. 28° 21.055′ N, 80° 40.949′ W. Memorial is on Merritt Island, Florida, in Brevard County. It can be reached from South Sykes Creek Parkway 0.1 miles south of Fortenberry Road, on the right when traveling north. The marker is located at the southeast corner of the Veterans Memorial Center parking lot. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 400 S Sykes Creek Pkwy, Merritt Island FL 32952, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Florida’s Space Coast. It is also in the American South. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, 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 within walking distance of this marker: Sons of the American Revolution (here, next to this marker); Veterans Memorial Park (within shouting distance of this marker); First Buffalo Hunt (within shouting distance of this marker); The Last Naval Battle of the American Revolutionary War (within shouting distance of this marker); Operation Iraqi Freedom
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(within shouting distance of this marker); Revolutionary War Patriots (within shouting distance of this marker); Operation Enduring Freedom (within shouting distance of this marker); The “Dixie Doughboy” (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Merritt Island.
 
Also see . . .  Veterans Memorial Center. (Submitted on January 13, 2021, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida.)
 
America’s Women Veterans Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brandon D Cross, January 3, 2021
2. America’s Women Veterans Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on July 12, 2021. It was originally submitted on January 13, 2021, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. This page has been viewed 228 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on January 13, 2021, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
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