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Palacios in Matagorda County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)
 

Palacios Veterans Memorial

 
 
Palacios Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by James Hulse, March 11, 2021
1. Palacios Veterans Memorial
Inscription.

In Memory of
All Who Honorably Served
In the Military Services
of
Our Country

Greenwood-Curtis Post 476
The American Legion

Lt. Wm. Lloyd Queen Post 2467
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the
United States

 
Erected by American Legion.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 28° 42.458′ N, 96° 13.676′ W. Memorial is in Palacios, Texas, in Matagorda County. It can be reached from the intersection of 12th Street (County Highway 317) and Collins Drive (County Highway 300). The Memorial is located in the center section of the Palacios Cemetery by the pavilion. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Palacios TX 77465, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the American South and on the Gulf Coast. Globally, it is in 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 Republic of Texas, 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: Palacios Cemetery (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); West Side Elementary School (approx. 0.4 miles away); Casa de Dios (approx. 0.4 miles away); Palacios Colored School (approx. half a mile away); W.C. Williams Building (approx. 0.8 miles away); Cates-Price House (approx. 0.9 miles away); It Took a Village (approx. 0.9 miles away); Sold! (approx. 0.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Palacios.
 
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The Palacios Veterans Memorial by the pavilion image. Click for full size.
Photographed by James Hulse, March 11, 2021
2. The Palacios Veterans Memorial by the pavilion
The view of the Palacios Veterans Memorial from the cemetery image. Click for full size.
Photographed by James Hulse, March 11, 2021
3. The view of the Palacios Veterans Memorial from the cemetery
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on March 14, 2021. It was originally submitted on March 14, 2021, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas. This page has been viewed 605 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on March 14, 2021, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.
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