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St. Charles in St. Charles County, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
 

Veterans Memorial

 
 
Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), March 18, 2021
1. Veterans Memorial
Inscription. Freedom is not free. In grateful remembrance for you who have served so that we all remain free. The protected may never know.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 38° 46.453′ N, 90° 28.924′ W. Memorial is in St. Charles, Missouri, in St. Charles County. It is on South Riverside Drive north of Boone's Lick Road, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Saint Charles MO 63301, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Missouri River Corridor and in Greater St. Louis. It is also in the American Midwest, in the Lewis & Clark Corridor, in the Corn Belt, and in the Great River Road Region. 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, the Louisiana Purchase, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The Lewis and Clark Expedition Across Missouri
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(about 400 feet away); Bishop's Landing (about 400 feet away); May 21, 1804 (about 500 feet away); The Experiment (about 500 feet away); Tracking the Boats (about 500 feet away); Peter Geery (about 600 feet away); Lewis & Clark Monument (about 700 feet away); Missouri (about 700 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in St. Charles.
 
Other markers no longer nearby. Lewis & Clark Bicentennial Survey Disk (was about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line but has been confirmed missing); Marsh Mallows (was about 400 feet away but has been confirmed missing); Sunflower (was about 400 feet away but has been confirmed missing); Corn, Pole Beans, Squash / Habanero & Jalapeno Peppers / Tomato (was about 400 feet away but has been confirmed missing); Onions (was about 400 feet away but has been confirmed missing); Potato (was about 400 feet away but has been confirmed missing); 25th Anniversary (was about 700 feet away but has been permanently removed); a different marker also named The Lewis and Clark Expedition Across Missouri (was about 700 feet away but has been confirmed missing).
 
Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), March 18, 2021
2. Veterans Memorial
Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), March 18, 2021
3. Veterans Memorial
Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), March 18, 2021
4. Veterans Memorial
Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), March 18, 2021
5. Veterans Memorial
Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), March 18, 2021
6. Veterans Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on March 23, 2021. It was originally submitted on March 23, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 670 times since then and 131 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on March 23, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
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