Jefferson City in Cole County, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
World War I Memorial
The Honorable Ike Skelton
U.S. Congressman (1977-2011)
In Flanders Fields
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
By: Lt. Colonel John McCrae, MD Canadian Army - May 1915
Erected 2014.
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World I. In addition, it is included in the In Flanders Fields series list.
Location. 38° 33.865′ N, 92° 10.131′ W. Memorial is in Jefferson City, Missouri, in Cole County. It is on Chestnut Street 0.1 miles north of Dawson Drive when traveling north. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 816 Chestnut St, Jefferson City MO 65101, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in the Missouri River Corridor. It is also in the American Midwest, in the Lewis & Clark Corridor, and in the Corn Belt. 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.
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