Plymouth in Wayne County, Michigan — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Plymouth Community Veterans Memorial Park

Photographed By J.T. Lambrou, April 9, 2021

1. Plymouth Community Veterans Memorial Park Marker

Inscription.

Plymouth Community Veterans Memorial Park. . The Plymouth Community Veterans Memorial Park honors all who served in the United States military throughout its history., If you raise your eyes to the north, you'll see the Veterans Memorial Plaza. The memorial consists of black granite tablets, representing major military conflicts in which our nation has been engaged. The size of each granite tablet is representative of the number of casualties suffered. Etchings on each tablet reflect those who served from that era., Red granite pavers, on the large circular Veterans Memorial Plaza, represent the military service members of the Plymouth community who were killed in action. Engraved gray pavers represent veterans. The walks leading to the plaza contain red pavers engraved with names of contributors to this memorial., The flags of our nation, our state, and POW/MIA (Prisoners of War/Missing in Action) fly on the adjoining plaza. At their base are the symbols of the five military branches of service., Up the hill and to the left of the plaza, there stands a granite figure of a lady, an early monument to those who served in The Civil War. The Plymouth Community sent a significant number of soldiers to the battlefields of The Civil War., The park also includes other early Plymouth monuments dedicated to veterans of the Spanish American War, World War I, World War II, Korea and Vietnam., The Plymouth Community Veterans Memorial Park was dedicated July 4, 2006., Civil War Monument Dedicated in Kellogg Park 1917, Spanish-American War Cannon Originally located in Kellogg Park Near Main and Penniman, World War I Monument Dedicated Memorial Day 1940 Originally located on school grounds At Main and Church, The Rock Dedicated Memorial Day 1935 Originally located in center of Kellogg Park Honors Veterans of Civil War, Spanish-American War, and World Wars I and II, Korea/Viet Nam Memorial Dedicated 1989 Original location in Kellogg Park Then NE corner of Union Street and Ann Arbor Trail

The Plymouth Community Veterans Memorial Park honors all who served in the United States military throughout its history.

If you raise your eyes to the north, you'll see the Veterans Memorial Plaza. The memorial consists of black granite tablets, representing major military conflicts in which our nation has been engaged. The size of each granite tablet is representative of the number of casualties suffered. Etchings on each tablet reflect those who served from that era.

Red granite pavers, on the large circular Veterans Memorial Plaza, represent the military service members of the Plymouth community who were killed in action. Engraved gray pavers represent veterans. The walks leading to the plaza contain red pavers engraved with names of contributors to this memorial.

The flags of our nation, our state, and POW/MIA (Prisoners of War/Missing in Action) fly on the adjoining plaza. At their base are the symbols of the five military branches of service.

Up the hill and to the left of the plaza, there stands a granite figure of a lady, an early monument to those who served in The Civil War. The Plymouth Community sent a significant number of soldiers to the battlefields of The Civil War.

The park also includes other early Plymouth monuments dedicated to veterans of the Spanish American

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War, World War I, World War II, Korea and Vietnam.

The Plymouth Community Veterans Memorial Park was dedicated July 4, 2006.

Civil War Monument Dedicated in Kellogg Park 1917

Spanish-American War Cannon Originally located in Kellogg Park Near Main and Penniman

World War I Monument Dedicated Memorial Day 1940 Originally located on school grounds At Main and Church

The Rock Dedicated Memorial Day 1935 Originally located in center of Kellogg Park Honors Veterans of Civil War, Spanish-American War, and World Wars I and II

Korea/Viet Nam Memorial Dedicated 1989 Original location in Kellogg Park Then NE corner of Union Street and Ann Arbor Trail

Erected 2006 by Plymouth Veterans Memorial Park Committee.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, Korean • War, Spanish-American • War, US Civil • War, Vietnam • War, World I • War, World II.

Location. 42° 22.373′ N, 83° 28.041′ W. Marker is in Plymouth, Michigan, in Wayne County. Memorial is at the intersection of South Main Street and Church Street, on the right when traveling south on South Main Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 743 Church Street, Plymouth MI 48170, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are

Veterans Memorial Plaza image. Click for full size.

Photographed By J.T. Lambrou, April 9, 2021

2. Veterans Memorial Plaza

Seen are the black granite tablets, the flags, the five military branch tablets, and The Rock mentioned on the marker

within walking distance of this marker. Fire Tower Bell (within shouting distance of this marker); The Plymouth Plank Road (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Chessie Caboose 904151 (about 300 feet away); Plymouth Railroads (about 300 feet away); Plymouth (about 400 feet away); Baker House (about 500 feet away); Charles G. Curtiss House (about 500 feet away); The Conner Building (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Plymouth.

Civil War Monument image. Click for full size.

Photographed By J.T. Lambrou, April 9, 2021

3. Civil War Monument

A Tribute to Those Sons Of
Plymouth
Who Offered Their Lives In The
War Between The States
1861-1865

The Conflicts image. Click for full size.

Photographed By J.T. Lambrou, April 9, 2021

4. The Conflicts

Show are the eleven granite tablets, their relative sizes representing the Plymouth community lost in action

Photographed By J.T. Lambrou, April 9, 2021

5. Branches

Tablets from left to right: Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Air Force, Merchant Marines

Plymouth Rock image. Click for full size.

Photographed By J.T. Lambrou, April 9, 2021

6. Plymouth Rock

Early World War I and World War II memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on April 14, 2021. It was originally submitted on April 12, 2021, by J.T. Lambrou of New Boston, Michigan. This page has been viewed 316 times since then and 33 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on April 12, 2021, by J.T. Lambrou of New Boston, Michigan. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.