Rome in Floyd County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)

Anchor Duck Mills World War II Memorial

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, April 11, 2021

1. Anchor Duck Mills World War II Memorial

Inscription.
Dedicated
to the memory of
our fellow workers
who died defending
America's eternal
freedoms
men from
Anchor Duck Mills James Wm. Adams 1922-1944 • Robert L. Etheridge 1921-1944 • Jack A. Gunter 1917-1942 • Doyce F. Hamrick 1919-1942 • Carl B. Henderson 1917-1944 • Dudley McDaniel 1920-1945 • Harold Scott 1921-1944 • Dewey Lee Sutherland 1923-1944 • John Frank Twilley 1922-1944

Erected by Anchor Duck Mills.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II.

Location. 34° 15.015′ N, 85° 10.701′ W. Memorial is in Rome, Georgia, in Floyd County. It is at the intersection of South Broad Street and Myrtle Street Southwest, on the right when traveling south on South Broad Street. Memorial is in Veterans Plaza at Myrtle Hill Cemetery. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Rome GA 30161, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Georgia’s Mountains. It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the original Cherokee Nation,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

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: Myrtle Hill Cemetery (here, next to this marker); The McDougald Family of Georgia (here, next to this marker); Vietnam War Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Georgia’s Paul Revere (a few steps from this marker); The Fallen

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(within shouting distance of this marker); Here Lies in Honored Glory an American Soldier (within shouting distance of this marker); Ellen Louise Axson Wilson (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Battle of Hightower Monument (about 600 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Rome.

Myrtle Hill Cemetery — Veterans Plaza image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, April 11, 2021

2. Myrtle Hill Cemetery — Veterans Plaza

The Anchor Duck Mills World War II Memorial is at the bottom left.

Credits. This page was last revised on April 15, 2021. It was originally submitted on April 15, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 507 times since then and 35 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 15, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.