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

The McDougald Family of Georgia

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, April 11, 2021

1. The McDougald Family of Georgia Marker

Inscription.
I call upon all who love freedom to stand with us now. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

United States of America Time Line of Wars 1775-1783 American Revolution • 1812-1815 War of 1812 • 1846-1847 Mexican War • 1861-1865 American Civil War • 1898-1899 Spanish American War • 1916-1917 Mexican Border War • 1917-1918 The World War • 1941-1945 World War II • 1950-1953 Korean War • 1956-1975 Vietnam • 1990-1991 Persian Gulf War

Honoring The McDougald Family of Georgia Walter Edwin, Georgia Guard 1900-1905 • Isabel Hall, Air Raid Warden, WWII, 1941-44 • John Horace, 8th Air Force, England, WWII • William Worth, LCDR, USN, WWII/Korea • Leeta Minton, American Red Cross, Vietnam War • Donald Outland, Army Air Force, Japan, WWII • Michael Hall, Counter-intelligence, Korean War

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.

Location. 34° 15.015′ N, 85° 10.696′ W. Memorial is in Rome, Georgia, in Floyd County. It can be reached from the intersection of South Broad Street and Myrtle Street Southwest. Marker 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: Vietnam War Memorial (here, next to this

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marker); Myrtle Hill Cemetery (here, next to this marker); Anchor Duck Mills World War II Memorial (here, next to this marker); Georgia’s Paul Revere (a few steps from this marker); The Fallen (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.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, April 11, 2021

2. The McDougald Family of Georgia Marker

Marker is on ground by left obelisk.

Credits. This page was last revised on May 8, 2021. It was originally submitted on April 16, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 343 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 16, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.