Brinkley in Monroe County, Arkansas — The American South (West South Central)

American Legion Memorial

Photographed by Thomas Smith, April 26, 2021

1. American Legion Memorial

Inscription.

American Legion Memorial
Claude Sims Post #69
Brinkley, Arkansas
Dedicated 2005

Names not transcribed

Sculptor: Roy W. Butler
Models from U.S. 6th RCTG BDE, NV-CPT Van Kirk, SFC Tovar

Erected 2005.

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

Location. 34° 53.241′ N, 91° 11.619′ W. Memorial is in Brinkley, Arkansas, in Monroe County. It is on West Cypress Street 0.2 miles east of North Main Street (U.S. 49), on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Brinkley AR 72021, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Arkansas Delta

and in the Mississippi Alluvial Plain.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

and in the Mississippi Delta.

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,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

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least 8 other markers are within 10 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Louis Jordan (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); Willie Cobbs (about 700 feet away); 1921 Brass Bell (about 700 feet away); 100 West Cyprus Street (about 700 feet away); The Battle of Cache River or Cotton Plant (approx. 8.8 miles away); Sister Rosetta Tharpe (approx. 8.8 miles away); Woodruff County Courthouse (approx. 8.8 miles away); Action at Cotton Plant (approx. 9.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Brinkley.

American Legion Memorial Claude Sims Post #68 Bench image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Thomas Smith, April 26, 2021

2. American Legion Memorial Claude Sims Post #68 Bench

Credits. This page was last revised on May 5, 2021. It was originally submitted on April 29, 2021, by Thomas Smith of Waterloo, Ill. This page has been viewed 325 times since then and 29 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 29, 2021, by Thomas Smith of Waterloo, Ill. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.