Festus in Jefferson County, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
U.S. Air Force F-84 Thunderstreak
Photographed by Thomas Smith, May 8, 2021
1. U.S. Air Force F-84 Thunderstreak Marker
U.S. Air Force F-84 Thunderstreak Flown By Major J Santschi, Festus, Mo.
Dedicated to all the men and woman who served in the Armed Forces of the United States.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • Military.
Location. 38° 12.382′ N, 90° 23.908′ W. Memorial is in Festus, Missouri, in Jefferson County. It can be reached from American Legion Drive 0.1 miles north of Old State Highway CC, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 849 American Legion Dr, Festus MO 63028, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in the Missouri River Corridor and in Greater St. Louis. It is also in the American Midwest, in the Lewis & Clark Corridor, in the Corn Belt, and in the Great River Road Region. 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.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: In Memorian (within shouting distance of this marker); World War I Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Jefferson Memorial Post 3777 (approx. 0.6 miles away); Douglass Cooperative High School (approx. 0.8 miles away); Site of Star School (approx. 1.2 miles away); Crystal City Centennial 1911-2011 (approx. 1½ miles away); Austin-Pitcairn Roadside Park (approx. 2½ miles away); In Memoriam (approx. 4.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Festus.
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Photographed by Thomas Smith
2. U.S. Air Force F-84 Thunderstreak Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on May 12, 2021. It was originally submitted on May 12, 2021, by Thomas Smith of Waterloo, Ill. This page has been viewed 321 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 12, 2021, by Thomas Smith of Waterloo, Ill. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
