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Veterans Memorial

 
 
Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), May 31, 2021
1. Veterans Memorial
Inscription. To all veterans, past, present, future
 
Erected 2011 by Town of Townsend, Delaware.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 39° 23.668′ N, 75° 41.85′ W. Memorial is in Townsend, Delaware, in New Castle County. It is in Appoquinimink Hundred. It is on Helen Drive 0.1 miles east of Edgar Road, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Townsend DE 19734, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Delaware’s Southern New Castle County, in Greater Wilmington and in Greater Philadelphia. It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic, on the Delmarva Peninsula, and on the Eastern Seaboard. 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 New Netherland and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Vietnam War Memorial
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(approx. 0.2 miles away); Townsend World War II Honor Roll (approx. 0.2 miles away); Korean War Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); Townsend (approx. 0.4 miles away); Global War on Terrorism (approx. 1.3 miles away); VFW Post 3792 Memorial (approx. 1.3 miles away); Sgt. William Lloyd Nelson (approx. 1.3 miles away); Old Union Methodist Church (approx. 1.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Townsend.
 
Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), May 31, 2021
2. Veterans Memorial
Veterans Memorial - wide view with flags image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Pete Skillman, September 8, 2024
3. Veterans Memorial - wide view with flags
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 15, 2026. It was originally submitted on June 2, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 225 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on June 2, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.   3. submitted on May 19, 2025, by Pete Skillman of Townsend, Delaware.
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Jul. 19, 2026