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Farmington in Marion County, West Virginia — The American South (Appalachia)
 

Veterans Memorial

 
 
Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, August 2, 2021
1. Veterans Memorial
Inscription.
Dedicated to the honor and in the memory of all men and women who have fought on the battlefields of the world so that this nation "of the people, by the people, and for the people, shall not perish from the earth."

May God keep you always in the palm of His hand.
 
Erected 1984.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 39° 30.804′ N, 80° 14.909′ W. Memorial is in Farmington, West Virginia, in Marion County. It is at the intersection of Mill Street (County Road 9/1) and Old State Route 250, on the left when traveling east on Mill Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1323 Mill St, Farmington WV 26571, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in North Central West Virginia. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, in Appalachia, and specifically in Northern Appalachia. 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.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Waitman T. Willey (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Farmington Disaster (about 800 feet away); Indian Raid (approx. Ό mile away); Monongah Mine Disaster Memorial (approx. 3.7 miles away); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. 4.1 miles away); Monongah Disaster (approx. 4.1 miles away); Italian-American Immigrants Memorial Bell (approx. 4.1 miles away); Monongah Heroine (approx. 4.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Farmington.
 
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sectionhead>Another marker is no longer nearby.
Coon’s Fort (was approx. 3.9 miles away but has been confirmed missing).
 
Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, August 2, 2021
2. Veterans Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on August 9, 2021. It was originally submitted on August 4, 2021, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. This page has been viewed 221 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on August 4, 2021, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
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