Williamstown in Grant County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)

Veterans Memorial

God — Country - Duty — Honor

Photographed by J. J. Prats, August 23, 2021

1. Veterans Memorial
World War I Face of Monument

Inscription.

Veterans Memorial. God — Country - Duty — Honor. World War I April 1917 – November 1918 , , , , , , , , , , The dead speak more eloquently of their deeds that the living every could. , A. Lincoln , , , , , , , , , , Russell Adams . Henry Ashcraft . Oakley Belew . Holton Bracht . Floyd Brooks . Warren Clements . Elzie Cook . William Forsythe . Leo Harvey . Harry Hedges . Luther Hutton . Aaron Jenkins . Jerry Jump . Ben Jones Jr. . Otha Landrum . James Martin . Claud McClure . Urial McCoy . Robert McLachlan . Oakley Northcutt . Obie Roland . Norman Rose . Homer Scroggins . William Sydnor . John Webster . Vernal Webster . Samuel B. Clark , World War II December 1941 – August 1945 , , , , , , , , , , They died that you may be free. , , , , , , , , , , Calvin Ashcraft . Opal Atha . Harold Brooks . James Conrad . William Craig . Henry Crowe . Carl Draper . Orville Edwards . Charles Ewing . Raymond Griffin . James Hamilton . Charles Kinman . James Lawrence . Walter Martin . Robert Mason . Robert Meeks . Carl Neal . Clifford Robinson . Floyd Simpson . Deward Smallwood . Floyd Smith Jr. . Ray Spaulding . Glendell Syndor . Robert True . Hollie Young . William Youngman . Howard Webster . John Wills Jr. . Bradford Lynn , Korea June 1950 – July 1953 , , , , , , , , , , To those future generations who will see our memorial, they will know we believed in the work of our men, and suffered mightily at their loss. , , , , , , , , , , Johnnie Dues . Paul Gordon . Cecil Martin . Beuford McComas . Thomas Pettit . Russell Spegal . Lloyd Wainscott . Claud Yelton , , , , , , , , , , Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for thou art with me; and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. , Psalm 23 , Vietnam July 1959 – May 1975 , , , , , , , , , , The dreams of peace that for American have grown comfortable with Luzon, Iwo Jima and the Belleau Woods now draw back from the sounds of Chu Lai, Van Tong and Khe Sahn. Yet those dreams that created America created our plight. , Dropped into a historic void of a nation’s guilt we came forth, not as mercenaries for our pay but as sons to our inherent rights. Not demanding sympathy but desiring empathy, so that the dreams of our fathers shall not pass this generation by, and lay waste to the memories of our still great nation, nor to the memories of those whose dreams were forced by chance and circumstance to lie for all eternity, face-down in paddy mud. , , , , , , , , , , Carl Ballenger . Ronald King . David Knight . Robert Osborne . Edgar Tomlinson . Ernest Wilson .

World War I
April 1917 – November 1918
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The dead speak more eloquently of their deeds that the living every could. —A. Lincoln
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Russell Adams • Henry Ashcraft • Oakley Belew • Holton Bracht • Floyd Brooks • Warren Clements • Elzie Cook • William Forsythe • Leo Harvey • Harry Hedges • Luther Hutton • Aaron Jenkins • Jerry Jump • Ben Jones Jr. • Otha Landrum • James Martin • Claud McClure • Urial McCoy • Robert McLachlan • Oakley Northcutt • Obie Roland • Norman Rose • Homer Scroggins • William Sydnor • John Webster • Vernal Webster • Samuel B. Clark

World War II
December 1941 – August 1945
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They died that you may be free.
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Calvin Ashcraft • Opal Atha • Harold Brooks • James Conrad • William Craig • Henry Crowe • Carl Draper • Orville Edwards • Charles Ewing • Raymond Griffin • James Hamilton • Charles Kinman • James Lawrence • Walter Martin • Robert Mason • Robert Meeks • Carl Neal • Clifford Robinson • Floyd Simpson • Deward Smallwood • Floyd Smith Jr. • Ray Spaulding • Glendell Syndor • Robert True • Hollie Young • William Youngman • Howard Webster • John Wills Jr. • Bradford Lynn

Korea
June 1950 – July 1953
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To those future generations who will see our memorial, they will know we believed in the work of our men—and suffered mightily at their loss.
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Johnnie

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Dues • Paul Gordon • Cecil Martin • Beuford McComas • Thomas Pettit • Russell Spegal • Lloyd Wainscott • Claud Yelton
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Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for thou art with me; and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. —Psalm 23

Vietnam
July 1959 – May 1975
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The dreams of peace that for American have grown comfortable with Luzon, Iwo Jima and the Belleau Woods now draw back from the sounds of Chu Lai, Van Tong and Khe Sahn. Yet those dreams that created America created our plight.

Dropped into a historic void of a nation’s guilt we came forth, not as mercenaries
Photographed by J. J. Prats, August 23, 2021

2. Veterans Memorial
World War II Face of Monument
for our pay but as sons to our inherent rights. Not demanding sympathy but desiring empathy, so that the dreams of our fathers shall not pass this generation by—and lay waste to the memories of our still great nation, nor to the memories of those whose dreams were forced by chance and circumstance to lie for all eternity, face-down in paddy mud.
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Carl Ballenger • Ronald King • David Knight • Robert Osborne • Edgar Tomlinson • Ernest Wilson

Erected 1984 by Grant County Veterans Memorial Committee.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, Korean • War, Vietnam • War, World I • War, World II.

Location. 38° 38.206′ N,

Veterans Memorial<br>Korea Face of Monument image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J. J. Prats, August 23, 2021

3. Veterans Memorial
Korea Face of Monument

84° 33.653′ W. Memorial is in Williamstown, Kentucky, in Grant County. It is at the intersection of North Main Street (U.S. 25) and Court Street and Paris Street (Kentucky Route 22), on the left when traveling north on North Main Street. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Williamstown KY 41097, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Kentucky’s Outer Bluegrass. It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself

Veterans Memorial<br>Vietnam Face of Monument image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J. J. Prats, August 23, 2021

4. Veterans Memorial
Vietnam Face of Monument

in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 5 other markers are within 11 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Grant County (a few steps from this marker); Williamstown Raid (a few steps from this marker); A Civil War Reprisal (approx. 0.8 miles away); The Old Church on the Dry Ridge (approx. 3.6 miles away); An Indian Massacre (approx. 10.8 miles away).

Grant County Kentucky Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J. J. Prats, August 23, 2021

5. Grant County Kentucky Veterans Memorial

The tablet on the ground in front of the memorial reads, “September 30, 1984. This monument dedicated to all Grant County sons and daughters who served.”

Grant County Courthouse, Williamstown Kentucky image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J. J. Prats, August 23, 2021

6. Grant County Courthouse, Williamstown Kentucky

The Veterans Memorial monument is in front of the courthouse, on the left.

Credits. This page was last revised on August 29, 2021. It was originally submitted on August 29, 2021, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 380 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on August 29, 2021, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.