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

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Harlan County WWI Memorial

Photographed by Tom Bosse, September 4, 2021

1. Harlan County WWI Memorial

Inscription.
Dedicated to the memory of the valiant sons of Harlan County
World War 1917-1918
Willie Bevins • Dillard McKnight • Harold Brandenburg • Hiram Middleton • Harrison Brock • John Michell • Joseph Brock • Pay Murphy • Morgan Cheek • William E. Osborne • Wilson Clem • James Owens • William H. Cornett • Edmond Pace • Sam Fields • Hiram Russell • William O. Gilburth • Virgil Sargent • Clark Hall • Lafayette Sharpe • Frank W. Howard • Gillis Shell • William Koehler • Hobert Jones Skidmore • Bradley Lawson • Isom Skidmore • Henry Lee • Homer O. Turner • William Lyttle • Frank Williams

Erected 1930 by Harlan Post No. 54 American Legion.

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World I. In addition, it is included in the Spirit of the American Doughboy - E. M. Viquesney series list.

Location. 36° 50.815′ N, 83° 19.279′ W. Memorial is in Harlan, Kentucky, in Harlan County. It is on East Central Street just west of South 2nd Street, on the left when traveling west. The monument stands on

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Courthouse Lawn. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 210 E Central St, Harlan KY 40831, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Eastern Kentucky and in the Cumberland Plateau.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern 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

and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The L&N Railroad in Harlan County (here, next to this marker); Courthouse Burned (a few steps from this marker); Famous People from Harlan County (a few steps from this marker); Veterans Memorial (a few steps from this marker); County Named, 1819 (a few steps from this marker); The First Industry of Harlan County (within shouting distance of this marker); First Car of Coal (within shouting distance of this marker); Harlan County Coal Miner Memorial (within shouting

Photographed by Tom Bosse, September 4, 2021

2. Harlan County WWI Memorial

distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Harlan.

Also see . . . Spirit of the American Doughboy. (Submitted on September 11, 2021, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee.)

Spirit of the American Doughboy image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tom Bosse, September 4, 2021

3. Spirit of the American Doughboy

U.S.S. Kentucky Plaque and Harlan County Time Capsule at base of Harlan County WWI Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tom Bosse, September 4, 2021

4. U.S.S. Kentucky Plaque and Harlan County Time Capsule at base of Harlan County WWI Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on September 16, 2021. It was originally submitted on September 11, 2021, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 562 times since then and 36 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on September 11, 2021, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.