Okmulgee in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma — The American South (West South Central)

Ernest Childers

February 1, 1918 - March 17, 2005

Photographed by Jason Armstrong, May 22, 2021

1. Ernest Childers Marker

Inscription.

Chilocco Indian School Graduate
Lieutenant Colonel U.S. Army Retired
Medal of Honor, World War II

Valor
Ernest Childers earned the Medal of Honor, the United States of America's highest military honor, when he was a 2nd Lt. in the Army's 45th Infantry Division at Oliveto, Italy on September 22, 1943.

"The American Indian has only one country to defend, and when you're picked on, the American Indian never turns his back."
~ Ernest Childers, Creek Indian ~

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Patriots & Patriotism • War, World II.

Location. 35° 38.761′ N, 95° 57.533′ W. Memorial is in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, in Okmulgee County. It is on State Highway 56 east of U.S. 75, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Okmulgee OK 74447, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Muscogee Nation

and in Greater Tulsa.

It is also in the American South,

specifically on the prairies,

and on the Southern Plains.

Globally, it is

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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 Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Forced to Capitulate by Command or Shot out of the Sky: (a few steps from this marker); 2nd Lt. Kenneth Strang Memorial (approx. 0.6 miles away); Landmark for All Generations (approx. 1.4 miles away); First Bank of Okmulgee (approx. 1.7 miles away); Trail of Tears (approx. 1.7 miles away); Creek Council House Capitol Of The Muscogee Nation (approx. 1.8 miles away); Creek Capitol (approx. 1.8 miles away); Samuel Checote (approx. 1.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Okmulgee.

Photographed by Jason Armstrong, May 22, 2021

2. Ernest Childers Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on September 14, 2021. It was originally submitted on September 14, 2021, by Jason Armstrong of Talihina, Oklahoma. This page has been viewed 320 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 14, 2021, by Jason Armstrong of Talihina, Oklahoma. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.