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Morris Township Veterans Monument

 
 
Morris Township Veterans Monument Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Alan Edelson, April 23, 2009
1. Morris Township Veterans Monument Marker
Inscription.
Dedicated to the Members of the Armed Services,
The Sung and the Unsung,
The Known and the Unknown,
The Returned and the Remaining,
Beloved Heroes All
Who
In Latitudes and Longitudes
Near and Remote, In Times
Recent and Distant, Did
Answer The Call To Duty
Korea: June 25, 1950 - July 27, 1953
Vietnam: August 4, 1964 - January 27, 1973
Eleventh Hour, Eleventh Day, Eleventh Month
1987 The Constitution Bicentennial
"Lest We Forget"

 
Erected by Morris Township.
 
Topics. This monument and memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, KoreanWar, Vietnam.
 
Location. 40° 46.86′ N, 74° 27.813′ W. Monument is near Morristown, New Jersey, in Morris County. It is in Morris Township. It is on Woodland Avenue, on the right when traveling east. Marker is in front of the Morris Township Municipal Building. Touch for map. Monument is in this post office area: Morristown NJ 07960, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial monument is in North Jersey and in the New York City Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. 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 one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Morris Township 9-11 Memorial (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Atlantic Health System (approx. half a mile away); Alnwick Hall (approx. 0.7 miles
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away); Washington’s Route from Princeton to Morristown (approx. 0.8 miles away); Fires of Freedom (approx. 0.9 miles away); Dublin (approx. one mile away); Welcome to Dublin (approx. one mile away); a different marker also named Welcome to Dublin (approx. one mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Morristown.
 
Revolutionary War Cannon by Morris Township Veterans Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Alan Edelson, April 23, 2009
2. Revolutionary War Cannon by Morris Township Veterans Monument
Plaque on Revolutionary War Cannon image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Alan Edelson, April 23, 2009
3. Plaque on Revolutionary War Cannon
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 24, 2009, by Alan Edelson of Union Twsp., New Jersey. This page has been viewed 953 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on April 24, 2009, by Alan Edelson of Union Twsp., New Jersey. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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Jun. 16, 2026