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Veterans of Foreign Wars Veterans Memorial

Massachusetts National Cemetery

 
 
Veterans of Foreign Wars Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brandon D Cross, October 2, 2021
1. Veterans of Foreign Wars Veterans Memorial
Inscription. Dedicated in memory of all the brave men and women who served the United States of America in foreign lands. On the ground, in the air, and on the seas.
 
Erected 2016 by Department of Massachusetts VFW Auxiliary, originally dedicated November 4, 1984 by the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 41° 40.387′ N, 70° 34.913′ W. Memorial is in Bourne, Massachusetts, in Barnstable County. It can be reached from the intersection of Memorial Circle and Bennington Boulevard, on the right when traveling east. Located within the Massachusetts National Cemetery’s Memorial Walkway. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Buzzards Bay MA 02542, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is on Massachusetts’ Cape Cod. It is also in the American Northeast and in New England. 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
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once one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: A Memorial For The Deceased (here, next to this marker); 166th Engineers Combat Battalion (here, next to this marker); 4th Infantry (Ivy) Division (here, next to this marker); Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps and Women’s Army Corps (here, next to this marker); American Merchant Marine Veterans (a few steps from this marker); Italian American War Veterans (a few steps from this marker); Submarine Service (a few steps from this marker); Americal Division (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Bourne.
 
Also see . . .
1. Bourne Massachusetts National Cemetery Memorial Walkway. Massachusetts Military Monuments website entry (Submitted on October 10, 2021, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida.) 

2. Massachusetts National Cemetery. Wikipedia entry (Submitted on October 10, 2021, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida.) 
 
Veterans of Foreign Wars Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brandon D Cross, October 2, 2021
2. Veterans of Foreign Wars Veterans Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on October 22, 2021. It was originally submitted on October 10, 2021, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. This page has been viewed 182 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on October 10, 2021, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
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