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Beckemeyer in Clinton County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
 

Veterans Memorial

 
 
Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Thomas Smith, November 6, 2021
1. Veterans Memorial
Inscription. In memory of the deceased veterans of the community
 
Erected 1995 by Beckemeyer Drill Team Inc., originally erected September 1955.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 38° 36.216′ N, 89° 25.63′ W. Memorial is in Beckemeyer, Illinois, in Clinton County. It is on Murray Street just south of Murray Street, on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 790 E 3rd St, Beckemeyer IL 62219, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Southern Illinois — Little Egypt and in Greater St. Louis. It is also in the American Midwest and in the Corn Belt. 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 Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Centralia Coal Company Mine No. 5 Disaster (approx. 0.4 miles away);
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a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. half a mile away); In Honor and Remembrance (approx. half a mile away); It is the soldier (approx. half a mile away); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. half a mile away); Buxton - Beckemeyer Mural (approx. half a mile away); In Memory of The Deceased Veterans of the Community (approx. 1½ miles away); Eternal Memory (approx. 2.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Beckemeyer.
 
More about this memorial. Located in BCDC Park
 
Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Thomas Smith
2. Veterans Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on November 7, 2021. It was originally submitted on November 7, 2021, by Thomas Smith of Waterloo, Ill. This page has been viewed 183 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on November 7, 2021, by Thomas Smith of Waterloo, Ill. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
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