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A Memorial to the Fallen

 
 
A Memorial to the Falling Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by James L.Whitman, November 13, 2021
1. A Memorial to the Falling Marker
Inscription. In Gratitude to those who Bravely gave their loved ones in this cause to those who can't forget-we can but say that all might hear "we too remember"

"Legions of our hero dead you are here with us forever you live again in the Hearts of men we will Remember"

"Dedicated to the Honor and Glory of those who made Sacrifice that the Oppressed be Free and the World a World of Free Men"

"Nor Shall Your Story Be Forgot while Fame her Record Keeps or Honor Points the Hallowed Spot Where Valor Proudly Sleep"

Erected in Memory of those Legions of our Hero Dead who lie in Foreign Fields Who will never again return Home to the Land they Loved, The Country for which they Died that We May Live in Freedom.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Heroes.
 
Location. 31° 13.49′ N, 85° 23.466′ W. Memorial is in Dothan, Alabama, in Houston County. It is on North Saint Andrews Street south of East Troy Street, on the right when traveling north. Located on the grounds of the Dothan City Civic Center. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 133
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N St Andrews St, Dothan AL 36303, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, and in the Wiregrass. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Dothan Opera House (within shouting distance of this marker); The Founding of Dothan, Alabama (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Main Street Commercial Historic District (about 400 feet away); Federal Building (about 500 feet away); 1905 Houston County Courthouse Bell (about 600 feet away); Dothan Municipal Light and Water Plant (about 600 feet away); Poplar Head Spring (about 700 feet away); Johnny Mack Brown (about 700 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Dothan.
 
Another marker is no longer nearby. The Steamboat Era (was about 500
A Memorial to the Heros image. Click for full size.
Photographed by James L.Whitman, November 13, 2021
2. A Memorial to the Heros
feet away but has been confirmed missing).
 
A Memorial to the Falling Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by James L.Whitman, November 13, 2021
3. A Memorial to the Falling Marker
A Memorial to the Falling Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by James L.Whitman, November 13, 2021
4. A Memorial to the Falling Marker
A Memorial to the Falling Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by James L.Whitman, November 13, 2021
5. A Memorial to the Falling Marker
A Memorial to the Fallen Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by James L.Whitman, November 13, 2021
6. A Memorial to the Fallen Marker
A Memorial to the Fallen Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by James L.Whitman, April 15, 2023
7. A Memorial to the Fallen Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on April 16, 2023. It was originally submitted on November 15, 2021, by James L.Whitman of Eufaula, Alabama. This page has been viewed 504 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos:   1. submitted on November 16, 2021, by James L.Whitman of Eufaula, Alabama.   2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on November 15, 2021, by James L.Whitman of Eufaula, Alabama.   6. submitted on November 16, 2021, by James L.Whitman of Eufaula, Alabama.   7. submitted on April 16, 2023, by James L.Whitman of Eufaula, Alabama. • Mark Hilton was the editor who published this page.
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