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Veterans Memorial

 
 
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Photographed by Bradley Owen, December 20, 2021
1. Veterans Memorial
Inscription. To the memory of those who helped to preserve the four freedoms of our glorious country
 
Erected 1963 by Fairview Lions Club.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 39° 35.561′ N, 80° 14.913′ W. Memorial is in Fairview, West Virginia, in Marion County. It is on Main Street (County Road 17) west of Jefferson Street (State Route 218), on the right when traveling west. The memorial stands in front of the Fairview Town Hall. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 407 Main St, Fairview WV 26570, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in North Central West Virginia. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, in Appalachia, and specifically in Northern Appalachia. 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.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: In Loving Memory (here, next to this marker); Lenna Lowe Yost (approx. Ύ mile away); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. 4½ miles away); Farmington No. 9 Mine Memorial (approx. 5.4 miles away); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. 5½ miles away); Waitman T. Willey (approx. 5.6 miles away); Indian Raid (approx. 5.6 miles away); Farmington Disaster (approx. 5.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Fairview.
 
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Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, December 20, 2021
2. Veterans Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on December 22, 2021. It was originally submitted on December 20, 2021, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. This page has been viewed 180 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on December 21, 2021, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
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