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Veterans Memorial Park

 
 
Veterans Memorial Park image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, January 15, 2022
1. Veterans Memorial Park
Inscription. Dedicated to honor those veterans from Garfield Township who have given their lives to preserve world peace and protect our great American heritage of freedom.
Dedicated Memorial Day, 1985

Charles C. Anthony USAF 1944 • Fredrick L. Thatcher USAAF 1944 • Anthony A. Anthony USMC 1945 • Russell E. Fultz USA 1945 • William T. Magee USA 1950 • David R. Bousum USMC 1983

Park founded by Oscar Jones 1958
 
Erected 1958 by Oscar Jones.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: MilitaryParks & Recreational Areas.
 
Location. 44° 34.974′ N, 85° 9.996′ W. Memorial is in South Boardman, Michigan, in Kalkaska County. It is on Sharon Road SW east of Highway 66, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: South Boardman MI 49680, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the American Midwest and on the Great Lakes. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 10 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad Depot (approx. 9 miles away); The Sugar Bowl (approx. 9 miles away); Early Village Merchant (approx. 9 miles away); City Hotel (approx. 9 miles away); Logging and Saw Mills (approx. 9
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miles away); Voice Bros. Auto Sales (approx. 9.1 miles away); Bandstands (approx. 9.1 miles away); Ice Plant (approx. 9.1 miles away).
 
Veterans Memorial Park image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, January 15, 2022
2. Veterans Memorial Park
Veterans Memorial Park image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, January 15, 2022
3. Veterans Memorial Park
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on January 18, 2022. It was originally submitted on January 18, 2022, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 221 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on January 18, 2022, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.
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