Clermont in Hall County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)

Clermont War Memorial

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 11, 2021

1. Clermont War Memorial

Inscription. In memory of those who made the supreme
sacrifice in service for their country

Zack T. Addington
Dwight E. E. Collins
Wiley W. Haynes, Jr.
Thomas K. Staton

Town of Clermont

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Patriots & Patriotism.

Location. 34° 28.626′ N, 83° 46.417′ W. Memorial is in Clermont, Georgia, in Hall County. It is on Main Street (Georgia Route 284) just south of King Street ( Route 283), on the right when traveling south. Marker is located near the flagpole in a small memorial plaza on the east side of Clay E. Gailey Park. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Clermont GA 30527, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Georgia’s Piedmont

and in Metro Atlanta.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern 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 original Cherokee Nation,

the territory of the Mississippian

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Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: March 1998 Tornado (here, next to this marker); Concord Academy / Chattahoochee High School / Clermont School House (approx. 0.6 miles away); Mossy Creek and Rock Springs Campgrounds (approx. 3.9 miles away); Cleveland (approx. 8.3 miles away); White County (approx. 8.3 miles away); Old White County Courthouse (approx. 8.3 miles away); Mustering Grounds (approx. 8.3 miles away); White County's Gold (approx. 8.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Clermont.

Also see . . . Clermont remembers more about Zack Addington than how he died in Vietnam.

Nearly 50 years after he was killed on a battlefield in Vietnam, Zack Addington was remembered Thursday, Aug. 30, 2018, with a ceremony renaming the Clermont post office in his honor.

(Submitted on January 28, 2022, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

Clermont War Memorial (<i>top view on right</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 11, 2021

2. Clermont War Memorial (top view on right)

(looking northeast • Main Street in background)

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 11, 2021

3. Clermont War Memorial

(marker is inside small, fenced memorial plaza)

LCPL Zack T. Addington Post Office image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 11, 2021

4. LCPL Zack T. Addington Post Office

(nearby Clermont Post Office named in honor of local hero
Zack T. Addington)

Credits. This page was last revised on January 28, 2022. It was originally submitted on January 28, 2022, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 367 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on January 28, 2022, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.