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Junior Home Alumni War Memorial

Dedicated September 1, 1985

 
 
Junior Home Alumni War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, April 2, 2022
1. Junior Home Alumni War Memorial
Inscription.
"They gave all that they had and all they might have become."
(Lt. Col. William F. Johns, Ret.)

In eternal memory of all Junior Home Boys who died in WWI, WWII, Korea and Vietnam.
"They gave until there was no more to give. Now may you rest in peace and dignity."
(Gurney Davidson)

The Junior Home (1896 - 1944), the home to over 4000 orphaned children, was located just east of here.
 
Erected 1985 by Alumni War Memorial Committee.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 41° 7.843′ N, 83° 9.898′ W. Memorial is in Tiffin, Ohio, in Seneca County. It is at the intersection of Huss Street and Riverside Drive, on the left when traveling north on Huss Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 600 N Township Rd 73, Tiffin OH 44883, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Ohio’s Till Plains. 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,
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it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Edward L. Pollock (here, next to this marker); In Memoriam (a few steps from this marker); Randall Little (a few steps from this marker); Carlous Stalsworth (a few steps from this marker); M/Sgt. Lonnie Morgan (a few steps from this marker); Donald Pollock (a few steps from this marker); Sgt. Marion Parker (a few steps from this marker); Everett Riley (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Tiffin.
 
Junior Home Alumni War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, April 2, 2022
2. Junior Home Alumni War Memorial
Junior Home Alumni War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, April 2, 2022
3. Junior Home Alumni War Memorial
Junior Home Alumni War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, April 2, 2022
4. Junior Home Alumni War Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on April 15, 2022. It was originally submitted on April 9, 2022, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 203 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on April 9, 2022, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
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