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Risingsun in Wood County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
 

Risingsun Veterans Memorial

 
 
Risingsun Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, May 29, 2022
1. Risingsun Veterans Memorial
Inscription.
American Legion Post
#36, Risingsun
To honor all those who served
Civil War - World War I - World War II
Korea - Vietnam - Iraq

 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Fraternal or Sororal OrganizationsMilitary.
 
Location. 41° 16.116′ N, 83° 25.513′ W. Memorial is in Risingsun, Ohio, in Wood County. It is on Main Street just east of Vine Street, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 420 Main St, Risingsun OH 43457, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Ohio’s Black Swamp, in the Till Plains, and in the Toledo Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American Midwest and in the Corn Belt. Globally, it is in North America, on the Great Lakes, in the Western Hemisphere, in the Western World, and in the Anglosphere. Historically, 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 8
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miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Wayne Civil War Memorial (approx. 3.3 miles away); The Wayne Village Park (approx. 3.3 miles away); Bradner World War Memorial (approx. 4 miles away); Perry Center (approx. 4.9 miles away); Friction Mill #1 (approx. 6.4 miles away); Fostoria (approx. 6½ miles away); Risdon Square (approx. 7.1 miles away); Veterans Memorial Flagpole (approx. 7.3 miles away).
 
Another marker is no longer nearby. Fostoria, Ohio (was approx. 6.7 miles away but has been confirmed missing).
 
Risingsun Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, May 29, 2022
2. Risingsun Veterans Memorial
Risingsun Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, May 29, 2022
3. Risingsun Veterans Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 6, 2022. It was originally submitted on June 3, 2022, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 165 times since then and 8 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on June 3, 2022, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
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