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Saint - Lo Drive Memorial

 
 
Saint - Lo Drive Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Don Morfe, July 8, 2022
1. Saint - Lo Drive Memorial
Inscription. The Mayors of the two cities met here and named this drive to commemorate the high courage and valor of the Twenty-Ninth Infantry Division which assisted in the liberation of the enemy held city of Saint – Lo France during July 1944.

Dedicated January 11, 1947

Theodore R. McKeldin Mayor of Baltimore
Georiges B. Lavalley Mayor of Saint - Lo
 
Erected 1947 by City of Baltimore Maryland.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II. A significant historical month for this entry is July 1944.
 
Location. 39° 18.864′ N, 76° 35.436′ W. Memorial is in Baltimore, Maryland. It is in Belair-Edison. It is on Sinclair Lane and St. Lo Drive, on the left when traveling north. The bronze plaque is mounted on a concrete base at the entrance to Clifton Park at Saint - Lo Drive and Sinclair Lane. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Baltimore MD 21213, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Central Maryland. It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic and in the Chesapeake Bay Region. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Patapsco Friends Meeting House (approx. 0.4 miles away); The National Great Blacks in Wax Museum Inc. (approx. 0.4 miles away); The Samuel and Anne Hopkins Grand Staircase and Tower Restoration, Clifton Mansion (approx. half a mile away); Mounted Messengers (approx. half
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a mile away); St. Francis Xavier Church (approx. 0.6 miles away); St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church (approx. 0.6 miles away); The Cycle of East Baltimore Communities, 1870s - 1970s (approx. 0.7 miles away); Laurel Cemetery Memorial Project (approx. 0.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Baltimore.
 
Another marker is no longer nearby. The National Great Blacks in Wax Museum (was approx. 0.4 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).
 
Saint - Lo Drive Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Don Morfe, July 8, 2022
2. Saint - Lo Drive Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on December 8, 2022. It was originally submitted on July 8, 2022, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 1,133 times since then and 118 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on July 8, 2022, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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