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50th Anniversary of the End of World War II

 
 
50th Anniversary of the End of World War II Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, July 24, 2022
1. 50th Anniversary of the End of World War II Marker
Inscription. A total of 16,535,000 United States citizens served in this war. Out of 406,000 known casualties 1,122 were residents of Louisville and Jefferson County.

May 29, 1995 is set aside in the City of Louisville to honor veterans of World War II, and the southeast corner of Third and Guthrie has been designated “veterans square”.
 
Erected 1995 by City of Louisville Office of the Mayor and Board of Alderman.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II. A significant day of the year for for this entry is May 31.
 
Location. 38° 14.985′ N, 85° 45.356′ W. Memorial is in Louisville, Kentucky, in Jefferson County. It is in Downtown. It is at the intersection of South 3rd Street (Kentucky Route 1020) and Guthrie Street, on the right when traveling north on South 3rd Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 545 S 3rd St, Louisville KY 40202, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, and in the Ohio River Valley. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Speed Building (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Pendennis Club (about 500 feet away); James Guthrie (1792-1869) (about 500 feet away); Civil Rights Movement Overview - Fourth Street Sit-In Demonstration Sites (about 500 feet away); Sit-in Demonstration Site
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(about 600 feet away); Campaign to End Racial Segregation in Louisville (about 600 feet away); a different marker also named Sit-in Demonstration Site (about 600 feet away); The Seelbach Hotel, 1905 (about 700 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Louisville.
 
50th Anniversary of the End of World War II Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, July 24, 2022
2. 50th Anniversary of the End of World War II Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 12, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 5, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 282 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on August 5, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
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Jun. 22, 2026