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Jefferson County Veterans Memorial

 
 
Jefferson County Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Thomas Smith, August 28, 2022
1. Jefferson County Veterans Memorial
Inscription. Dedicated to all veterans of Jefferson County who answered their Country's call in its time of need.

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
John 15:13

 
Erected 1984 by Jefferson County Intervets.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 38° 13.904′ N, 90° 33.855′ W. Memorial is in Hillsboro, Missouri, in Jefferson County. It is at the intersection of Main Street and Maple Street, on the left when traveling west on Main Street. Located at the Jefferson County Court House. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Hillsboro MO 63050, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Missouri River Corridor and in Greater St. Louis. It is also in the American Midwest, in the Lewis & Clark Corridor, in the Corn Belt, and in the Great River Road Region. 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,
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the Louisiana Purchase, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: To Commemorate the Removal Of the County Seat From Herculaneum (within shouting distance of this marker); Jefferson County (within shouting distance of this marker); The Veterans of all Wars From Jefferson County (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Governor Thomas C. Fletcher House (approx. 0.2 miles away); History of Sandy Creek Covered Bridge (approx. 4.8 miles away); Restoration of Sandy Creek Covered Bridge (approx. 4.8 miles away); Covered Bridges in Missouri (approx. 4.8 miles away); History of Covered Bridges in America (approx. 4.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Hillsboro.
 
Jefferson County Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Thomas Smith, August 28, 2022
2. Jefferson County Veterans Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on September 8, 2022. It was originally submitted on August 30, 2022, by Thomas Smith of Waterloo, Ill. This page has been viewed 196 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on August 30, 2022, by Thomas Smith of Waterloo, Ill. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
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