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Morgan Township in Princeton in Mercer County, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
 

In Honor of Our Boys Who Answered Their Country's Call

 
 
In Honor of Our Boys Who Answered Their Country's Call Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, August 15, 2021
1. In Honor of Our Boys Who Answered Their Country's Call Marker
Inscription.
Revolutionary War 1775-1783
Civil War 1861-1866
Spanish American War 1898-1902
World War 1917-1919

”They were soldiers and sailors,
all brave and true,
and protected our colors,
the red, white, and blue.”

 
Erected 1929 by Cornelia Beekman Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution.
 
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, Spanish-AmericanWar, US CivilWar, US RevolutionaryWar, World I. In addition, it is included in the Daughters of the American Revolution series list.
 
Location. 40° 23.821′ N, 93° 35.161′ W. Memorial is in Princeton, Missouri, in Mercer County. It is in Morgan Township. It is at the intersection of East Main Street and South Broadway Street, on the left when traveling west on East Main Street. Marker is located near the sidewalk at the northwest corner of the Mercer County Courthouse grounds. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 802 East Main Street, Princeton MO 64673, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in North Missouri. It is also in the American Midwest, in the Lewis & Clark Corridor, and in the Corn Belt. 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, the Louisiana Purchase, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 4 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Princeton (here, next to this marker); Calamity Jane (within
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shouting distance of this marker); Mercer County (approx. 4.6 miles away); Birthplace of...Calamity Jane (approx. 5.1 miles away).
 
In Honor of Our Boys Who Answered Their Country's Call Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, August 15, 2021
2. In Honor of Our Boys Who Answered Their Country's Call Marker
(looking east along East Main Street • Mercer County Courthouse in background)
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 23, 2023. It was originally submitted on February 22, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 207 times since then and 25 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on February 23, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
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