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Veterans Memorial

Veterans Memorial Park

 
 
Veterans Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brandon D Cross, April 26, 2023
1. Veterans Memorial Marker
Inscription.
Veterans Memorial
★ ★ ★
Dedicated to
those who served
in the armed forces
in the wars of our nation
and
in perpetual memory of
those who made
the supreme sacrifice in
“Freedom’s Cause.”
★ ★ ★
Erected 1961 by
Edgewater Post No. 285
The American Legion

“For God and Country”

 
Erected 1961 by Edgewater Post 285 The American Legion.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 28° 58.381′ N, 80° 53.584′ W. Memorial is in Edgewater, Florida, in Volusia County. It is at the intersection of South Riverside Drive and W Indian River Blvd (Florida Route 442), on the right when traveling north on South Riverside Drive. The marker is located within the Edgewater Veterans Memorial Park. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1811 S Riverside Dr, Edgewater FL 32141, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Florida’s First Coast. It is also in the American South and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the
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North Atlantic Region, North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: A different marker also named Veterans Memorial (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.9 miles away); Veterans Field of Honor (approx. 1.9 miles away); The Gabordy Canal (approx. 2½ miles away); Site of Old Stone Wharf (approx. 3.6 miles away); Bethune-Volusia Beach (approx. 3.6 miles away); Bethune Beach (approx. 3.6 miles away); Coronado Beach House (approx. 3.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Edgewater.
 
Also see . . .  Veterans Memorial Park, Edgewater FL. (Submitted on April 27, 2023, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida.)
 
Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brandon D Cross, April 26, 2023
2. Veterans Memorial
Howitzer located at the park image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brandon D Cross, April 26, 2023
3. Howitzer located at the park
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 3, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 27, 2023, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. This page has been viewed 153 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on April 27, 2023, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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