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Veterans Memorial

 
 
Farewell Retreat Cemetery Veterans Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, April 22, 2023
1. Farewell Retreat Cemetery Veterans Memorial Marker
Inscription. Erected by Wade Benfer Post No. 404 of the American Legion, in memory of those who responded to the call for service on land and sea when the distressing clouds of war overshadowed our nation.
 
Erected 1941 by Wade Benfer Post No. 404 of the American Legion.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 41° 7.036′ N, 83° 0.832′ W. Memorial is near Republic, Ohio, in Seneca County. It is in Scipio Township. It can be reached from South Madison Street (Ohio Route 19) south of Bromley Street, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Republic OH 44867, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Ohio’s Till Plains. It is also in the American Midwest 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 Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Republic Veterans Memorial (approx. 4.1 miles away); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. 4.3 miles away); Mennonite Cemetery (approx. 5.9 miles away); Josiah Hedges (approx. 7.2 miles away); Tiffin G.A.R. Memorial (approx. 7.2 miles away); Union Veterans Memorial (approx. 7.2 miles away); The Fallen... But Not Forgotten (approx. 7½ miles away); POW-MIA Chair (approx. 7½ miles away).
 
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Farewell Retreat Cemetery Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, April 22, 2023
2. Farewell Retreat Cemetery Veterans Memorial
Farewell Retreat Cemetery Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, April 22, 2023
3. Farewell Retreat Cemetery Veterans Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 3, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 27, 2023, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 140 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on April 27, 2023, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
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