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Peninsula Township War Memorial

World War One – World War Two

 
 
Peninsula Township War Memorial, Front Plaques image. Click for full size.
Photographed by J. J. Prats, September 24, 2023
1. Peninsula Township War Memorial, Front Plaques
This image shows the front and left sides of the pyramid.
Inscription. This memorial erected by Cherry Center Grange No. 1850 in honor of the boys and girls of Peninsula Town, who served in World Wars One and Two.

World War One – Frank Edgecomb
World War Two – Carl Brimmer

World War One, April 3 1917 – Dec 11 1918. Buckan, Howard • Chase, Ray • Christopher, Perry • Christopher, Roy • Devol, Ed, Gar • Dohm, Fay • Dohm, Irving • Griffin, Frank • Griffin, John • Ghering, Roy • Giles, Burr • Gleason, Gale • Helferich, Archie • Wheeler, Elmer • Helferich, Walter • Hoffman, William • Hoberg, Fred • Hawsling, William • Lardie, George • Lardie, C Harold • Lardie, C Morris • Lardie, Bert • Lardie, Ralph • Marshall, William • Marshall, Julius • Montague, Vernon • McManus, Verl • Pratt, Marshall • Spruit, Waldo • Sunquest, Amil • Sunquest, Glen • Tompkins, Robert • Valley, Gorden • Wallam, Harry • Wood, Stanley • Widdis, Harry • Widdis, Walter • Widdis, Peter • Jarrett, James • Zoulek, Matt • Prescott, Morton S.,

World War Two, Dec 8 1941 – Sept 21, 1945, Andrus, Ivan • Andrus, Theodore • Andrus, Lawrence • Andrus,
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Edward • Beers, Julius • Berry, Willard A ☆ • Bissel, George • Boursaw, Tug T • Brimmer, Albert • Brimmer, William • Britten, Robert E • Buchan, Robert • Buchan, James • Burden, Howard • Carpenter, Almond • Carpenter, Milo A • Carpenter, William G • Carroll, Albert E • Carroll, William G • Case, Eugene • Cooper, Leo • Cook, Fred • Cornell, Glen • De Vol, Robert • Dohn, Fred • Dost, John • Dost, Robert • Fisher, Jacob W • Fitzgerald, Thomas • Fost, Donald • Fowler, Robert • Fowler, Samuel • Franklin, Edward • Gaskill, Joseph • Ghering, Leroy • Ghering, Eugene • Gilmore, Clyde • Gleason, Gale • Gore, Lesley B • Gray, Bernice • Gray, Donald • Gray, Arthur • Griffen, Clyde • Griffen, John, L • Griffen, Marshall • Grubb, Gaylord • Grubb, Robert • Grubb, Ronald • Hawkins, Paul • Helfrich, John L • Helfrich, Victor D • Helfrich, Robert • Heller, Harry E• Hughart, Waldo • Hughes, William M • Hughes, John L • Hughes, James C • Hooper, Bruce R • Jarrett, Frances • Jameson, Harold • Jerrett, James W • Johnson, Guy, M • Johnson,
PPeninsula Township War Memorial, Front Plaques image. Click for full size.
Photographed by J. J. Prats, September 24, 2023
2. PPeninsula Township War Memorial, Front Plaques
Thomas • Johnson, Walter • Fowler, Edward • Kilmury, James

World War Two, Dec 8 1941 – Sept 21, 1945, Kauer, Louis • Kelly, Montie C • Kelly, Don C • Kirkpatric, Feba • Kitchen, Eller • Kitchen, Mar • Klepac, Charles • Klepac, Robert • Kroupa, Adolph G • Kroupa, Clarence • Kroupa, Louis • Kroupa, Vernon A • Lannin, Archie • Lardie, Anthony • Lardie, Axel R • Lardie, Isadore A • Lardie, John C • Lardie, Oakley O • Lardie, Robert L • Lardie, Robert Leroy • Law, Jack • Marigold, Kenneth • Marshall, John • Miller, Stanley C • Flujeak, Arthur • Montague, William • Murray, Ben A • Murry, David R • McClusky, James • McKinney, Newman • McManus, Huch D • Neason, Frank N • Ostlund, Axel • Pelizzari, Chas A • Pelizzari, Eugene • Teatt, Burton, F • Pheatt, Robert • Pratt, Marshal • Pratt, William C • Radcliff, Carl • Radcliff, Raymond • Reay, Graham P • Schavey, Forrest • Schavey, Lorrie • Seel, Marvin, R • Seel, Thomas S • Smith, Lavern • Somerville, Clifford • Stephan, Raymond • Swaney, Leslie D • Titus, John • Tompkins, William • Tompkins,
Peninsula Township War Memorial, back plaque image. Click for full size.
Photographed by J. J. Prats, September 24, 2023
3. Peninsula Township War Memorial, back plaque
Oliver B • Trowbridge, Leon E • Turek, Robert K • Valley, Thomas • Wallon, Harry • Wallon, Joe • Warren, Elmer • Warren, Everett • Widdis, Walter • Wiesler, Jack W • Wilber, Addison F • Wyaong, Max L • Zang, Duglas
 
Erected by Cherry Center Grange No. 1850.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, World IWar, World II.
 
Location. 44° 59.4′ N, 85° 28.819′ W. Memorial is near Traverse City, Michigan, in Grand Traverse County. It is in Peninsula Township. It is on Center Road (Michigan Route 37) 2 miles north of Tompkins Road, in the median. It is at the northernmost end of M-37. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 20500 M-37, Traverse City MI 49686, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Northern Michigan Lower Peninsula and in the Grand Traverse Bay Region. It is also in the American Midwest and on the Great Lakes. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once
Peninsula Township War Memorial, left side image. Click for full size.
Photographed by J. J. Prats, September 24, 2023
4. Peninsula Township War Memorial, left side
the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Hesler Log House (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Hessler Log Home (about 400 feet away); Restoration of the West-Side Entrance (about 400 feet away); A Light at Old Mission (about 400 feet away); James M. Olson (about 400 feet away); Site of Lighthouse Privy (about 500 feet away); Oil House (about 500 feet away); Dougherty Mission House / Rushmore House and Inn (approx. 2.3 miles away).
 
Peninsula Township War Memorial, right side image. Click for full size.
Photographed by J. J. Prats, September 24, 2023
5. Peninsula Township War Memorial, right side
Peninsula Township War Memorial, War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by J. J. Prats, September 24, 2023
6. Peninsula Township War Memorial, War Memorial
This view shows the right and back sides of the pyramid.
Peninsula Township War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by J. J. Prats, September 24, 2023
7. Peninsula Township War Memorial
This view is of its left side.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on October 21, 2023. It was originally submitted on October 21, 2023, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 235 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. submitted on October 21, 2023, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.
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