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Women in Military Service

Alachua County Veterans Memorial Park

 
 
Women in Military Service Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brandon D Cross
1. Women in Military Service Marker
Inscription.
From a Grateful Community
A special tribute to honor
All Women who served
in the Armed Forces
to preserve America’s Freedom
November 11, 2002

 
Erected 2002.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: MilitaryWomen.
 
Location. 29° 37.021′ N, 82° 25.245′ W. Memorial is in Gainesville, Florida, in Alachua County. It can be reached from the intersection of SW 41st Place and SW 69th Terrace. The marker is located on the grounds Veterans Memorial Park. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 7400 SW 41st Place, Gainesville FL 32608, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in North Florida. It is also in the American South. Globally, it is in the 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 walking distance of this marker: Vietnam War (here, next to this marker); Korean War (here, next to this marker); LT. Carl P. Hetrick (here, next to this marker); a different marker also named Vietnam War (a few steps from this marker); Global War on Terror (a few steps from this marker); World War II (a few steps from this marker); a different marker also named World War II (a few steps from this marker); World War I (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Gainesville.
 
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Women in Military Service Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brandon D Cross
2. Women in Military Service Marker
Women in Military Service image. Click for full size.
Photographed by U.S. Postal service
3. Women in Military Service
U.S. Postal Service Stamp 1013 (1952)
U.S. Postal Service image. Click for full size.
Photographed by U.S. Postal Service
4. U.S. Postal Service
U.S. Postal Service Stamp 3174 (1997)
Women’s Auxiliary Military Corps Poster image. Click for full size.
Public Domain
5. Women’s Auxiliary Military Corps Poster
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on December 18, 2023. It was originally submitted on December 7, 2023, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. This page has been viewed 135 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on December 7, 2023, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
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