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Veterans Memorial

 
 
Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 26, 2021
1. Veterans Memorial
Inscription.
Dedicated to the
Men and Women
who serve our
country in
war and peace

Freedom is not free

All Gave Some
Some Gave All

Duty     Honor     Country

 
Erected 2015 by American Legion Post 29 and Federation Bank.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Patriots & Patriotism.
 
Location. 41° 17.889′ N, 91° 41.419′ W. Memorial is in Washington, Iowa, in Washington County. It is at the intersection of East Washington Street (State Highway 92) and South 2nd Avenue (State Highway 93), on the left when traveling west on East Washington Street. The marker is located near the southeast corner of the intersection, beside the Blair House. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 205 East Washington Street, Washington IA 52353, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Eastern Iowa. 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 territory of the Mississippian
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Culture and also the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 10 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Blair House (here, next to this marker); Civil War Veterans Memorial (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Bicentennial (about 500 feet away); Rock Island Lines (approx. 0.4 miles away); Jonathan Clark Conger House (approx. 0.4 miles away); This Log Cabin Erected by Alexander Young (approx. 0.6 miles away); First Settler's Home in Washington County (approx. 9.8 miles away); Beginning of National Republican Party (approx. 9.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Washington.
 
Veterans Memorial (<i>back side</i>) image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 26, 2021
2. Veterans Memorial (back side)
Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 26, 2021
3. Veterans Memorial
Looking east from South 2nd Avenue. Blair House in background.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on December 31, 2023. It was originally submitted on December 30, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 202 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on December 31, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
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