Central Business District in New Orleans in Orleans Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)
Military Women's National Monument
Photographed by Sean Flynn, January 14, 2024
1. Military Women's National Monument
Women's Army Corps (WAC)
Army Medical Specialists Corps (AMSC)
Erected May 30, 1962, under sponsorship of New Orelans Chapter, WAC Veterans Association
To the honor and glory of all military women who offer their lives in defense of the United States of America in the cause of peace.
[Southeast side:]
U.S. Naval Reserve Forces
(YeomanettesWWI)
Women's Auxiliary Volunteer Service (WAVES)
Women's Auxiliary Reserve in the Coast Guard (SPARS)
[Northwest side:]
Women's Air Force (WAF)
Air Force Medical Specialist
Corps (AFMSpC)
Erected 1962 by WAC Veterans Association, New Orleans Chapter.
Topics. This monument and memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & Patriotism • War, World I • War, World II • Women.
Location. 29° 57.307′ N, 90° 4.461′ W. Monument is in New Orleans, Louisiana, in Orleans Parish. It is in the Central Business District. It is
this page online
Regionally, this memorial monument is in Louisiana’s River Parishes. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, on the Gulf Coast, and in the Great River Road Region. Globally, it is in 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 Viceroyalty of New France, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, the Louisiana Purchase, 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: Molly Marine (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Louis Armstrong (about 400 feet away); Hurricane Katrina Memorial (about 400 feet away); New Orleans Massacre Of 1866 (about 600 feet away); The Rault Center High-Rise Fire of 1972 (about 600 feet away); Shell Building (about 700 feet away); Sears Building (about 700 feet away); The Pythian Temple (about 700 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in New Orleans.
More about this monument. The top of the marker features a bronze orb with a peace dove on top of it, with an olive branch in its mouth.
Molly Marine, dedicated in 1943 to women of the Marines, is located in Elk Place about 150 yards northeast of this monument, at the intersection with Canal Street.
Also see . . . Dedicated on Memorial Day 1962, a monument on Elk Place pays tribute to women in the military. (Submitted on January 17, 2024, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois.)
Photographed by Sean Flynn, January 14, 2024
2. Military Women's National Monument
Photographed by Sean Flynn, January 14, 2024
3. Military Women's National Monument
Photographed by Sean Flynn, January 14, 2024
4. Military Women's National Monument
Photographed by Sean Flynn
5. Military Women's National Monument
Credits. This page was last revised on January 18, 2024. It was originally submitted on January 17, 2024, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois. This page has been viewed 305 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on January 17, 2024, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois.
