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Wright Cemetery Veterans Memorial

 
 
Wright Cemetery Veterans Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, April 6, 2024
1. Wright Cemetery Veterans Memorial Marker
Inscription. In honor of all Veterans
 
Erected 2003 by Bowersock Brothers VFW Post 6772, Harry J. Reynolds American Legion Post 191, Amanda Township Trustees David T. Hays, John M. Whitling, Jr., Robert C. Barnt Clerk, Jennifer L. Schwartz.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 40° 45.245′ N, 84° 26.128′ W. Memorial is near Elgin, Ohio, in Van Wert County. It is in York Township. It is on Elgin-Converse Road (County Route 32) 0.3 miles west of Masters Road (County Route 40), on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Venedocia OH 45894, 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 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: 105 Howitzer Anti-tank Gun (approx. 2.6 miles away); Anthony Wayne's March Across Van Wert County / Venedocia Village (approx. 2.6 miles away); Venedocia War Memorial (approx. 2.6 miles away); Landeck Speedway - The Roadster Era 1949-1956 (approx. 3½ miles away); Landeck Veterans Memorial (approx. 4.1 miles away); Robert K. Antibus Trail Access (approx. 5 miles away); Trail Designations (approx. 5 miles away); Recreation Along The Canal (approx. 5 miles away).
 
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Wright Cemetery Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, April 6, 2024
2. Wright Cemetery Veterans Memorial
Wright Cemetery Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, April 6, 2024
3. Wright Cemetery Veterans Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on April 8, 2024. It was originally submitted on April 8, 2024, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 191 times since then and 9 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on April 8, 2024, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
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