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Dexter in Stoddard County, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
 

Kenady-Hanks Post 59 American Legion

 
 
Kenady - hanks Post 59 American Legion Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Thomas Smith, April 29, 2024
1. Kenady - hanks Post 59 American Legion Marker
Inscription. Built in memory of those who served our country in time of war
 
Erected 1963.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 36° 48.059′ N, 89° 57.853′ W. Memorial is in Dexter, Missouri, in Stoddard County. It is at the intersection of West Oak Street and Elder Street, on the left when traveling south on West Oak Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 620 W Oak St, Dexter MO 63841, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Southeast Missouri and specifically in the Missouri Bootheel. It is also in the American Mississippi Delta, in the Ozarks, in the Lewis & Clark Corridor, 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 Culture, the Louisiana Purchase, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Veterans Memorial (about
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500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Frenchman's Spring (approx. 2.9 miles away); Navy Seabees (approx. 4.6 miles away); Address by President Abraham Lincoln (approx. 4.6 miles away); POW ★ MIA (approx. 4.6 miles away); Stoddard County (approx. 5½ miles away); General Davidson's Cavalry (approx. 5.6 miles away); Mutiny in Bloomfield (approx. 6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Dexter.
 
More about this memorial. Am Legion Post 59
 
Kenady - hanks Post 59 American Legion Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Thomas Smith, April 29, 2024
2. Kenady - hanks Post 59 American Legion Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 1, 2024. It was originally submitted on April 30, 2024, by Thomas Smith of Waterloo, Ill. This page has been viewed 263 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on April 30, 2024, by Thomas Smith of Waterloo, Ill. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
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