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Rogers City in Presque Isle County, Michigan — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
 

That Freedom Might Live

Dedicated to Those Who Served and These Honored Dead of Presque Isle County

 
 
That Freedom Might Live Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by J. J. Prats, September 23, 2023
1. That Freedom Might Live Marker
Inscription. World War I. Bruder, Alfred • Campbell Fred • Emke Norman • Engle Attral • Fox, Albert • Mamp, Herman • Mangan Edward J. • Richmond, Leo E. • Schefke, Albert J. • Young Harold L.

World War II. Bills, Clayton • Boehmer, Donald W. • Brege, Marvin J. • Bruning, Russell L. • Brynes, Robert L. • Chalupniczak, Edwin • Chrzan, Dominic R. • Chrzan Aloysius • Comfort, Robert Edw. • Domke, Adolph F. • Gapske, Ralph W. • Garms, George • Gordier, Wm. Allsworth • Haselhuhn, Eldred J. • Haselhuhn, Lawrence W. • Holt Roy E. • Jaeger, Gordon J. • Karsten, Paul R. • Klann, Marvin C. • Kuszejewski, Anthony B. • Lewandowski, Arthur • Mc Cann, Edwin • Mc Donald, Thomas • Matuszewski, Jerome • Mero, Michael J. E. • Miller, Willard • Misiak, Eugene M • Montgomery, Donald • Nash, Arthur C. • Nowicki, John E. • Parchom. John G. • Paull, Kenneth H. • Pickett, Charles M. • Preston, Forest • Russell, Omar H. • Rygwelski, Clarence • Savage, Robert • Savoix, Melvin D. • Schwiesow, Richard • See, Raymond • Smelesky, Melvin • Spens, Waldemar • Stone, Francis F. • Stone, Eugene S. • Tapovic, Peter • Thompson, George S. • Urban, Theodore P. • Urdal, John • Vashon, Arthur L. • Wahlers, Floyd • Wojtowicz, Edward A.
 
Erected by Rogers City Lions Club. Dedicated Sunday, August 29, 1948. Club Charter Sept. 1, 1943.
 
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Location. 45° 25.263′ N, 83° 49.032′ W. Marker is in Rogers City, Michigan, in Presque Isle County. It is on North 3rd Street (Alternate U.S. 23) just north of East Michigan Avenue, on the right when traveling north. It is at the courthouse. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 257 N 3rd St, Rogers City MI 49779, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Northern Michigan Lower Peninsula and in one of the Lake Huron Shore counties. It is also in the American Midwest and on the Great Lakes. Globally, it is in North America, the Great North Woods, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Korean War Veterans Memorial (here, next to this marker); Vietnam War Memorial Monument (here, next to this marker); Presque Isle County Courthouse (a few steps from this marker); Rogers Theater (within shouting distance of this marker); Erskine Building / Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) Lodge (within shouting distance of this marker); Presque Isle County Bank (within shouting distance of this marker); Herman Hoeft & Son's General Store (within shouting distance of this marker); Frederick Denny Larke General Store (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Rogers City.
 
World Wars Memorial Monument Flanked by the Vietnam and Korea Monuments image. Click for full size.
Photographed by J. J. Prats, September 23, 2023
2. World Wars Memorial Monument Flanked by the Vietnam and Korea Monuments
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 25, 2024. It was originally submitted on May 25, 2024, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 260 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on May 25, 2024, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.
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