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Independence Cemetery Veterans Memorial

 
 
Independence Cemetery Veterans Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by J.T. Lambrou
1. Independence Cemetery Veterans Memorial Marker
Inscription.
In memory of
those who have served
in the armed forces
of the
United States of America

 
Erected by Jewell American Legion and Auxiliary.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 41° 17.886′ N, 84° 18.082′ W. Memorial is in Defiance, Ohio, in Defiance County. It is at the intersection of Adams Ridge Road and Orchard Drive, on the right when traveling south on Adams Ridge Road. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 9966 Adams Ridge Road, Defiance OH 43512, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Ohio’s Black Swamp and in the 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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Veterans Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Site of Lock No. 13 (approx. one mile away); Lock No. 13 & Independence Dam / Two Canals (approx. one mile away); You Are On The Buckeye Trail (approx. 1.2 miles away); 70 Vet Survivors of C.C.C. Memorial (approx. 1.3 miles away); Osage Orange (approx. 1.3 miles away); Welcome (approx. 1.3 miles away); Site Of Mamie - Bessie Nagel Farm (approx. 1.4 miles away).
 
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Independence Cemetery Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by J.T. Lambrou
2. Independence Cemetery Veterans Memorial
Independence Cemetery Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by J.T. Lambrou
3. Independence Cemetery Veterans Memorial
Location of the memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by J.T. Lambrou
4. Location of the memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on July 4, 2024. It was originally submitted on July 4, 2024, by J.T. Lambrou of New Boston, Michigan. This page has been viewed 226 times since then and 9 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on July 4, 2024, by J.T. Lambrou of New Boston, Michigan. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
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Jun. 7, 2026