Adams Township in Bear's Mill in Darke County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

The Vietnam Memorial

Photographed by Craig Doda, July 7, 2024

1. The Vietnam Memorial Marker

Inscription.
This dome was on the Greenville courthouse from 1880 to 1973 when it needed replaced due to wood rot. The dome sat at the county garage until 1985 when Terry Clark saw it. He asked the county if you could have it for a gazebo, and they said yes. The county delivered it to the property, and Terry rolled the dome using telephone poles and an old tractor to the original bridge that spanned the millrace. Terry lost control of the dome and it rolled across the bridge to this spot, where it has stayed. Originally Terry's plan was to use the dome as a gazebo, but after discussing the idea with two Vietnam Veteran friends, Craig Jenkinson and Mike Good, they decided to honor the 21 Darke County Vietnam Veterans that didn't make it home.

1880-1973 Courthouse Dome
1985 Terry Requested Dome
1989 Dedicated to Vietnam Veterans
2018 Rededicated

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • War, Vietnam. A significant historical year for this entry is 1880.

Location. 40° 6.353′ N, 84° 32.573′ W. Memorial is in Bear's Mill, Ohio, in Darke County. It is in Adams Township. It is on Arcanum Bears Mill Road south of U.S. 36, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 6440 Arcanum Bears Mill Rd, Greenville OH 45331, 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

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markers are within walking distance of this marker: Dedicated to The Men Who Never Came Home by the Men Who Did (here, next to this marker); Vietnam Veterans Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Bear’s Mill Viet Nam Veterans Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); The Veterans Memorial Timberframe Covered Bridge (within shouting distance of this marker); Over Look (within shouting distance of this marker); The Miller's Home (within shouting distance of this marker); Bear's Mill (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Buggy Axle and Steel Pipe (about 500 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Bear's Mill.

The Vietnam Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Doda, July 7, 2024

2. The Vietnam Memorial

Photographed by Craig Doda, July 7, 2024

3. The Vietnam Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on July 27, 2024. It was originally submitted on July 18, 2024, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 129 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on July 18, 2024, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.