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Harvard in Clay County, Nebraska — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
 

Harvard Veterans Memorial

 
 
Harvard Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mark Hilton, July 11, 2024
1. Harvard Veterans Memorial
Inscription.
America
Home of the
Free Because
of the
Brave

Freedom is not Free
 
Erected by the City of Harvard.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 40° 37.129′ N, 98° 5.812′ W. Memorial is in Harvard, Nebraska, in Clay County. It is at the intersection of East Walnut Street and North Clay Avenue, on the right when traveling east on East Walnut Street. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Harvard NE 68944, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Smoky Hills and in Eastern Nebraska. It is also in the American Midwest, in the Corn Belt, and on the prairies. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Harvard Army Air Field (a few steps from this marker); Midair Collision of B-17 Bombers (a few steps from this marker); Harvard's 1915 Carnegie Library
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(within shouting distance of this marker); Harvard Jail (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Woodmen Hall (about 500 feet away); St. John’s Episcopal Church (approx. 0.2 miles away); Harvard (approx. Ό mile away); Clay Center (approx. 6.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Harvard.
 
Harvard Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mark Hilton, July 11, 2024
2. Harvard Veterans Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on August 4, 2024. It was originally submitted on August 4, 2024, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 188 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on August 4, 2024, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.
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