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Veterans Memorial

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Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), August 24, 2024
1. Veterans Memorial
Inscription.
In memory of our honored dead who have served in the Armed Forces of the United States of America from the community of Beltsville, Maryland.

Dedicated by the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the Beltsville Post 10260 to the memory of Jacob A. Bladt who made the supreme sacrifice during WWII
 
Erected by Veterans of Foreign Wars of the Beltsville Post 10260.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: MilitaryWar, World II.
 
Location. 39° 2.05′ N, 76° 54.781′ W. Memorial is in Beltsville, Maryland, in Prince George's County. It is on Rhode Island Avenue 0.1 miles south of Sellman Road, on the right when traveling north. The memorial is accessible from the Post Office parking lot. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 10901 Rhode Island Ave, Beltsville MD 20705, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Washington Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, in the Mid-Atlantic, and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic
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Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Beltsville Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. and Ladies Auxiliary (approx. 0.4 miles away); Van Horn’s Tavern (approx. 0.4 miles away); Beltsville Agricultural Research Center - West (approx. 0.8 miles away); Brown’s Tavern (approx. one mile away); Site of Rhodes’ Tavern (approx. one mile away); Site of Van Horn's Tavern (approx. 1.1 miles away); Ebenezer Meeting House (approx. 1.3 miles away); Greenbelt Lake (approx. 2.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Beltsville.
 
Other markers no longer nearby. Ammendale Normal Institute (was approx. 1.4 miles away but has been permanently removed); Methodist Preaching Place (was approx. 2.2 miles away but has been confirmed missing).
 
Additional keywords. KIA
 
Dedication plaque on the back of the memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), August 24, 2024
2. Dedication plaque on the back of the memorial
Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), August 24, 2024
3. Veterans Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on August 24, 2024. It was originally submitted on August 24, 2024, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 140 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on August 24, 2024, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
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