Cheyenne in Laramie County, Wyoming — The American West (Mountains)

Wyoming Remembers

Wyoming Fallen Warrior Memorial

Photographed by Mark Parker, October 12, 2023

1. Wyoming Remembers Marker

Inscription. Dedicated to the many soldiers, sailors, marines, airmen & coast guardsmen and their families from Wyoming who made the ultimate sacrifice while in the service of our state & nation

Erected 2018.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.

Location. 41° 8.408′ N, 104° 49.108′ W. Memorial is in Cheyenne, Wyoming, in Laramie County. It can be reached from Central Avenue (Business U.S. 87) near East 24th Street, on the left when traveling south. Monument is to the southeast of the Wyoming Army and Air National Guard memorial. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: Central Avenue, Cheyenne WY 82001, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Wyoming’s Laramie Basin. It is also in the American Mountain West,

on the Great Plains,

and specifically on the High Plains.

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

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are within walking distance of this marker: Wyoming Army and Air National Guard Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Wyoming Spanish American War Monument (within shouting distance of this marker); Wyoming’s Liberty Bell Replica (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Esther Hobart Morris (about 500 feet away); a different marker also named Esther Hobart Morris (about 500 feet away); Elling William "Bill" Golling (about 500 feet away); Justice Willis Van Devanter (about 500 feet away); Nellie Tayloe Ross (about 500 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cheyenne.

Also see . . . Wyoming Fallen Warrior Monument dedicated in Cheyenne.

The monument, located on the east corner of Central Avenue and East 24th Street, still has some landscaping to finish, as well as the installation of two benches and a delicate barrier, constructed from the original steps of the capital building to allow the memorial to be a place of reflection and solitude.

(Submitted on August 25, 2024, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina.)

Credits. This page was last revised on August 28, 2024. It was originally submitted on August 25, 2024, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 185 times since then and 36 times this year. Photo 1. submitted on August 25, 2024, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.