Okolona in Chickasaw County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)
Okolona Veterans Memorial
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, September 18, 2024
1. Okolona Veterans Memorial
Erected by American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Patriots & Patriotism.
Location. 34° 0.085′ N, 88° 45.653′ W. Memorial is in Okolona, Mississippi, in Chickasaw County. It is at the intersection of West Monroe Avenue (State Highway 32/41) and North McDonnell Street (State Highway 41), on the left when traveling west on West Monroe Avenue. The marker is located near the northeast corner of the Army National Guard building. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 607 West Monroe Avenue, Okolona MS 38860, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in the Black Prairie and in the North Mississippi Hills. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, and in the Black Belt. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Chickasaw County Confederate Tribute (approx. 0.4 miles away); Confederate Cemetery (approx. 0.4 miles away); Okolona (approx. 0.4 miles away); Okolona in the Civil War (approx. 0.8 miles away); Our Confederate Dead Soldiers' Monument (approx. 0.8 miles away); Battle of Okolona (approx. 1.1 miles away); Okolona College
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Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, September 18, 2024
2. Okolona Veterans Memorial
Looking southwest; the Army National Guard building is in the background.
Credits. This page was last revised on October 21, 2024. It was originally submitted on October 21, 2024, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 150 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 21, 2024, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
