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In Memory of The Deceased Veterans of the Community

 
 
In Memory of The Deceased Veterans of the Community Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Thomas Smith, November 3, 2024
1. In Memory of The Deceased Veterans of the Community Marker
Inscription.
In Memory of the deceased veterans of the community
Sponsored by the Beckemeyer Drill Team INC. Erected September 1955


Donated by Beckemeyer Community Development Club, American legion Post 1227 Sons of American Legion August 2009
 
Erected 1995 by Beckemeyer Drill Team.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 38° 36.527′ N, 89° 27.19′ W. Memorial is in Beckemeyer, Illinois, in Clinton County. It is on Old U. S. Road (U.S. 50) 0.2 miles east of Stolletown Road, on the right when traveling east. The memorial is located in Beckemeyer Cemetery. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Beckemeyer IL 62219, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Southern Illinois — Little Egypt and in Greater St. Louis. 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 territory of the Mississippian Culture and also the Northwest
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Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Buxton - Beckemeyer Mural (approx. 0.9 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.9 miles away); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. one mile away); In Honor and Remembrance (approx. one mile away); Centralia Coal Company Mine No. 5 Disaster (approx. one mile away); It is the soldier (approx. one mile away); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. 1½ miles away); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. 4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Beckemeyer.
 
In Memory of The Deceased Veterans of the Community Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Thomas Smith, November 3, 2024
2. In Memory of The Deceased Veterans of the Community Marker
In Memory of The Deceased Veterans of the Community Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Thomas Smith, November 3, 2024
3. In Memory of The Deceased Veterans of the Community Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on November 22, 2024. It was originally submitted on November 8, 2024, by Thomas Smith of Waterloo, Ill. This page has been viewed 107 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on November 8, 2024, by Thomas Smith of Waterloo, Ill. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
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