Farmersville in Collin County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)
Freedom Plaza
Photographed by James Hulse, January 6, 2025
1. Freedom Plaza Marker
World War I
Joseph W. Aусоск Thadus O. Gilbert Justin Gill Estel Hendrex Jack L. Lewis John C. Long Carl Sprinkle
World War II
Earl Becknell Nolan Bowers Jack K. Bumpass. Jr. Yandell Cambron Joe Carver, Jr. William A. Carver Doyle Clinton Marvin R. Cooper William A. Corley W.J. Dicken, Jr. Neville L. Dillon L.J. Eubanks Jesse Ray Gaddy Max Glass Jr. Weldon D. Hartness Ray W. Henslee Dee Holmes Billy Bain Honaker Dewey Kimberlin Landrum W. Leech Jesse D. Massey Loyd R. McCrary Chester D. Messer Parnell Millican James W Montgomery Vance Parker James A. Riddle Thomas L. Rike Edgar M. Seay Cleo W. Stanford Nolan Thomas Raymond Thompson James T. Wright Edwin Yeary
Korea
James Alley David R. Bickley Joaquin Villanueva
Vietnam
Thomas G. Caraway
The real heroes of the war are those who never came home - Audie Leon Murphy
Reverse Side
O. Thus be it ever when free men shall stand between their loved homes and the war's desolation! - Francis Scott Key, 1814
U.S. Army U.S. Navy U.S.A.F. Coast Guard Marine Corps
Erected 1998 by Community of Farmersville.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, Korean • War, Vietnam • War, World I • War, World II.
Location. 33° 9.796′ N, 96° 21.666′ W. Memorial is in Farmersville, Texas, in Collin County. It is at the intersection of McKinney Street and S Washington Street, on the left when traveling east on McKinney Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 200 McKinney St, Farmersville TX 75442, United States of
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Regionally, this memorial is in the Prairies & Lakes Region and in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metropolitan Area. 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 New Spain, the Republic of Texas, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: In Memory of Audie L. Murphy (here, next to this marker); Audie Murphys Homecoming (here, next to this marker); First Baptist Church of Farmersville (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); First National Bank of Farmersville (about 400 feet away); Farmersville Masonic Lodge (about 400 feet away); Bain-Honaker House (about 600 feet away); First Methodist Church of Farmersville (approx. 0.2 miles away); Honaker-Holsonbake House (approx. Ό mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Farmersville.
Photographed by James Hulse, January 6, 2025
2. Freedom Plaza Marker - Reverse Side
Photographed by James Hulse
3. Freedom Plaza Marker
The marker is the first marker (reverse side) from the right side.
Photographed by James Hulse, January 6, 2025
4. Freedom Plaza Marker
The view of the marker from across the street
Credits. This page was last revised on January 6, 2025. It was originally submitted on January 6, 2025, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas. This page has been viewed 259 times since then and 36 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on January 6, 2025, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.
