Hartford in Cocke County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

Tennessee Veterans Memorial

Photographed by Mark Parker, March 27, 2025

1. Tennessee Veterans Memorial Marker

Inscription. Tennessee AMVETS dedicates this memorial to all veterans living or deceased who have honorably served their country that freedom may reign

October 12, 1996
Governor Don Sundquist

Erected 1996.

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

Location. 35° 49.159′ N, 83° 9.547′ W. Memorial is in Hartford, Tennessee, in Cocke County. It is on Interstate 40 at milepost 446 west of Big Creek Road when traveling west. The memorial is at the Tennessee Welcome Center, west of exit 447. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Hartford TN 37753, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in East Tennessee

and in the Great Smoky Mountains.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the original Cherokee Nation,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate

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States of America,

the State of Franklin,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 10 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Civil War in Tennessee (a few steps from this marker); Ben W. Hooper (approx. 4.7 miles away); A Hidden Family Quilt During the War Between the States (approx. 4.9 miles away); The Battle of Shultz Mill on Cosby Creek (approx. 4.9 miles away); Capture of General Robert Vance (approx. 4.9 miles away); Francis Asbury Trail (approx. 5 miles away in North Carolina); Whitson’s Fort (approx. 5.1 miles away); Governor Ben Walter Hooper (approx. 9.2 miles away).

Tennessee Veterans Memorial to the left of the Welcome Center entrance image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Parker, March 27, 2025

2. Tennessee Veterans Memorial to the left of the Welcome Center entrance

Credits. This page was last revised on April 14, 2025. It was originally submitted on April 14, 2025, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 137 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 14, 2025, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.