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Bremen World Wars Memorial

 
 
Bremen World Wars Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 15, 2009
1. Bremen World Wars Memorial
Inscription.


Erected in grateful appreciation
by Citizens of
Bremen and Community
to our men and women,
who answered their countrys [sic] call
in World Wars One and Two.

These gave their lives

World War One
George Bigham
Emil D. Blosser
Willis L. Burnworth
John F. Coen
Oscar H. McVeigh
E. Ray Moyer
John F. Schmelzer
Carrol Turner

World War Two
Cecil Blosser
Dewey Cox
Cecil Hubbard
Cecil Lecrone
Raymond McCandlish
Homer Miller
Kenneth Voris

 
Erected 1949 by Citizens of Bremen and Community.
 
Topics. This historical marker and memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, World IWar, World II.
 
Location. 39° 42.223′ N, 82° 25.611′ W. Marker is in Bremen, Ohio, in Fairfield County. It is at the intersection of Broad Street (Ohio Route 664) and Walnut Street, on the left when traveling north on Broad Street. Marker is in front of Oscar McVeigh American Legion Post 20. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 201 N Broad Street, Bremen OH 43107, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker and memorial is in the Hocking Hills and in the Columbus Metropolitan Area. 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 Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Wesley Chapel (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Bremen Oil Boom (about 700 feet away); Formerly Enslaved People (approx. 3.9 miles away); Joe Selby (approx. 3.9 miles away); The Underground Railroad in Rushville / Joseph Selby and Darling Nelly Gray
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(approx. 4.2 miles away); Joseph E. Beery M.D. (approx. 4.9 miles away); Opal C. [nee Hatlestad] Kistler (approx. 5.1 miles away); Maple Grove Cemetery Veterans Memorial (approx. 5.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Bremen.
 
Bremen World Wars Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 15, 2009
2. Bremen World Wars Memorial
American Legion Post 20 in background.
Bremen World Wars Memorial Honor Roll image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 15, 2009
3. Bremen World Wars Memorial Honor Roll
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on January 20, 2020. It was originally submitted on February 2, 2010, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,317 times since then and 30 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on February 2, 2010, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
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