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Tacoma in Belmont County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
 

Veterans Memorial

 
 
Land of the Free Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, May 3, 2025
1. Land of the Free Marker
Inscription.
Land of the Free
Because of the Brave

 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 40° 0.122′ N, 81° 7.452′ W. Memorial is in Tacoma, Ohio, in Belmont County. It is on Barnesville-Bethesda Road (Route 147) 0.2 miles east of McMillin Road (County Route 100), on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 37918 Barnesville Bethesda Rd, Barnesville OH 43713, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the American Midwest, in Appalachia, and specifically in Northern 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 Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Coal Car (approx. 2.6 miles away); Barnesville (approx. 2.6 miles away); Watt Car and Wheel Company (approx. 2.6 miles away); North Cemetery Veterans Memorial (approx. 2.7 miles away); Mt. Olivett United Methodist Church Bell (approx. 2.7 miles away); Governor Wilson Shannon 1802-1877 / Barnesville’s Shannon Family (approx. 2.9 miles away); Wilson Shannon (approx. 2.9 miles away); Barnesville War Memorial (approx. 2.9 miles away).
 
Another marker is no longer nearby. Roby Cigar Museum (was approx. 2.7 miles away but has been permanently removed).
 
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Land of the Free Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, May 3, 2025
2. Land of the Free Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 11, 2025. It was originally submitted on May 8, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 74 times since then and 6 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on May 8, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
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