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Veterans Memorial

 
 
Veterans Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brandon D Cross, June 18, 2025
1. Veterans Memorial Marker
Inscription.
In Memory Of
All Those Who Gave Their
Lives In The Defense
Of Our Country In All
Wars. May Their Deeds
Always Be Remembered
We Shall Never Forget

 
Erected by American Legion Auxiliary.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 29° 43.882′ N, 85° 0.146′ W. Memorial is in Apalachicola, Florida, in Franklin County. It can be reached from 12th Street west of 23rd Avenue, on the right when traveling north. The marker is prominently displayed within Magnolia Cemetery. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 341 12th Street, Apalachicola FL 32320, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is on the Florida Panhandle. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, and on the Gulf Coast. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, 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 territory of the Mississippian Culture, 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: Chief Master Sergeant Herbert Eugene Smith (here, next to this marker); Magnolia Cemetery “Colored Sections “ (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Paul Laurence Dunbar School (approx. 0.4 miles away); Historic Franklin Square (approx. 0.6 miles away); Holy Family Church & School (approx. 0.6 miles away); First Born Church of the Living God (approx. 0.6 miles away); Dr. Alvin Wentworth Chapman
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(approx. 0.7 miles away); St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church (approx. Ύ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Apalachicola.
 
Veterans Memorial (right) image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brandon D Cross, June 18, 2025
2. Veterans Memorial (right)
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 24, 2025. It was originally submitted on June 21, 2025, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. This page has been viewed 109 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on June 21, 2025, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
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