Covington Township in Baraga County, Michigan — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Veterans Memorial Highway

Photographed by Mark Parker, June 25, 2025

1. Veterans Memorial Highway Marker

Inscription.
Veterans Memorial Highway

In memory of all veterans who have served our nation

Dedicated by VFW Post 8945
VFW Ladies Auxiliary Post 8945
DesRochers Brothers Inc.
VFW Post 10592 (Bamberg, GE)

Erected by VFW Post 8945, VFW Ladies Auxiliary Post 8945, DesRochers Brothers Inc., VFW Post 10592.

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

Location. 46° 32.873′ N, 88° 31.994′ W. Memorial is near Covington, Michigan, in Baraga County. It is in Covington Township. It is at the intersection of VFW Road (Old Michigan Route 28) and Route 28, on the left when traveling west on VFW Road. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 13505 VFW Rd, Covington MI 49919, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula

and in Copper Country.

It is also in the American Midwest

and on Lake Superior’s South Shore Region.

Globally, it is in North America,

in the Great North Woods,

on the Great Lakes,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 15 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Covington School (approx. 0.3 miles away); Covington Township Hall (approx. 0.4 miles away); Dog Sled Episode (approx. 14.2 miles away); Adrift on Ice Floe (approx. 14.2 miles away); A Happy Journey (approx. 14.2 miles away); Brotherhood in a Blizzard (approx. 14.2 miles away); L’Anse-Lac Vieux Desert Trail (approx. 14.2 miles away); Storm On Lake Superior (approx. 14.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Covington.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Roll of Honor (was approx.

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0.4 miles away but has been permanently removed).

Veterans Memorial Bench image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Parker, June 25, 2025

2. Veterans Memorial Bench

Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Parker, June 25, 2025

3. Veterans Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on July 22, 2025. It was originally submitted on July 13, 2025, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 74 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on July 13, 2025, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.