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VFW Post 1684 Memorial

 
 
VFW Post 1684 Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, February 15, 2010
1. VFW Post 1684 Memorial
Inscription.
Erected 1964   By Post 1684
In Grateful Tribute
To The Living And The Dead Who Through
Their Valiant Effort And Supreme
Sacrifice Have Helped To Preserve
Us A Free Nation

 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 41° 16.991′ N, 72° 57.294′ W. Memorial is in West Haven in South Central Region, Connecticut. It can be reached from the intersection of 1st Avenue and Spring Street, on the right when traveling south. Located in the Oak Grove Cemetery. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: West Haven CT 06516, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Connecticut River Valley, on the Connecticut Shoreline, and in Greater New Haven. It is also in the American Northeast and in New England. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Haven County and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are
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within walking distance of this marker: Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument (here, next to this marker); John Doe (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); West Haven (approx. 0.8 miles away); SSg Thomas E. Vitagliano (approx. 0.8 miles away); Adjutant William Campbell (approx. 0.8 miles away); West Haven World War I Monument (approx. 0.8 miles away); Allingtown World War I Monument (approx. 0.9 miles away); West Haven Revolutionary War Memorial (approx. 0.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in West Haven.
 
More about this memorial. VFW Post 1684 is no longer active. The memorial stone was moved to the cemetery after the post closed some time in the 1980s
 
Additional keywords. Veterans
 
VFW Post 1684 Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, February 15, 2010
2. VFW Post 1684 Memorial
Behind the memorial stone is the West Haven Soldiers and Sailors Monument
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 19, 2026. It was originally submitted on February 24, 2010, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut. This page has been viewed 935 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on February 24, 2010, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.
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