Bennington town in Bennington County, Vermont — The American Northeast (New England)

Vermont Route 279 World War II Veterans Memorial Highway

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., July 27, 2025

1. Vermont Route 279 World War II Veterans Memorial Highway Marker

Inscription.

Named in honor and in memory of all WWII Veterans
and their families. You saved the world for all of us.
Vermont thanks you for your service.
You will never be forgotten!

Erected August 15, 2015

Erected 2015 by Vermont Veterans of Foreign Wars, its Auxiliaries and Friends.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & Patriotism • War, World II.

Location. 42° 54.237′ N, 73° 12.252′ W. Memorial is near Bennington, Vermont, in Bennington County. It is in Bennington town. It can be reached from Vermont Route 279. Monument is on the Senator James M. Jeffords Welcome Center grounds. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 100 Vermont Route 279, Bennington VT 05201, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Southern Vermont. It is also in the American Northeast

and in New England.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow

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flies: Senator James M. Jeffords Welcome Center (a few steps from this marker); Vermont Remembers (a few steps from this marker); Dedicated to Those Who Served (approx. 0.4 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away); Anthony Haswell (approx. 1.2 miles away); John Stark (approx. 1.2 miles away); Revolutionary War Patriots (approx. 1.2 miles away); Battle of Bennington (approx. 1.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Bennington.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., July 27, 2025

2. Vermont Route 279 World War II Veterans Memorial Highway Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on August 1, 2025. It was originally submitted on August 1, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 120 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 1, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.