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Secretary in Dorchester County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Secretary Veterans Park Memorial

 
 
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1. Secretary Veterans Park Memorial
Inscription.
God and freedom above all
John Jorette Sr. • William Williams III • John T. Rahe • Tom Austin • I. Lee Austin • Joseph A. Maddox • Stewart Evans • John Charles Rahe • Robert Emory Legg • Glen A. Payne, Jr. • George W. Legg III • Marty Harper • Robert Allen Windsor, Jr. • H. Webster McAllen • Edward Michael Nossick, Jr. • Harvey T. Nossick • Harvey Stanley • Frederick C. Murphy • Robert C. Oxwell • Donald R. McWilliams • * Carl A. Clausser, Jr. • Gregg L. Kemp • John Granville Wheatley • Charles H. Wheatley • Michelle Townsend • Stewart Evans • Lloyd "Spotty" Tull • Phillip Tobat • Walter Merrick • William Cox • Calvert Townsend, Sr. • Ireland Townsend • James H. Faulkner, Sr. • Syd Bradley • Harry J. Todd • Roger Todd • Robert Todd • Thomas Lord • Smittie James • Garland T. Hearne • Anna Lauck • Larry Lauck • Wallace Mooney • Donald Lord • Colin Varner • James Kennedy • Jack Trego • Jimmy Collins • Brownie Wielgosz • Louis Krai • Gordon Hurley Jr. • Gordon Harrington • Mark Trego • Joseph Marousek • Steve Webster • Raymond Webster • Winfield Webster • Ellsworth Wright • William Willoughby • James Gorsky • Leonard Wanex • Royce Saunders • Robert Charles Coulbourne • John Elliott • Joseph
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E. Manex • William Boevers • Webster Todd • Clayton Webster • Warren Saunders • Thomas Wanex • Thomas Spence • Edward L. Koske • John Gorski • Joseph S. Shimek • Walter Dukes • Lanny Parks • James Elliott • Samuel K. Wocke • Charles Nossick • Harold Wanex • Robert Abey • Wayne Saunders • Gary W. Coldburne • Marvin Cox • Russell Payne • Richard Wanex • Louis Wanex • William Wanex • Tina Wanex Thomas • John Weber • David H. Webster • Theodore H. Marshall • Ronald Marvin McCarty • Sammy Nickerson • Michael Tobat • David Carroll • Doyle Bradley • Burton Jackson • Harvey Era • Frank Wayne Era • Frank A. Era • Johnny Era • Philip Era, Jr. • Robert E. Era • Joe Larrimore • Wilmer S. Hummber • Kenneth Delaha • Charles Robertson • Harry V. Lauck • Earl Hurst, Sr. • Joseph B. Wanex • Charles Moxey, Sr. • Robert Peters • Kenneth Chandler • Todd Mays • Robert Tyler • Donald T. Lauck • Carroll Spear • Jean E. Farmer • Dave Nickerson • Darcy Willoughby • Edward Justus • Benjamin Jackson • Joseph Wanex, Jr. • Jerome Wanex • Thomas W. Tobat, Jr. • Lo Ellen Lauck • Ronald Bryan • James D. Hubbard • James W. Lauck • Robert Collins • Thomas W. Tobat, Sr. • Robert Elliott • Fred Wilkerson • Samuel Abey • John R. Era • Weldon Lauck • Percy Harper • George
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2. Secretary Veterans Park Memorial (Left plaque)
L. Carroll Jr. • William Koski • John I. Wells • Charles A. Meredith • George Lauck • Ralph Slacum • Harrison Webster • Victor E. Hurst, Jr. • Wallace Merrick • Lawrence Moxey • Donald Willoughby • Donald Ryan Willoughby • Howard Trego • Leroy Abey • Thomas J. Cleary • Charles Hurst, • Barry Todd • Ronald Lauck • William Satterfield • John Rusta • Joseph Gorski • Earl Trego • Arthur Colbourn • Royce R. Wells • Vernon Dukes III • Frank Trego • Frank Kral • Joseph Shimek • Charles Spence • Lee Hallaway • James Plummer • William A. Edge • Joseph Koski, Sr. • Theodore Gorski • Thomas Shimek • Robert Flaherty • Kenneth Blades • Robert Lyons • Wade Bradley • Spencer Bradley • William Bradley • Roland Bradley • Melvin Abey • Roland Wheatley • Ralph Lord • Sidney Mooney • Thomas Hayward • Gilbert Shimek • Russell Hurley • Robert F. Spillman • Edward Hessler • Melvin Trego • Albert Moxey • Bernard Moxey • John Moxey • George Moxey • John Howell • Theodore Newberg • Carville Spear • Charles H. Collins • Lee Harper • Clarence Dean Jr. • William Moore • Robert Green • Leila Pederson Newberg • Joseph Moxey • Richard C. Veach • Vernon Phelps • William Murphy • Mark Brown Sr. • Phillip Harrington Jr. • Sidney Mooney • Francis "Buddy" Koski • Jack Hurst
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3. Secretary Veterans Park Memorial (Right plaque)
• Weldon McGinn • Joseph G. Era • Anthony P. Era • Harold Bryan • Jack W. Colbourne • William J. Gullion III • Bernard A. Moxey Sr. • Jacob Willoughby • Larry Tolland • William Bryan • Jack C. Coulbourne • James B. Nichols • John Moxey • Charles Budd Jr. • John Warner • Alexander Thomas Pietrowski • Louis C. Hollerman • Thomas Era • Leonard Era • Thomas Moxey • Lawrence Holland • Marion Blades • Victor E. Hurst III • Carol Brown • Ignatius "Pete" Moxey • Eddie Moxey • Carin Budd • Charles Budd IV • George Holmes • Walter W. Hurst • Charles Moxey • Andrew Moxey Jr. • John Nossick • Robert Korker • George McGinn • Steven Dukes • Frank Marine • James Jackson • Leonard Kelby • Andrew Stoht • * Walter Marine • Harry Porter • Verlon Dukes, Sr. • Verlon Dukes, Jr. • Matthew C. Saunders • Alan S. Collins • Frederick Collins • Dan Jackson • John Hubbard • Deborah Jean Hubbard • Robert A. Roche • Alex Hardy • John Mantik • Robert Porter • Leonard Gregory Getz • John W. Rodes, Jr. • George Wm. Eckert • Nathan Collins • Dennis Louis Gilliard • Ralph A. Leblanc • Lannie Parks • Lannie P. Parks II

Secretary Veterans Park has been realized thru the dedication and generosity of many. It is only fitting that these veterans receive acknowledgement
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4. Secretary Veterans Park Memorial
for their services and donated time and momentarily.

Land donated by Lloyd "Spotty" Tull • Grant from the State of Maryland Parks and Recreation • Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr. - Governor • William Donald Schaefer, Comptroller • Nancy K. Kopp, State Treasurer • Koski Enterprises, Inc. • Coulborne Seafood • American Legion Post 91, Cambridge, MD • American Legion Post 243, Hurlock, MD • VFW Post 7460, Cambridge, MD • BPO Elks Lodge 1272, Cambridge, MD • Waddell Foundation • The Nathan Foundation • Tri-Gas & Oil • Warwick Builders • McCollister Electric • Zeller Funeral Home • People of Secretary • Susan B. Dukes, Mayor of Secretary • Ann Hering, Commissioner • Victor E. Hurst, Commissioner • William H. Lauck, Commissioner • Troy Willoughby, Commissioner

This memorial park is dedicated to veterans both living and deceased of all wars from Secretary and surrounding areas who served these United States of America, their sacrifices were for

One God
One nation
One flag
One language

"We are one"
Lest we forget

Americans all

 
Erected by Town of Secretary.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location.
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38° 36.578′ N, 75° 57.095′ W. Memorial is in Secretary, Maryland, in Dorchester County. It is on Main Street (Maryland Route 14) east of High Street, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 116 Main St, Preston MD 21655, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is on the Eastern Shore. It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic, on the Delmarva Peninsula, in the Tidewater, and in the Chesapeake Bay Region. 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 one of the original Thirteen Colonies and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: My Lady Sewall’s Manor (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Choptank Indian Reservation (approx. 1.4 miles away); East New Market (approx. 1.6 miles away); Friendship Hall (approx. 1.7 miles away); Friendship Trail (approx. 1.7 miles away); Faith Community UMC Church (approx. 2.2 miles away); Choptank Landing (approx. 5 miles away); Escape from Poplar Neck (approx. 5 miles away).
 
 
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