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Ekron in Meade County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)
 

Veterans Memorial

 
 
Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by James Hulse, August 16, 2022
1. Veterans Memorial
Inscription.
Honor those who have served
and all those who will serve

Army • Navy • Marine Corps • Coast Guard • Air Force

 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 37° 55.904′ N, 86° 10.681′ W. Memorial is in Ekron, Kentucky, in Meade County. It is at the intersection of Railway Street and Broadway Street, on the right when traveling south on Railway Street. The marker is located at a small park by the intersection. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 3 Railway Street, Ekron KY 40117, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, and in the Ohio River Valley. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture 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: Harold "Pee Wee" Reese (here, next to this marker);
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Doe Run Creek Historic District (approx. 2½ miles away); Morgan's Raiders Camp (approx. 3.3 miles away); Zion Grove Missionary Baptist Church (approx. 3.4 miles away); County Named, 1823 (approx. 4.7 miles away); Morgan's Headquarters (approx. 5 miles away); Early Meade County Leader / Meade County Courthouse (approx. 5 miles away); Louisville, Kentucky Confederate Monument (approx. 5.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Ekron.
 
Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by James Hulse, August 16, 2022
2. Veterans Memorial
The view of the veterans memorial from the park image. Click for full size.
Photographed by James Hulse, August 16, 2022
3. The view of the veterans memorial from the park
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on October 21, 2025. It was originally submitted on August 19, 2022, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas. This page has been viewed 222 times since then and 18 times this year. Last updated on October 18, 2025, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on August 20, 2022, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
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Jul. 21, 2026