Macon in Macon County, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Freedom Will Never Be Free

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 21, 2025

1. Freedom Will Never Be Free Memorial

Inscription.

Donald M. Gates 12-30-1979 U.S.A. ★
Lester L. Winkie 04-04-1980 Germany ★
Clayton R Bergmann 02-24-1985 U.S.A. ★
Adam L. Thomas 08-31-2003 Afghanistan ★
Michael T. Blaise 01-23-2004 Iraq ★
Adam Olin Smith 09-21-2010 Afghanistan ★
Steven Michael Levett 07-18-2008 U.S.A. ★
Kayla M. Grimshaw 05-29-2013 U.S.A. ★
Daniel Andrew Maguire Jr. 07-15-2013 U.S.A. ★
Gabriel R. Patrick 11-19-2013 U.S.A. ★
Steven W. Atkins 10-22-2015 U.S.A. ★
Shelbe Faye Butner 01-30-2025 U.S.A. ★

Erected 2007 by the Citizens of Macon County.

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

Location. 39° 44.525′ N, 92° 28.377′ W. Memorial is in Macon, Missouri, in Macon County. It is at the intersection of Washington Street and Rollins Street, on the left when traveling east on Washington Street. Memorial is on the Macon County Courthouse grounds. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 101 East Washington Street, Macon MO 63552, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in North Missouri. It is also in the American Midwest,

in the Lewis & Clark Corridor,

and in the Corn Belt.

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,

the Louisiana Purchase,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Korean and Vietnam Wars Memorial (here, next to this marker); Macon County World War Memorial

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(a few steps from this marker); Macon Kiwanis U.S. Bi-Centennial Time Capsule (a few steps from this marker); 3rd Courthouse in Macon County (a few steps from this marker); Macon County World War II Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Macon Sesquicentennial Time Capsule (approx. ¼ mile away); Macon (approx. 1½ miles away); Bevier & Southern Locomotive No. 112 (approx. 4.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Macon.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 21, 2025

2. Freedom Will Never Be Free Memorial

Monument on right

Credits. This page was last revised on October 27, 2025. It was originally submitted on October 27, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 45 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 27, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.