Delta in Delta County, Colorado — The American Mountains (Southwest)
Delta County Veterans Memorial
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, July 19, 2025
1. Delta County Veterans Memorial
who gave their lives in the service of their Country
If ye break faith
With us who die
We shall not sleep,
Though poppies grow
in Flanders fields
John McCrae
Erected 1953 by Lee Marts Post No. 3571 Veterans of Foreign Wars, and Military & Service Organizations of Delta County.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Patriots & Patriotism.
Location. 38° 44.611′ N, 108° 3.249′ W. Memorial is in Delta, Colorado, in Delta County. It is on East 3rd Street just east of Riley Lane, on the left when traveling east. The memorial is on the south side of Delta Municipal Cemetery. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Delta CO 81416, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in the Western Slope. It is also in the American Mountain West and in Colorado Plateau. Globally, it is in North America, the Rocky Mountains, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once Mexicos Alta
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The Delta Bank Robbery / The McCarty Legacy (approx. 0.2 miles away); Delta Post Office (approx. 0.8 miles away); Presbyterian Church of Delta (approx. 0.8 miles away); Leslie J. Savage Big Bell Collection (approx. 0.9 miles away); Robert E. Lee Steamboat Bell (approx. 0.9 miles away); Delta Jail - 1890 (approx. 0.9 miles away); Mangum Memorial Wind-Chime (approx. 0.9 miles away); First Methodist Episcopal Church of Delta (approx. 0.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Delta.
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, July 19, 2025
2. Delta County Veterans Memorial
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, July 19, 2025
3. Delta County Veterans Memorial Dedication
Dedicated Nov. 11, 1953
Lee Marts Post No. 3571
Veterans of Foreign Wars and Military & Service Organizations of Delta County
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, July 19, 2025
4. Delta County Veterans Memorial
Looking north from East 3rd Street. Delta Municipal Cemetery is in the background.
Credits. This page was last revised on March 24, 2026. It was originally submitted on March 22, 2026, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 19 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on March 23, 2026, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
