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Mansura in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)
 

Avoyelles Parish Veterans Memorial

 
 
Avoyelles Parish Veterans Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Robert Brevelle
1. Avoyelles Parish Veterans Memorial Marker
Inscription. Dedicated to all service men and women who served our country.
 
Erected 2005 by Cottonport Bank.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & PatriotismWar, 1st Iraq & Desert StormWar, VietnamWar, World II.
 
Location. 31° 4.271′ N, 92° 2.953′ W. Memorial is in Mansura, Louisiana, in Avoyelles Parish. It is at the intersection of State Road 1 and State Road 107, on the right when traveling north on State Road 1. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 8199 LA-1, Mansura LA 71350, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Central Louisiana and in Acadiana — Cajun Country. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Deep South. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, Acadia, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, the Louisiana Purchase, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Desfossι House (approx. 0.6 miles away); Mansura (approx. 0.6 miles away); Battle of Mansura (approx. 1.1 miles away); Avoyelles Parish Vietnam Memorial (approx. 1.9 miles away); Presentation Academy (approx. 2½ miles away); Tunica-Biloxi Indian Reservation (approx. 2.8 miles away); The Marksville Site (approx. 3.1 miles away); Marc Eliche (approx. 3.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mansura.
 
More about this memorial. Located on the grounds of Cottonport Bank
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on April 13, 2026. It was originally submitted on April 3, 2026, by Robert Brevelle of Anacoco, Louisiana. This page has been viewed 18 times since then. Photo   1. submitted on April 3, 2026, by Robert Brevelle of Anacoco, Louisiana. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.
 
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Aug. 9, 2026