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Missouri Valley in Harrison County, Iowa — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
 

Missouri Valley Veterans' Memorial

 
 
Missouri Valley Veterans' Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Thomas Onions, April 3, 2010
1. Missouri Valley Veterans' Memorial Marker
Inscription.
Left column
God Bless America

Seals of Armed Forces

Center column
In Honor of All Those Who Served This Great Nation in War and Peace Time

American Flag
MIA/POW Seal


Right column
The Land of the Free

Seals of Armed Forces

Base
Duty Honor Country
 
Erected 2005 by City of Missouri Valley.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 41° 33.374′ N, 95° 54.34′ W. Memorial is in Missouri Valley, Iowa, in Harrison County. It is on Huron Street 0.1 miles east of Shawmult Street, on the left when traveling west. This Veterans' Memorial is located in the middle of the City Park near the American Legion Pavilion. There is plenty of parking nearby. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Missouri Valley IA 51555, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Western Iowa, in Loess Hills, and in Greater Omaha. 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
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Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture and also the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: 3389 Miles from New York to San Francisco... Join the Ride! (approx. 3.6 miles away); Loess Hills of Western Iowa (approx. 3.6 miles away); Missouri Valley Freedom Rock Veterans Memorial (approx. 3.6 miles away); Terracing in the Loess Hills (approx. 3.6 miles away); Agriculture in the Loess Hills (approx. 3.6 miles away); Lewis and Clark Campsite Area (approx. 5½ miles away in Nebraska); Steamboat Bertrand Discovery Site (approx. 6.8 miles away in Nebraska); April 1, 1865: The Bertrand Goes Down (approx. 6.8 miles away in Nebraska). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Missouri Valley.
 
More about this memorial. The marker has the same design front and back. The Memorial has a lighted flagpole for the American flag and unlighted poles for the flags of the different branches of the Services. An engraved brickway surrounds the Memorial.
 
Missouri Valley Veterans' Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Thomas Onions, April 3, 2010
2. Missouri Valley Veterans' Memorial Marker
Area photo of the memorial.
Also see . . .
 Missouri Valley Veterans Memorial / Harrison Co. Historical Village and Welcome Center. Stone Group Architects (Submitted on December 14, 2025, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.) 
 
Missouri Valley Veterans' Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Thomas Onions, April 3, 2010
3. Missouri Valley Veterans' Memorial Marker
Photo of the Brickway.
Missouri Valley Veterans' Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Thomas Onions, April 3, 2010
4. Missouri Valley Veterans' Memorial Marker
Dedication Bricks
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on December 14, 2025. It was originally submitted on May 10, 2010, by Thomas Onions of Olathe, Kansas. This page has been viewed 1,842 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on May 10, 2010, by Thomas Onions of Olathe, Kansas.
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