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Korean War Memorial

 
 
Korean War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), October 11, 2026
1. Korean War Memorial
Inscription.
The citizens of Queen Anne's County honor those sons and daughters who served in the Armed Forces of the United States of America during the Korean War, 1950 to 1953.

We dedicate this memorial to the memory of all who fought and died in Korea, on this, the 50th anniversary of the start of the Korean War on June 27, 1950.
 
Erected 2000 by American Legion, Inc., Jeff Davis Post 18.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, Korean.
 
Location. 39° 2.698′ N, 76° 3.907′ W. Memorial is in Centreville, Maryland, in Queen Anne's County. It can be reached from Commerce Street (Maryland Route 213) south of Broadway, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 124 Commerce Street, Centreville MD 21617, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is on the Eastern Shore. It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic, on the Delmarva Peninsula, in the Tidewater, in the Chesapeake Bay Region, and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America,
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the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: World War II Memorial (here, next to this marker); Brvt. Brig. General William Jackson Palmer Memorial (here, next to this marker); Vietnam War Memorial (here, next to this marker); World War Memorial (here, next to this marker); 1st Lt. Henry Coursey Lewis, Jr. Memorial (here, next to this marker); Armed Forces Memorial (here, next to this marker); Captain Samuel Turbutt Wright (here, next to this marker); Honor • Valor • WWI • WWII • Korea • Vietnam (here, next to this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Centreville.
 
Korean War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), October 11, 2026
2. Korean War Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on October 11, 2026. It was originally submitted on October 11, 2026, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 2 times since then. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on October 11, 2026, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
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Oct. 14, 2026