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Poughkeepsie Vietnam Veterans Memorial

 
 
Poughkeepsie Vietnam Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, November 2, 2010
1. Poughkeepsie Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Inscription.
Now the trumpet summons us again – not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need, not as a call to battle, though embattled we are; but a call to bear the burden of a long twilight struggle, year in and year out, "rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation," a struggle against the common enemies of man: tyranny, poverty, disease and war itself.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy

City of Poughkeepsie
Servicemen Killed In
The Republic Of South Viet-Nam
Gannon, Gerald W.   2-19-67
Burns, James P.   6-5-67
Long, Patrick E.   11-16-67
Hoag, Paul R., Jr.   5-13-68
Johnson, Herbert B.   7-5-68
McKinney, Richard H.   7-30-68
Hurlihe, Richard R.   2-15-69
Frye, John R.   7-10-69

 
Topics and series. This historical marker and memorial is listed in this topic list: War, Vietnam. In addition, it is included in the Former U.S. Presidents: #35 John F. Kennedy series list.
 
Location. 41° 42.351′ N, 73° 55.704′ W. Marker is in Poughkeepsie, New York, in Dutchess County. It is on Market Street near East-West Arterial (New York State Route 55), on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 67 Civic Center Plaza, Poughkeepsie NY 12601, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker and memorial is in Upstate New York and in the Hudson Valley. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

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8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Cristoforo Colombo (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); City Downtown (about 400 feet away); Van Kleeck House Site (about 500 feet away); United States Post Office Poughkeepsie New York (about 600 feet away); World War II Memorial (about 600 feet away); Vassar Residence (about 700 feet away); Constitution Ratification Site (about 700 feet away); Second Baptist Church (about 700 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Poughkeepsie.
 
Poughkeepsie Vietnam Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, November 2, 2010
2. Poughkeepsie Vietnam Veterans Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on July 12, 2018. It was originally submitted on November 9, 2010, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut. This page has been viewed 1,231 times since then and 8 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on November 9, 2010, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.
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