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Kenosha Veterans Memorial

 
 
Kenosha Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 4, 2010
1. Kenosha Veterans Memorial
Inscription.

For God and Country
Dedicated
in grateful tribute to
those who served in the
Armed Forces of the
United States

"Greater love hath
no man than this.
That a man lay
down his life
for his friends"
John 15:13

Duties are ours
Events are God's

May 30, 1955

 
Erected 1955 by Citizens of Kenosha.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & PatriotismWar, KoreanWar, World IWar, World II.
 
Location. 42° 34.326′ N, 87° 49.173′ W. Memorial is in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in Kenosha County. It can be reached from 7th Avenue. Monument is in Green Ridge Cemetery. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 6604 7th Avenue, Kenosha WI 53143, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Southeast Wisconsin and in Greater Milwaukee. It is also in the American Midwest, on the Great Lakes, and in the Corn Belt. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture and also the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Lovell G.A.R. Post 230 Civil War Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Revolutionary War Veterans (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Colonel Michael Frank (about 700 feet away); John McCaffery Burial Site (about 700 feet away); John Bullen (approx. 0.2
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miles away); Kemper Hall (approx. 0.3 miles away); Charles Durkee Mansion (approx. 0.4 miles away); Birthplace of Orson Welles (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Kenosha.
 
Kenosha Veterans Memorial Dedication image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 4, 2010
2. Kenosha Veterans Memorial Dedication
Kenosha Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 4, 2010
3. Kenosha Veterans Memorial
Kenosha Veterans Memorial Committee image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 4, 2010
4. Kenosha Veterans Memorial Committee
On back of memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on November 21, 2010, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 869 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on November 21, 2010, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
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