Wright City in Warren County, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 10687 Veterans Memorial
Freedom Is Not Free
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., April 10, 2011
1. VFW Post 10687 Veterans Memorial
Erected 2006 by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 10687.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Military.
Location. 38° 49.925′ N, 91° 1.249′ W. Memorial is in Wright City, Missouri, in Warren County. It is on North Elm Street. Marker is in the Wright City Cemetery, on Elm Street, about 1000 feet north of its intersection with Interstate 70. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Wright City MO 63390, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in the Missouri River Corridor and in Greater St. Louis. 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 Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, the Louisiana Purchase, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Rodger Taylor's Tavern - 1816 (approx. 2.8 miles away); Some Gave All (approx. 7 miles away); Sanders Tavern - 1826 (approx. 7.1 miles away); Daniel Boone (approx. 7.1 miles away); Warren County All Veterans Memorial (approx. 7.1 miles away); Central Wesleyan College World War I Dedication Marker (approx. 7.6 miles away); Afghanistan and Iraq War Memorial (approx. 9 miles away); Wentzville Vietnam Veterans Memorial (approx. 9 miles away).
Also see . . . A Brief History of Wright City, Missouri. (Submitted on May 18, 2011, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
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Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., April 10, 2011
2. VFW Post 10687 Veterans Memorial (back)
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., April 10, 2011
3. VFW Post 10687 Veterans Memorial
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., April 10, 2011
4. Wright City Cemetery Entrance
Memorial and flagpole in center distance, in front of evergreen tree
Credits. This page was last revised on October 6, 2020. It was originally submitted on May 18, 2011, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 998 times since then and 7 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on May 18, 2011, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
