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Lawrence County Veterans Memorial

 
 
Lawrence County Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., February 12, 2011
1. Lawrence County Veterans Memorial
Inscription.

In honor of veterans
from Lawrence County
who served in the
defense of our country

Dedicated July 4, 1987
200th Anniversary of the
United States Constitution

 
Erected 1987 by Lawrence County American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars Posts.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Fraternal or Sororal OrganizationsPatriots & Patriotism.
 
Location. 37° 5.64′ N, 93° 49.012′ W. Memorial is in Mount Vernon, Missouri, in Lawrence County. It is on Sloan Avenue near Lynn Street, on the right when traveling west. Memorial is in Wynne Park. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 326 Sloan Avenue, Mount Vernon MO 65712, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Southwest Missouri. It is also in the American Ozarks, 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 11 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: The Ozark Trail (approx. one mile away); Spencer Station, Spencer, Missouri (approx. 8.9 miles away); World War I Memorial (approx. 9.4 miles away); Lawrence County (approx. 9.4 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 9.9 miles away); Gary's Gay Parita, Gay Parita, Missouri (approx.
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10.3 miles away); Civil War Marker (approx. 10.3 miles away); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. 11 miles away).
 
Lawrence County Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., February 12, 2011
2. Lawrence County Veterans Memorial
Mount Vernon Boulevard (Missouri Route 39) in background.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on November 22, 2024. It was originally submitted on June 2, 2011, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 681 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on June 2, 2011, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
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Jun. 11, 2026