Blackwater in Cooper County, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Blackwater Veterans Memorial

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., April 11, 2011

1. Blackwater Veterans Memorial

Inscription. Dedicated to All Veterans
Past Present & Future

WWI • WWII • Vietnam

Harold Dean Waller • Vietnam
James Paul Barton • Vietnam
John Wesley Dial • World War II
Aubrey Embrey • World War II
Glenn Alley • World War II
Charles H. Schuster • World War II
Warner Schuster • World War II
Joe Smallwood • World War I
Albert Junkerman • World War I
Ralph E. Strickfaden • World War II

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Sergeant First Class
James Russell Harris (Ret)
In grateful recognition for his leadership in creation
of the Veterans Memorial in Blackwater, Missouri;
and in gratitude for his service to our nation and
his personal devotion to duty, honor, country.
Memorial Day
May 30, 2001

Donated by the 128th Field Artillery Regiment

Erected 2001.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, Vietnam • War, World I • War, World II.

Location. 38° 58.764′ N, 92° 59.542′ W. Memorial is in Blackwater, Missouri, in Cooper County. It is on Main Street (State Highway K) near Scott Avenue, on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Blackwater MO 65322, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Missouri River Corridor.

It is also in the American Midwest,

in the Lewis & Clark Corridor,

in the Corn Belt,

and on the Santa Fe Trail Corridor.

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 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Osage Chieftain (about 300 feet away, measured

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in a direct line); Sappington Cemetery State Historic Site (approx. 3.8 miles away); a different marker also named Sappington Cemetery State Historic Site (approx. 3.8 miles away); Enslavement to Freedom (approx. 3.9 miles away); Sappington African American Cemetery Burials (approx. 3.9 miles away); Segregation in Life and Death (approx. 3.9 miles away); Sappington Negro Cemetery (approx. 3.9 miles away); "Prairie Park" (approx. 4.3 miles away).

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., April 11, 2011

2. Blackwater Veterans Memorial

Blackwater Veterans Memorial Honor Roll image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., April 11, 2011

3. Blackwater Veterans Memorial Honor Roll

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., April 11, 2011

4. Blackwater Veterans Memorial Honor Roll

Blackwater Veterans Memorial Organizer image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., April 11, 2011

5. Blackwater Veterans Memorial Organizer

Blackwater Veterans Memorial Park image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., April 11, 2011

6. Blackwater Veterans Memorial Park

Credits. This page was last revised on December 16, 2020. It was originally submitted on July 3, 2011, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 972 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on July 4, 2011, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.