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Great Wars of World Conflict

 
 
Great Wars of World Conflict Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by F. Robby, December 8, 2007
1. Great Wars of World Conflict Marker
Inscription. Dedicated in honor of the men and women from Caroline County who served their country during the great wars of world conflict.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 38° 53.208′ N, 75° 50.026′ W. Memorial is in Denton, Maryland, in Caroline County. It is at the intersection of Market Street and 1st Street, on the left when traveling east on Market Street. Marker is about 100 feet east of intersection, on the lawn of the Caroline County Courthouse. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Denton MD 21629, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is on the Eastern Shore. It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic, on the Delmarva Peninsula, and in the Tidewater. 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 one of the original Thirteen Colonies and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: President Roosevelt's Speech (within shouting distance of this marker); On this spot Sept. 5, 1938 stood Franklin Delano Roosevelt (within shouting distance of this marker); Caroline Court House (within shouting distance of this marker); Thomas Carney (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Caroline Courthouse (about 300 feet away); Emancipation's Close Call (about 300 feet away); War Along the Chesapeake (about 500 feet away); Two Neighbors * Two Governors * Two States (about 600 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Denton.
 
Other markers no longer nearby. Revolution or Fraud? (was about 400 feet away but
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has been replaced with another marker now near it); John Wilkes Booth (was about 500 feet away but has been replaced with another marker now near it); Maryland's Eastern Shore (was about 500 feet away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).
 
Caroline County Courthouse image. Click for full size.
Photographed by F. Robby, December 8, 2007
2. Caroline County Courthouse
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on January 10, 2020. It was originally submitted on January 5, 2008, by F. Robby of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 1,673 times since then and 9 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on January 5, 2008, by F. Robby of Baltimore, Maryland.
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