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

Cooper County World War Memorial

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

1. Cooper County World War Memorial

Inscription.
They died that Freedom might
not perish from the Earth
1917-1919
Stanley Ira Bell • Oscar H. Bishop
Merritt H. Boswell • Mack L. Blackstone
William O. Diel • John Edwards
Sidney E. Emery • Harry English
Lon S. Fairfax • Richard Wm. Haller
Emmett W. Hamilton • George C. Harlan
Ephraim Harmon • William K. Johns
Charles E. Jones • Albert F. Junkerman
J. Leonard Larry • Walter T. Langkop
Henry R. Meyer • Leroy F. Miller
Otto Roertner • Roy W. Redd
Jesse Reed • C. C. Richardson
James Ross • Joe Smallwood
Perry L. Smith • Walker Spry
Leonard Thoma • George E. Taylor
J. L. Windsor • George Klein
Emmett F. McRoberts

Eagle Head Restoration Rededication
November 11, 2009

Sabra Tull Meyer, Sculptor

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World I.

Location. 38° 58.647′ N, 92° 44.651′ W. Memorial is in Boonville, Missouri, in Cooper County. It is at the intersection of Main Street (Missouri Route 5/87) and High Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street. Monument is on the northwest grounds of the county courthouse. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 200 Main Street, Boonville MO 65233, 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.

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At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Vietnam War Memorial Bench (a few steps from this marker); Cooper County Korea - Vietnam War Memorial (a few steps from this marker); World War II Memorial Bench (a few steps from this marker); Capture of Boonville (a few steps from this marker); Replica of the Statue of Liberty (within shouting distance of this marker); Boonville Veterans Memorial (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); David Barton (about 300 feet away); James Milton Turner (about 300 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Boonville.

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

2. Cooper County World War Memorial

Looking north, with Hotel Frederick in background.

Cooper County World War Memorial Detail image. Click for full size.

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

3. Cooper County World War Memorial Detail

Cooper County World War Memorial Restoration image. Click for full size.

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

4. Cooper County World War Memorial Restoration

Credits. This page was last revised on December 16, 2020. It was originally submitted on August 8, 2011, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 845 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on August 8, 2011, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.