Decatur in Morgan County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

World War One

World War I Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Sandra Hughes, August 8, 2009

1. World War I Marker

Inscription. In Memory of those who died for our country during
1917-18

John Alexander Jr.,Dorsey L. Baker, Fred S. Baker, Sam Black, James W. Bunch, Harkless Byrd, Joe Campbell, James L. Culpepper, William J. Eaton, Buford L. Flack, Owen Fowler, Claud M Graham, Charner L. Harp, Floyd Herbert, Florin Hodges, James Hopkins, Napoleon Jones, Solomon H. Kitchens, Willie D. Means, Gette Montgomery, William D. Moore, Francis Nunn, Thomas Parker, Virgil C. Parker, George E. Patterson, Will Patterson, James Pointer, William N. Pope, Alvin J. Prince, Arthur Riley, John W. Rose, Robert Scott, William G. Scott, James Smith, Walker Smith, Willie J. Staples, Frank R. Stockton, Robert Strong, John F. Thompson, Cephas B. Tucker, Weldon A. Turner, Hubert J. Walker, Stanley Walker, Marion Wiggins, Daniel W. Wilhite, Isaac B. Wohl, Will Woodruff, Gerald O. Wright, Garner B. Zebeedee

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

Location. 34° 36.439′ N, 86° 59.062′ W. Marker is in Decatur, Alabama, in Morgan County. It is on Line Street. Located at the Morgan County Law Library. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Decatur AL 35602, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Alabama.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the original Cherokee Nation,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Korean War (here, next to this marker); Decatur Vietnam War Monument

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(here, next to this marker); Morgan County Confederate Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); A County Older Than The State, Morgan County (within shouting distance of this marker); Morgan County World War II Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); "Scottsboro Boys" Case Landmark Decisions (within shouting distance of this marker); First Presbyterian Church (USA) (approx. ¼ mile away); First Baptist Church Decatur, Alabama (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Decatur.

Photographed by Sandra Hughes, August 8, 2009

2. World War I Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on October 11, 2011, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA. This page has been viewed 1,061 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 11, 2011, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.