Ashland in Boyd County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)
War Memorial
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 3, 2012
1. War Memorial
to the
men and women
who died
in the Armed Forces
of our country
Erected 1953 by Boyd County Chapter, American Gold Star Mothers, Inc.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & Patriotism • War, Korean • War, World I • War, World II.
Location. 38° 27.31′ N, 82° 40.29′ W. Memorial is in Ashland, Kentucky, in Boyd County. It is on 13th Street (U.S. 60), on the right when traveling south. Monument is near the entrance to Rose Hill Burial Park. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 3801 13th Street, Ashland KY 41102, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Kentucky’s Kyova Tri-State Region. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, in the Ohio River Valley, in Appalachia, and specifically in Southern Appalachia. 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 and also the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Putnam Stadium (approx. 1.2 miles away); Boyd County War Memorial (approx. 1½ miles away); Alexander Bagby House (approx. 2 miles away); Booker T. Washington School (approx. 2.1 miles away); Gov. Simeon Willis (approx. 2.2 miles away); Indian Mounds (approx. 2.2 miles away); 2018 Inductees (approx. 2.3 miles away); 2017 Inductees (approx. 2.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Ashland.
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Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 3, 2012
2. War Memorial
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on September 6, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 869 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 6, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
