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Veterans Memorial

 
 
Veterans Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., January 15, 2012
1. Veterans Memorial Marker
Inscription.

Donated to
City of Grayville
and dedicated to
The Veterans of All Wars

September 1969

 
Erected 1969 by James M. Helm American Legion Post No. 696.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & PatriotismWar, KoreanWar, VietnamWar, World II.
 
Location. 38° 15.451′ N, 87° 59.608′ W. Memorial is in Grayville, Illinois, in White County. It is at the intersection of Main Street and North Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Grayville IL 62844, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Southern Illinois — Little Egypt, in the Tri-State Region, and in the Wabash Valley. It is also in the American Midwest, in the Ohio River Valley, and in the Corn Belt. 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 Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: James Gray's Stables and Slave Quarters (here, next to this marker); Vincennes to Shawneetown Stage Coach Line (within shouting distance of this marker); "Empire Corner" (within shouting distance of this marker); Mike Smith's Saloon (within shouting distance of this marker); Gray Opera House (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Gray Mansion (approx. 0.2 miles away); Thomasanne Payne Home Site
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(approx. 0.2 miles away); Present Site of The Gray Family Cemetery (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Grayville.
 
Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., January 15, 2012
2. Veterans Memorial
Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., January 15, 2012
3. Veterans Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on December 13, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 624 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on December 13, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
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