LaGrange in Oldham County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)

Veterans Memorial

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., January 20, 2012

1. Veterans Memorial Marker

Inscription.

"Those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to win them."
Franklin D. Roosevelt

Dedicated 5-25-1992 by the V.F.W.
Maintained by the Memorial Fund
Partner with LaGrange Rotary Club

Erected 1992 by LaGrange Rotary Club and Concerned Citizens and Organizations.

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & Patriotism • War, Korean • War, Vietnam • War, World II. In addition, it is included in the Former U.S. Presidents: #32 Franklin D. Roosevelt, and the Rotary International series lists.

Location. 38° 24.462′ N, 85° 22.746′ W. Memorial is in LaGrange, Kentucky, in Oldham County. It is at the intersection of Main Street and 1st Avenue (Kentucky Route 53), on the right when traveling west on Main Street. Marker is near the southeast corner of the Oldham County Courthouse grounds. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 100 West Jefferson Street, Alexandria OH 43001, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Greater Louisville Area.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

and in the Ohio River Valley.

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 walking distance of this marker: Colonel William Oldham (within shouting distance of this marker); William Berry Taylor of Spring Hill (within shouting

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distance of this marker); 104 East Main Street (within shouting distance of this marker); Funk Seminary Site (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); James and Amanda Mount Home / J.C. Barnett Library and Archives (about 400 feet away); Oldham County, 1824 (about 400 feet away); Oldham County History Center (about 400 feet away); a different marker also named Oldham County History Center (about 400 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in LaGrange.

Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., January 20, 2012

2. Veterans Memorial

Oldham County Courthouse in background

Credits. This page was last revised on September 18, 2020. It was originally submitted on December 16, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 836 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 16, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.