Veterans Memorial
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In Remembrance of those who have fallen but are not forgotten in the war on terrorism.
1LT Benjamin Colgan, 1973-2003
SSG James Douglas Mowris, 1966-2004
“We will not tire, we will not falter, we will not fail.” President George W. Bush, 2001
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
Location. 36° 58.382′ N, 93° 43.267′ W. Memorial is in Aurora, Missouri, in Lawrence County. It is on West Pleasant St,. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 2 West Pleasant St, Aurora MO 65605, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Southwest Missouri. It is also in the American Ozarks, in the Lewis & Clark Corridor, 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, the Louisiana Purchase, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 10 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Civil War Marker (approx. 0.4 miles away); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.3 miles away); World War I Memorial (approx. 4.3 miles away); Lawrence County (approx. 4.3 miles away); Smith Station (approx. 6 miles away); Butterfield Overland Mail in Missouri 1858-1861 (approx. 7.2 miles away); Mars Hill Cemetery Veterans Memorial (approx. 8½ miles away); The Ozark Trail (approx. 9.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Aurora.
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