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Owings Mills in Baltimore County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Maryland State Veterans Cemetery

Garrison Forest Baltimore County

— Bell Tower Carillon —

 
 
Maryland State Veterans Cemetery Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Don Morfe, July 17, 2008
1. Maryland State Veterans Cemetery Marker
Inscription. In recognition of the 50th anniversary of America’s entry into World War II, December 7, 1941, this bell tower carillon is dedicated in memory of all Maryland veterans and to those who made the supreme sacrifice while serving in the Armed Forces of the United States of America.
 
Erected 1991.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II.
 
Location. 39° 26.412′ N, 76° 45.996′ W. Memorial is in Owings Mills, Maryland, in Baltimore County. It is on Garrison Forest Road. This marker is inside the cemetery near the entrance. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Owings Mills MD 21117, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Central Maryland. It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic and in the Chesapeake Bay Region. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Lieutenant Milton Ernest Ricketts Memorial (here, next to this marker); Veterans Memorial at Maryland State Veterans Cemetery-Garrison Forest (a few steps from this marker); VFW War Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); World War I Memorial (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Jewish Armed Forces Memorial (approx. 0.6 miles away); Hodgepodge Lodge for a New Generation (approx. 0.6 miles away); Gwynnbrook State Farm No. 1
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(approx. 0.8 miles away); In Memory of William Maxwell Wood, MD (approx. 1.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Owings Mills.
 
Maryland State Veterans Cemetery Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Don Morfe, July 17, 2008
2. Maryland State Veterans Cemetery Marker
Bell Tower Carillon is in the background of the photo.
Bell Tower Carillon-close up image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Don Morfe, October 28, 2017
3. Bell Tower Carillon-close up
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on November 2, 2017. It was originally submitted on January 26, 2013, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 584 times since then and 6 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on January 26, 2013, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland.   3. submitted on October 30, 2017, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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