Billings in Christian County, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
Honoring our Veterans
Photographed by Mary Thurman, February 4, 2013
1. Honoring our Veterans Marker
Billings City Park
Honoring Our Veterans
Billings Memorial
Erected 2004 by Billings VFW 5686 and Ladies Auxiliary.
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
Location. 37° 3.472′ N, 93° 33.301′ W. Memorial is in Billings, Missouri, in Christian County. It is at the intersection of Pine Street and West Howard Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Pine Street. This memorial is located at the Billings City Park. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Billings MO 65610, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Southwest Missouri and in Greater Springfield. 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 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: The Battle of Dug Springs (approx. 4.8 miles away); Armed Forces Memorial (approx. 6½ miles away); Butterfield Overland Mail in Missouri 1858-1861 (approx. 6.9 miles away); Missouri State Guard (approx. 8.2 miles away); Guibor's Battery (approx. 8.3 miles away); Action, Front! (approx. 8.4 miles away); Bloody Hill (approx. 8.4 miles away); Taking a Stand for Missouri (approx. 8.4 miles away).
More about this memorial. Each brick has the name of a soldier engraved.
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Photographed by Mary Thurman, February 4, 2013
2. Honoring our Veterans Marker
Photographed by Mary Thurman, February 4, 2013
3. Back side of Honoring our Veterans Marker
Photographed by Mary Thurman, February 4, 2013
4. Left end of Honoring our Veterans Marker
Photographed by Mary Thurman, February 4, 2013
5. Right end of Honoring our Veterans Marker
Photographed by Mary Thurman, February 4, 2013
6. Brick for Bobby Bunting
Served in Iraq/OIF with the photographer's spouse.
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on February 4, 2013, by Mary Thurman of Wheelerville,, Missouri. This page has been viewed 483 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on February 4, 2013, by Mary Thurman of Wheelerville,, Missouri. • Al Wolf was the editor who published this page.
