Near Mission Creek in Wabaunsee County, Kansas — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Veterans Memorial

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

1. Veterans Memorial Marker

Inscription. Dedicated to the heroic defenders of American liberty and in cherished memory of those who rest forever in foreign lands

Erected 1970 by the American Legion.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Military.

Location. 38° 57.894′ N, 96° 0.32′ W. Memorial is near Mission Creek, Kansas, in Wabaunsee County. It is on State Highway 4, on the left when traveling east. Memorial is in Keene (Mission Creek) Cemetery. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Maple Hill KS 66507, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Eastern Kansas, in the Flint Hills,

and in Greater Topeka.

It is also in the American Midwest,

in the Corn Belt,

on the prairies,

and on the Southern Plains.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 7 other markers are within 13 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Historical Kansas

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(approx. 9 miles away); Bluestem in the Flint Hills / Beecher Bibles (approx. 9.1 miles away); Waugh Bank Building (approx. 9.1 miles away); First Section of Interstate Opened in United States (approx. 9.3 miles away); All Veterans Memorial (approx. 9.3 miles away); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. 12.2 miles away); Fort Leavenworth-Fort Riley Military Road (approx. 12.4 miles away).

Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.

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

2. Veterans Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on September 5, 2020. It was originally submitted on April 30, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 452 times since then and 8 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 30, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.