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God Bless America

September 11, 2001

— We Will Never Forget —

 
 
God Bless America Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Jamie Abel, May 29, 2013
1. God Bless America Marker
Inscription. In Memory & In Honor
of Those Who Serve And Protect Our Great Country

This memorial given by Frank Perkins, Cartersville Monument Co & Steve Owen, Owen Funeral Home

9-11-2003
 
Erected 2003.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: 9/11 AttacksMilitary.
 
Location. 34° 9.946′ N, 84° 47.75′ W. Memorial is in Cartersville, Georgia, in Bartow County. It is on South Public Square 0.1 miles south of West Cherokee Avenue, on the right. The monument is located at the south end of the former railroad depot, which today houses the city’s visitors bureau. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Cartersville GA 30120, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Georgia’s Mountains. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Deep South. 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 the original Cherokee Nation, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The Heart of the Chase (a few steps from this marker); Amos T. Akerman (a few steps from this marker); Warren Akin, Sr. (a few steps from this marker); Francis S. Bartow (a few steps from this marker); Chief Justice Robert Benham (a few steps from this marker); Farish Carter (a few steps from this marker); Mark A. Cooper (within shouting distance of this marker); Rebecca L. Felton (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cartersville.
 
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God Bless America Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Jamie Abel, May 29, 2013
2. God Bless America Marker
God Bless America Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Jamie Abel, May 29, 2013
3. God Bless America Marker
The monument sits against the south wall of a former railroad depot that today houses the city's visitors center.
God Bless America Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Jamie Abel, May 29, 2013
4. God Bless America Marker
Behind the monument, the old railroad depot, which had been the site of fighting during the Civil War, still sports bullet holes in the bricks.
God Bless America Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Jamie Abel, May 29, 2013
5. God Bless America Marker
The former railroad depot also features some of the original walls inside the visitors bureau office.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on March 8, 2019. It was originally submitted on June 10, 2013, by Jamie Abel of Westerville, Ohio. This page has been viewed 913 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on June 10, 2013, by Jamie Abel of Westerville, Ohio. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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