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Honoring the Over 100 Dispossessed Families

 
 
Honoring the Over 100 Dispossessed Families Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Yugoboy, October 13, 2012
1. Honoring the Over 100 Dispossessed Families Marker
Inscription. Who gave up their family homesteads for the Seneca Ordnance Depot & Sampson Naval Station 1941 & 1942
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: AgricultureWar, World II. A significant historical year for this entry is 1941.
 
Location. 42° 43.784′ N, 76° 53.478′ W. Marker is in Romulus, New York, in Seneca County. It is at the intersection of State Route 96A (New York State Route 96A) and Smith Vineyard Road on State Route 96A. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Romulus NY 14541, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York, specifically in Western New York, and in the Finger Lakes. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. 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 Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, New Netherland, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: U. S. Naval Training Station & Center 1942-1946 (within shouting distance of this marker); U.S. Air Force Training Base (within shouting distance of this marker); William Watts Folwell (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Sampson State Park Experience (about 600 feet away); Jets Go To War (approx. 0.7 miles away); Anchors Aweigh (approx. Ύ mile away); Portal to Air Power (approx. Ύ mile away); Sampson Air Force Base Veterans Memorial (approx. Ύ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Romulus.
 
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Honoring the Over 100 Dispossessed Families Marker approach from the north image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Yugoboy, October 13, 2012
2. Honoring the Over 100 Dispossessed Families Marker approach from the north
Honoring the Over 100 Dispossessed Families Marker approach from the south image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Yugoboy, October 13, 2012
3. Honoring the Over 100 Dispossessed Families Marker approach from the south
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on July 30, 2016. It was originally submitted on June 17, 2013, by Yugoboy of Rochester, New York. This page has been viewed 960 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on June 17, 2013, by Yugoboy of Rochester, New York. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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