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Veterans Memorial

 
 
Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Keith L, June 19, 2013
1. Veterans Memorial
Inscription.
In Memory of Those Who
Served Our Country

 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 44° 24.754′ N, 91° 59.599′ W. Memorial is in Nelson, Wisconsin, in Buffalo County. It is on South Main Street (State Highway 35) 0.4 miles south of 1st Street, on the left when traveling south. Memorial is at Nelson Cemetery. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Nelson WI 54756, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Western Wisconsin. It is also in the American Midwest, on the Great Lakes, in the Corn Belt, in the Driftless Area — Bluff Country, and in the Great River Road Region. 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 and also the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Wapahasha I / Wapahasha II / Wapahasha III (approx. 2.7 miles away in Minnesota); The Bridge (approx. 2.7 miles away in Minnesota); Grace Memorial Episcopal Church (approx. 2.9 miles away in Minnesota); Minnesota Territory 1849-1858 / Wabasha County Takes Shape (approx. 2.9 miles away in Minnesota); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. 3.1 miles away in Minnesota); Beef Slough (approx. 4½ miles away); Lake Pepin (approx. 5.6 miles away in Minnesota); a different marker also named Lake Pepin (approx. 5.6 miles away in Minnesota).
 
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Flagpole at Cemetery image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Keith L, June 19, 2013
2. Flagpole at Cemetery
Nelson Cemetery image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Keith L, June 19, 2013
3. Nelson Cemetery
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on May 1, 2014, by Keith L of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. This page has been viewed 680 times since then and 8 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on May 1, 2014, by Keith L of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin.
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