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Veterans Memorial DeKalb County Tennessee

 
 
Veterans Memorial DeKalb County Tennessee Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Don Morfe, April 18, 2014
1. Veterans Memorial DeKalb County Tennessee Marker
Inscription. May the sun of righteousness shining on the American Flag glorify the sacrifice and hold in grateful remembrance the Thousands of our sons and daughters who suffered for our freedom.
 
Erected 1986 by Smithville Rotary-Rotary International.
 
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military. In addition, it is included in the Rotary International series list.
 
Location. 35° 57.642′ N, 85° 48.786′ W. Memorial is in Smithville, Tennessee, in Dekalb County. It is on Market Street. The marker is located on the grounds of the DeKalb County Courthouse. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Smithville TN 37166, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Middle Tennessee and in the Highland Rim. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Upper South. 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, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: DeKalb County in the Civil War (a few steps from this marker); Darrin Vincent (a few steps from this marker); DeKalb County Confederate Monument (a few steps from this marker); Dekalb County (a few steps from this marker); Evins' Old Mill (approx. 1½ miles away); Beckwith Inn (approx. 2.7 miles away); Battle of Snow Hill (approx. 7.1 miles away); Dunham Cemetery Trail (approx. 8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Smithville.
 
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Veterans Memorial DeKalb County Courthouse image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Don Morfe, April 18, 2014
2. Veterans Memorial DeKalb County Courthouse
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on June 10, 2014, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 812 times since then and 26 times this year. Last updated on July 31, 2014, by Deanna Lack of Sparta, Tennessee. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on June 10, 2014, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Al Wolf was the editor who published this page.
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