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Town of Holland Veterans Memorial

 
 
Town of Holland Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, July 24, 2014
1. Town of Holland Veterans Memorial
The memorial splits Legion Drive into a loop.
Inscription.
front of stone
In Memory and honor of those men and women of this community who served their country when duty called.

top of stone
Holland area residents who gave their lives while serving their country.
 
Erected 1985 by Frank H. Brink Post #607, Inc. American Legion.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 42° 38.834′ N, 78° 32.645′ W. Memorial is in Holland, New York, in Erie County. It is on Legion Drive 0.1 miles west of Canada Street. War memorial is located at the Legion Drive loop split, Holland Veterans Memorial Town Park. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Holland NY 14080, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Upstate New York, specifically in Western New York, and in the Buffalo Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American Northeast, on the Great Lakes, 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

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the Viceroyalty of New France, the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, New Netherland, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: 57 MM Anti-Tank Gun of World War II (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Site of First Grist Mill (approx. 0.6 miles away); A Tribute to Those Who Served (approx. 0.6 miles away); "Fort Humphrey" (approx. 2.4 miles away); Wales Memorial Building and Park (approx. 4.7 miles away); Java School No.1 (approx. 5.8 miles away); Former School (approx. 6.1 miles away); Stryker Willow (approx. 6.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Holland.
 
Town of Holland Veterans Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, July 24, 2014
2. Town of Holland Veterans Memorial Marker
From right split of Legion Drive.
Town of Holland Veterans Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, July 24, 2014
3. Town of Holland Veterans Memorial Marker
On front of stone.
Town of Holland Veterans Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, July 24, 2014
4. Town of Holland Veterans Memorial Marker
On top of stone.
Town of Holland Veterans Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, July 24, 2014
5. Town of Holland Veterans Memorial Marker
Front left: Revolution, War of 1812, Civil War, World War I.
Town of Holland Veterans Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, July 24, 2014
6. Town of Holland Veterans Memorial Marker
Front center: World War II.
Town of Holland Veterans Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, July 24, 2014
7. Town of Holland Veterans Memorial Marker
Front right: World War II continued.
Town of Holland Veterans Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, July 24, 2014
8. Town of Holland Veterans Memorial Marker
Rear of Memorial. The stand-alone rectangular stone is blank. Names continue on this side of the three abutting stones.
Town of Holland Veterans Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, July 24, 2014
9. Town of Holland Veterans Memorial Marker
Rear left: Korea.
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Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, July 24, 2014
10. Town of Holland Veterans Memorial Marker
Rear center: Vietnam.
Town of Holland Veterans Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, July 24, 2014
11. Town of Holland Veterans Memorial Marker
Rear right: Persian Gulf, Peacetime.
Town of Holland Veterans Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, July 24, 2014
12. Town of Holland Veterans Memorial Marker
Park entrance sign and Memorial in background.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on August 9, 2014, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York. This page has been viewed 572 times since then and 33 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. submitted on August 9, 2014, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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