Shannon Township in Atchison in Atchison County, Kansas — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Veterans Memorial

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 31, 2014

1. Veterans Memorial Marker

Inscription. In memory of our departed comrades

Erected by American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Military.

Location. 39° 32.198′ N, 95° 8.625′ W. Memorial is in Atchison, Kansas, in Atchison County. It is in Shannon Township. It can be reached from Rawlins Road. Monument is in Mount Vernon Cemetery, off Rawlins Road, south of 272nd Road. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 6958 Rawlins Rd, Atchison KS 66002, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Eastern Kansas. It is also in the American Midwest,

in the Lewis & Clark Corridor,

in the Corn Belt,

on the prairies,

and on the Southern Plains.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: John Alexander Martin (approx. ¼ mile away);

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Frank R. Firth (approx. ¼ mile away); Astronauts of the Shuttle Columbia (approx. 0.4 miles away); Atchison (approx. 1.4 miles away); Mount Saint Scholastica Monastery (approx. 1½ miles away); The Bridge Over 4th of July 1804 Creek (approx. 1.8 miles away); 4th of July, 1804 Creek (approx. 1.8 miles away); Birthplace of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company (approx. 1.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Atchison.

Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 31, 2014

2. Veterans Memorial

Looking south

Credits. This page was last revised on September 1, 2020. It was originally submitted on October 7, 2014, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 480 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 7, 2014, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.