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Fountain Run World War I & World War II Memorial

 
 
Fountain Run World War I & World War II Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Chad Comer, January 19, 2015
1. Fountain Run World War I & World War II Memorial Marker
Inscription. Erected by community of Fountain Run sponsored by Womans Club.

In honor of all who served and dedicated to the memory of those who made the supreme sacrifice.

World War I
1917 - 1918

John T. Bertram

World War II
1941 - 1945

Charles H. Farley
Ray W. Hagan
Jessie M. Isenberg
Reuben Jones
Elmer Jordon
Cantrill B. Meador
Cleadeth Wheet
Joe H. Wheet

 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, World IWar, World II.
 
Location. 36° 43.376′ N, 85° 58.025′ W. Memorial is in Fountain Run, Kentucky, in Monroe County. It is on Highway 87 (Main Street), on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 369 State Highway 87, Fountain Run KY 42133, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Kentucky’s Pennyroyal Region. 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 and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 11 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Daniel Boone Was Here (approx. 4.4 miles away); Pikesville (approx. 4.4 miles away); Fraim Cemetery (approx. 5 miles away); Famous Tree / Indian Creek Church (approx. 5.2 miles away); Camp Anderson (approx. 6.2 miles away); Free-Town Church
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(approx. 9.9 miles away); Approximate Site of Civil War Skirmish (approx. 10 miles away in Tennessee); Gamaliel Cemetery (approx. 10.9 miles away).
 
World War I image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Chad Comer, January 19, 2015
2. World War I
World War II image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Chad Comer, January 19, 2015
3. World War II
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on January 19, 2015, by Chad Comer of Gamaliel, Kentucky. This page has been viewed 723 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on January 19, 2015, by Chad Comer of Gamaliel, Kentucky. • Al Wolf was the editor who published this page.
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