High Springs in Alachua County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)
American Legion Veterans Memorial
Photographed by James R. Murray, March 27, 2015
1. American Legion Veterans Memorial (front)
(front)
those who served
in time of war
A mighty mother turns in tears
the pages of her battle years
lamenting all her Fallen sons
Erected by
Gordon Rimes Post 97
The American Legion
October 11, 1980
(back)
Oliver Marion Heidt
Gordan Rimes
World War II
James Paul Banks
Cordon Chappell
Norman Dear
James W. DeGraff
Grover W. McCall
Robert Gerald McDonell
Irving W. OSteen
John Sharp
W.H. Swilley, Jr.
Charles W. Smith
Joseph Pink Thompson
Samuel Topnge
James D. Westmoreland
Orman Rudolph Wimmer
Vietnam
Dale McComb
Erected 1980 by Gordon Rimes Post 97 The American Legion.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, Vietnam • War, World I • War, World II.
Location. 29° 49.665′ N, 82° 35.863′ W. Memorial is in High Springs, Florida, in Alachua County. It can be reached from State Route 20 (U.S. 27) near Northwest 1st Street, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 110 NW 1st Avenue, High Springs FL 32643, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in North Florida. It is also in the American South. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, 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 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: High Springs, Florida (within shouting distance of this marker); Railroading In High Springs (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Douglass High School
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Photographed by James R. Murray, March 27, 2015
2. American Legion Veterans Memorial (rear)
Photographed by James R. Murray, March 27, 2015
3. American Legion Veterans Memorial
Credits. This page was last revised on July 23, 2017. It was originally submitted on March 27, 2015, by James R. Murray of Elkton, Florida. This page has been viewed 787 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on March 27, 2015, by James R. Murray of Elkton, Florida. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
