Near Belle Center in Logan County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Belle Center Spanish American War Memorial
Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, April 30, 2015
1. Belle Center Spanish American War Memorial
USS Maine
Destroyed in Havana Harbor
February 15th 1898
This tablet is cast from metal recovered from the USS Maine
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, Spanish-American. In addition, it is included in the U.S.S. Maine Memorial Markers series list.
Location. 40° 30.206′ N, 83° 43.79′ W. Memorial is near Belle Center, Ohio, in Logan County. It is at the intersection of Ohio Route 273 and County Road 107, on the left on Ohio Route 273. Marker is at the center of Fairview Cemetery, near Belle Center, Ohio VMS SURVEY 9973. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 2252 OH-273, Belle Center OH 43310, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Ohio’s Till Plains. It is also in the American Midwest and in the Corn Belt. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France, the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, and the Northwest Territory.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Belle Center War Memorial (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); LCPL Lewis E. Hughes II (approx. 0.9 miles away); Village Marshall Murray Griffin (approx. one mile away); Belle Center (approx. one mile away); Geneva College (approx. 2.2 miles away); Hull's Trail 1812 (approx. 3.1 miles away); Solomon Town (approx. 3.6 miles away); Rushsylvania School Bell (approx. 4.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Belle Center.
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More about this memorial. One of many throughout the country.
Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, April 30, 2015
2. Belle Center Spanish American War Memorial
Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, April 30, 2015
3. Belle Center Spanish American War Memorial
Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, April 30, 2015
4. Belle Center Spanish American War Memorial
Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, April 30, 2015
5. Belle Center Spanish American War Memorial in Fairview Cemetery
Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick,
6. Belle Center Spanish American War Memorial Marker
older style Spanish- American War flag holder.
A single piece, different from all the others.
Credits. This page was last revised on December 15, 2021. It was originally submitted on April 30, 2015, by Rev. Ronald Irick of West Liberty, Ohio. This page has been viewed 845 times since then and 21 times this year. Last updated on May 1, 2015, by J. Makali Bruton of Washington, District of Columbia. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on April 30, 2015, by Rev. Ronald Irick of West Liberty, Ohio. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
