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World War II Memorial Center

 
 
World War II Monument Center Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mark Hilton, January 8, 2014
1. World War II Monument Center Marker
Inscription.
A Recreation Center
for
Millbrook, Robinson Springs, and Coosada
Memorial Center
Dedicated as a living memorial to the boys
who lost their lives in the service of their
country during World War II
1941 — 1945

Frank Hilliard Blakey • Calvin James Cobb, Jr. • Perry Adolphus Dunn, Jr. • Robert Edward Gilliam • Charles Edward Gravely • Albert Edward Gresham • Leonard Daniel Gunnells • Albert Holt Price • Thomas H. (Nick) Reid • Rush Spencer Wells, Jr.

and to
Mary Sue Berry Cobb
For her faithful and loving community service.
Sponsored by: Millbrook Civic Club, Millbrook Men’s Club, Victory Club
Land donated by: Children of Hines Holt Hall, Sr.

 
Erected by The Millbrook Civic Club, Millbrook Men's Club and Victory Club.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II.
 
Location. 32° 28.611′ N, 86° 21.78′ W. Memorial is in Millbrook, Alabama, in Elmore County. It is on Grandview Road 0.1 miles west of Main Street (Alabama Route 143), on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 3650 Grandview
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Drive, Millbrook AL 36054, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Alabama’s Tri-Counties River Region. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Deep South. Globally, it is in 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: William Wyatt Bibb (approx. 0.2 miles away); a different marker also named William Wyatt Bibb (approx. 2.1 miles away); Rocky Mount Cemetery (approx. 2.1 miles away); Robinson Springs Camp Confederate Monument (approx. 2.7 miles away); Robinson Springs Neighborhood (approx. 2.7 miles away); Robinson Springs United Methodist Church (approx. 2.8 miles away); Alexander McKeithen Family Cemetery (approx. 2.9 miles away); Pratt Gin Factory (approx. 5.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Millbrook.
 
WW II Monument Area image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mark Hilton, January 8, 2014
2. WW II Monument Area
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 28, 2016. It was originally submitted on January 8, 2014, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 1,039 times since then and 61 times this year. Last updated on May 25, 2015, by J. Makali Bruton of Washington, District of Columbia. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on January 8, 2014, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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