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Sedalia in Pettis County, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
 

World War I Memorial

World War II, Korea, Vietnam

 
 
World War I Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 21, 2015
1. World War I Memorial
Inscription.

In Memory of Our
Glorious Dead

1917 - 1918

World War II

Korea

Vietnam

[Rolls of Honored Dead]


 
Erected by Pettis County American Legion Post No. 16.
 
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, KoreanWar, VietnamWar, World IWar, World II. In addition, it is included in the Spirit of the American Doughboy - E. M. Viquesney series list.
 
Location. 38° 42.44′ N, 93° 13.682′ W. Memorial is in Sedalia, Missouri, in Pettis County. It is on Ohio Avenue south of 4th Street, on the left when traveling south. Monument is on the county courthouse grounds. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 415 South Ohio Avenue, Sedalia MO 65301, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Missouri River Corridor. It is also in the American Midwest, in the Lewis & Clark Corridor, in the Corn Belt, and on the Santa Fe Trail Corridor. 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, the Louisiana Purchase, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: All American Veterans Memorial (here, next to this marker); Pettis County Veterans Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Pettis County Courthouse (a few steps from this marker); a different marker also named Pettis County Courthouse (a few steps from this marker); Pettis County Courthouse Memorial (within shouting
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distance of this marker); Replica of the Statue of Liberty (within shouting distance of this marker); War Dogs Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Vietnam War Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Sedalia.
 
Related marker. Click here for another marker that is related to this marker. Other Walter Rylander Copies of Viquesney's Doughboy Statue
 
Also see . . .  Rylander Copies of Viquesney Statues. (Submitted on July 8, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
 
World War I Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 21, 2015
2. World War I Memorial Marker
World War II Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 21, 2015
3. World War II Memorial Marker
World War II Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 21, 2015
4. World War II Memorial Marker
World War I, Korea, Vietnam Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 21, 2015
5. World War I, Korea, Vietnam Memorial Marker
World War I Memorial Statue image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 21, 2015
6. World War I Memorial Statue
World War I Memorial Statue Detail image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 21, 2015
7. World War I Memorial Statue Detail
World War I Memorial Statue Artist Mark image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 21, 2015
8. World War I Memorial Statue Artist Mark
Walter Rylander
Geodetic Survey Mark on World War I Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 21, 2015
9. Geodetic Survey Mark on World War I Memorial
World War I Memorial and statue image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mark Parker, July 6, 2024
10. World War I Memorial and statue
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on July 23, 2024. It was originally submitted on July 8, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 635 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. submitted on July 8, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.   10. submitted on July 19, 2024, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina.
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