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Barren County World War I Monument

 
 
Inscription on Barren County World War I Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Duane Hall, August 9, 2015
1. Inscription on Barren County World War I Monument
Inscription. This monument has been erected to the lasting memory of those men and women of Barren County who answered the call of their country in the Great War 1917-1918

Dedicated Nov. 11, 1988
 
Erected 1988.
 
Topics. This monument and memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World I.
 
Location. 36° 59.719′ N, 85° 54.799′ W. Monument is in Glasgow, Kentucky, in Barren County. It can be reached from the intersection of Washington Street and S. Race Street, on the right when traveling east. Marker is located in Beulah C. Nunn Park at the south corner of the intersection. Touch for map. Monument is in this post office area: Glasgow KY 42141, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial monument is in Kentucky’s Mammoth Cave Country and in the 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 walking distance of this marker: In Memory of Our Veterans (here, next to this marker); Billy Vaughn (here, next to this marker); Luska Joseph Twyman (here, next to this marker); Willa Brown Chappell (within shouting distance of this marker); Nettie B.C. Depp (within shouting distance of this marker); Confederate Congressional Medal of Honour / Barren County CSA Medalists (within shouting distance of this marker); Christmas Mishap
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(within shouting distance of this marker); Barren County Purple Heart Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Glasgow.
 
Barren County World War I Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Duane Hall, August 9, 2015
2. Barren County World War I Monument
Barren County World War I Monument<br>in Beulah C. Nunn Park image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Duane Hall, August 9, 2015
3. Barren County World War I Monument
in Beulah C. Nunn Park
Back Sides of Markers in Beulah C. Nunn Park image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Duane Hall, August 9, 2015
4. Back Sides of Markers in Beulah C. Nunn Park
View to north towards intersection
of Race Street and Washington Street
Beulah C. Nunn Park image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Duane Hall, August 9, 2015
5. Beulah C. Nunn Park
View to southeast
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on September 3, 2015, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas. This page has been viewed 533 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on September 3, 2015, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas.
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