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Veterans Memorial

 
 
Veterans Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 10, 2012
1. Veterans Memorial Marker
Inscription.
Dedicated in honor of all who
served in the Armed Forces

We must always remember it is
because of their sacrifices
that we enjoy our freedom today
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This monument is dedicated
to those who served
our country by the
people of Wavery, Kansas
May 27, 2002


 
Erected 2002 by the People of Waverly, Kansas.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 38° 23.33′ N, 95° 35.95′ W. Memorial is in Waverly, Kansas, in Coffey County. It is on Pearson Avenue 0.1 miles south of 1st Street (Kansas Highway 31), on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: Waverly Park, Waverly KS 66871, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Eastern Kansas. It is also in the American Midwest, in the Corn Belt, on the prairies, and on the Southern Plains. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 16 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Olive Ann Mellor Beech (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); J. W. Dick-Peddie (approx. 8.4 miles away); Melvern Community Veterans Memorial (approx. 8½ miles away); Melvern Civil War Tribute (approx. 9.9 miles away); Civil War Memorial
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(approx. 14.4 miles away); Lieut. William Fitzsimons (approx. 14.8 miles away); Marion Ellett "Most Easy" Budd (approx. 15.2 miles away); Burlington, Kansas (approx. 15.3 miles away).
 
Veterans Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 10, 2012
2. Veterans Memorial Marker
At base of flag pole
Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 10, 2012
3. Veterans Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on September 2, 2020. It was originally submitted on October 4, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 361 times since then and 9 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on October 5, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
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