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Sigourney in Keokuk County, Iowa — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
 

Veterans Memorial

 
 
Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 10, 2015
1. Veterans Memorial
Inscription.
This memorial is dedicated
to the men and women
of Keokuk County
who have served
their country

They counted not their
lives dear unto themselves


 
Erected by Leo R. Farmer American Legion Post No. 19.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 41° 20.014′ N, 92° 12.3′ W. Memorial is in Sigourney, Iowa, in Keokuk County. It is at the intersection of Main Street (State Highway 149) and Washington Street, on the left when traveling south on Main Street. Memorial is at the NW corner of the county courthouse grounds. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 101 South Main Street, Sigourney IA 52591, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Eastern Iowa. 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 territory of the Mississippian Culture and also the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 5 other markers
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are within 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Birthplace of Boys and Girls Rural Clubs (a few steps from this marker); Civil War Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Court of Keokuk County and Keokuk County Court House (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); What Cheer Freedom Rock Veterans Memorial (approx. 9.1 miles away); Opera House (approx. 9.1 miles away).
 
Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 10, 2015
2. Veterans Memorial
Keokuk County Courthouse in background
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on August 31, 2020. It was originally submitted on November 2, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 398 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on November 2, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
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Sep. 13, 2026