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Gibson in Glascock County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)
 

Glascock County Veterans Monument

 
 
Glascock County Veterans Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brian Scott, August 26, 2015
1. Glascock County Veterans Monument
Inscription.
Honoring those
of
Glascock County
who served
their country
in time of war
[Flag]
These made the
Supreme Sacrifice

Buford Bell
Glenn Brooks
Math Lewis English
Mike Allen Griswell
Hoyt Hadden
Hardwick Jordan
Ozie Lamb
Robert McNeal
Lonnie March
Cleon Neal
Joyce Parrish
Paul Sammons
Van Buren Sammons
Ray Sheppard
Lewis Thompson
Roger Thompson
William E. Walliford, Jr.
Larry N. Lamb

 
Erected 1952 by American Legion Post 231.
 
Topics. This monument and memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 33° 13.983′ N, 82° 35.683′ W. Monument is in Gibson, Georgia, in Glascock County. It is on East Main Street (State Highway 102), on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Monument is at or near this postal address: 62 East Main Street, Gibson GA 30810, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial monument is in Georgia’s Piedmont. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Deep South. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, 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, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 10 other markers are within 12 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Glascock County (within shouting distance of this marker); Glascock County National Bicentennial Monument (within shouting distance of this marker); Calvin Logue Monument (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct
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line); Dr. Alexander Avera (approx. 4.8 miles away); Col. Robert M. Mitchell (approx. 6.3 miles away); Beall Springs (approx. 8.8 miles away); Shoals on the Ogeechee (approx. 9.4 miles away); Sylvan Grove (approx. 9½ miles away); The March to the Sea (approx. 10½ miles away); Jewell Historic District (approx. 11.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Gibson.
 
Glascock County Veterans Monument - Top Portion image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brian Scott, August 26, 2015
2. Glascock County Veterans Monument - Top Portion
Glascock County Veterans Monument - List of Names image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brian Scott, August 26, 2015
3. Glascock County Veterans Monument - List of Names
Glascock County Veterans Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brian Scott, August 26, 2015
4. Glascock County Veterans Monument
Glascock County Veterans Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brian Scott, August 26, 2015
5. Glascock County Veterans Monument
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on November 12, 2015, by Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 610 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on November 12, 2015, by Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina.
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