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Stratford Veterans Memorial

 
 
Stratford Veterans Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Ruth VanSteenwyk, September 26, 2015
1. Stratford Veterans Memorial Marker
Inscription.
"Lest We Forget"
Dedicated to all the Veterans of the United States of America and to those who will come after us for their Service to God and Country
 
Erected by Stratford American Legion Post #207.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 45° 18.959′ N, 98° 18.461′ W. Memorial is in Stratford, South Dakota, in Brown County. It is on Randell Street 0.2 miles west of Railway Street, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Stratford SD 57474, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in East River and specifically in the James River Valley. It is also in the American Midwest, in the Lewis & Clark Corridor, in the Corn Belt, on the prairies, and on the Northern Plains. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once Rupert’s Land and also the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 13 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Oakwood Post (approx. 0.2 miles away); Bath, South Dakota (approx. 10.4 miles away); James Kretchman (approx. 11.3 miles away); Albert D. Sahli (approx. 11.3 miles away); Donald S. Reshetar (approx. 11.3 miles away); Clark Swisher (approx. 11.3 miles away); Swisher Field (approx. 11.3 miles away); F.W. Sallet and the Dakota Freie Presse (approx. 12.2 miles away).
 
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Stratford Veterans Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Ruth VanSteenwyk, September 26, 2015
2. Stratford Veterans Memorial Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on November 20, 2015, by Ruth VanSteenwyk of Aberdeen, South Dakota. This page has been viewed 315 times since then and 5 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on November 20, 2015, by Ruth VanSteenwyk of Aberdeen, South Dakota. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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Jun. 27, 2026