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Veterans of Foreign Wars

Fort Smallwood Post 2462

 
 
Veterans of Foreign Wars Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by F. Robby, July 6, 2008
1. Veterans of Foreign Wars Marker
Inscription.
Dedicate this monument Nov. 11, 1983

To all who made the supreme sacrifice.
To those of us who carry the wounds of war.
To those who's memories will live forever.
Let us with God's help never forget.
 
Erected 1983 by VFW, Fort Smallwood Post 2462.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 39° 8.623′ N, 76° 28.758′ W. Memorial is in Pasadena, Maryland, in Anne Arundel County. It can be reached from Bayside Beach Road 0.4 miles east of Fort Smallwood Road (Maryland Route 173), on the left when traveling east. Marker is about 500 feet up the driveway to the VFW building. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Pasadena MD 21122, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Maryland’s Baltimore Metro Region. It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic. 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 one of the original Thirteen Colonies and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Still on Patrol (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Fort Smallwood Park Flagpole (approx. 1.4 miles away); Bill Burton Fishing Pier (approx. 1.4 miles away); Fort Smallwood Park Memorial Grove (approx. 1.4 miles away); Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse (approx. 1½ miles away); Prime View (approx. 1.6 miles away); Fort Carroll Lighthouse (approx. 1.6 miles away); Observing the Enemy (approx. 1.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Pasadena.
 
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sectionhead>Other markers no longer nearby.
The History of Ft Smallwood Park (was approx. 1.3 miles away but has been permanently removed); a different marker also named The History of Ft Smallwood Park (was approx. 1.3 miles away but has been permanently removed); Preservation in Progress (was approx. 1.3 miles away but has been permanently removed).
 
Veterans of Foreign Wars Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by F. Robby, July 6, 2008
2. Veterans of Foreign Wars Marker
VFW Post 2462 image. Click for full size.
Photographed by F. Robby, July 6, 2008
3. VFW Post 2462
Marker is in the left foreground.
Still on Patrol Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by F. Robby, July 6, 2008
4. Still on Patrol Marker
This marker is at the start of the driveway for the VFW Post 2462, and reads: Still on Patrol. U.S. servicemen suffered heavy losses for victory in foreign wars. This anchor is dedicated to all U.S. servicemen - still on patrol - .
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on November 29, 2021. It was originally submitted on July 18, 2008, by F. Robby of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 1,286 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on July 18, 2008, by F. Robby of Baltimore, Maryland.
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