Veterans Memorial, Fulton, MO
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YoSam.
N 38° 50.667 W 091° 56.868
15S E 591312 N 4300041
Original placed for WWI memorial was melted down during WWII metal drives. This weapon was placed near the original site.
Waymark Code: WM4HNG
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 08/27/2008
Views: 21
County of Memorial: Callaway County.
Location of Memorial: 2nd St. & Court St., Fulton.
Monument Text:
This gun is place here, in honor of the Callaway men and women who served their country in all its wars.
Type of Memorial: Non-Specific Memorial
In Honor Of: The Callaway Men and Women Who Served Their Country in All its wars.
Marker Text:
see above.
Date of dedication: May 26, 1997.
Who Put it Here?: Callaway V.F.W. Post #2657 and the City of Fulton.
Description of Memorial:
Large circular concrete pad painted in the center with a red star and a powder blue border. Towards the street is a small stone build platform for the marble marker of the memorial.
Just to the right of this memorial is the original World War I Memorial Park. The columns of which still stand but no longer are the entrance to the park. In the centerfield area of the existing baseball field you can discern a large circle indent in the ground where the original WWI artillery piece was mounted. The park has been re-organized and the WWI columns are left off to the side and out of the way.
Wars mentioned (Multi-war only): Not listed
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