Memorial Flag Pole - K of P Cemetery - Lizton, IN
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N 39° 52.878 W 086° 32.527
16S E 539152 N 4414683
This is the flag pole, near the center of this large cemetery.
Waymark Code: WMM8YN
Location: Indiana, United States
Date Posted: 08/13/2014
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This is the flag pole, near the center of this large cemetery. The concrete base has a bronze plaque with following dedication:-
IN MEMORY OF
ALL VETERANS
THE AMERICAN LEGION
HORACE R. BAKER POST
The Lizton American Legion Post 237 was opened after World War I and designated the Horace R. Baker Post in honor of Horace Baker who gave his life in defense of his country in World War I. The Post reached its peak membership after World War II when many of the Union Township men who served in that war returned home and joined the Post. The post-World War II years also saw the building of the Post's building on the site of the current location of the State Bank of Lizton. A photo of the building may be seen at Horace Baker. The Post sponsored a local Lizton High School boy's attendance at the annual Boy's State in Bloomington. The men of the Post, together with the women of the Auxiliary, held an annual fish fry during a summer Friday and Saturday night. As the years went by, the Post membership declined eventually leading to the Post's closing. The Post's land and building were sold to the State Bank of Lizton which tore down the building and erected their present Lizton office in 1973. (
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The Lizton Knights of Pythias Cemetery is located south east of the junction of US 136 and Indiana State Road 39, behind the Lizton Union Township Fire Department.
According to Find A Grave (
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Lizton is a town in Union Township, Hendricks County, Indiana, United States. The population was 488 at the 2010 Census. Lizton was laid out in 1837 by Jesse Veiley, and named for his wife, Elizabeth. (
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Union Township is one of twelve townships in Hendricks County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,856. The township contains nine cemeteries, including this one. (
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Hendricks County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of the 2010 Census, the population was 145,448. The county seat is Danville. The County is the third largest county within the Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area. Hendricks County is currently the second fastest growing county in Indiana and 85th in the nation. Hendricks County was formed in 1824. It was is named for Indiana Governor William Hendricks, who was serving at the time the County was formed. (
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