Edwards County WWI & WWII Veteran's Memorial-- Rocksprings Cemetery, Rocksprings TX
N 30° 01.272 W 100° 12.028
14R E 384238 N 3321741
The Edwards County Veteran's Memorial stands in a place of pride in Rocksprings Cemetery, at Rocksprings TX
Waymark Code: WMPPJQ
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 10/02/2015
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This simple grey granite panel marker commemorates the service and sacrifice of those veterans from Edwards County, Texas, who died in World Wars I and II.
The memorial is composed of a single rectangular block of grey granite divided into 4 sections, a wider base of gray granite over a concrete pad. Each section of the rectangle features one of the four US Armed forces service emblems: Army, Navy, Marines, and Army Air Corps. Each section contains a detailed entry for that service’s veteran from Edwards county who died in WWI or WWII. Each entry also lists their units, dates of birth and death, circumstances of death, and place of burial.
[on the base]
"DEDICATED TO THE HONORABLE MEN OF EDWARDS COUNTY, WHO DIED IN DEFENSE OF THEIR COUNTRY IN WORLD WARS I AND II"
In front of the memorial a matching grey granite vase inscribed “God bless America” stands, which may have at one time been an eternal flame.
Type of Memorial: Multi-War Memorial
Wars mentioned (Multi-war only):
WWI
WWII
In Honor Of: Men of Edwards County TX who died in WWI and WWII
Marker Text:
DEDICATED TO THE HONORABLE MEN OF EDWARDS COUNTY, WHO DIED IN DEFENSE OF THEIR COUNTRY IN WORLD WARS I AND II
Who Put it Here?: citizens of Edwards County, Texas
Description of Memorial:
The memorials located in a small grove of trees next to a flagpole in rock Springs cemetery near the northern edge of Rocksprings, Texas
Date of dedication: Not listed
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