Wamego Area Veterans Memorial - Wamego, KS
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wardnkathy
N 39° 12.195 W 096° 18.015
14S E 733123 N 4342804
Memorial located in the Northeast corner of the Wamego City Park.
Waymark Code: WMVV7P
Location: Kansas, United States
Date Posted: 05/27/2017
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The memorial consists of three black granite walls with a total size of 7’ tall by 15’ wide. The left wall is dedicated to WWI and WWII. The names of area fallen soldiers are listed as well as an etching of the flag raising on Mt. Suribachi during the battle of Iwo Jima. The center wall has the five service medallions engraved on the black granite. The right wall has wars from Korean to present battles. The names of area fallen soldiers are listed as well as an etching of the three Vietnam veterans at their memorial, in Washington D.C. In front of the wall is be a life size bronze soldier, representing WWII dress, kneeling in front of the WWII battle cross, helmet, M1 and dog tags.
Official groundbreaking took place on Oct. 19, 2015.
Type of Memorial: Multi-War Memorial
Wars mentioned (Multi-war only):
World War I
World War II
Korea
Vietnam
Operation Enduring Freedom
Operating Iraqi Freedom
In Honor Of: Honoring Our Veterans
Marker Text:
Wamego Area Veterans Memorial
Honoring Our Veterans
Who Put it Here?: Wamego Community Foundation
Description of Memorial:
Located near the rose garden in the Northeast corner of the Wamego City Park.
Date of dedication: Not listed
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