Windsor Locks Korean War Monument - Windsor Locks, CT
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N 41° 55.486 W 072° 37.641
18T E 696734 N 4644145
The Windsor Locks Korean War Monument is located on the grounds of Memorial Hall at the corner of South Main Street, SR 159 and Elm Street, SR 140.
Waymark Code: WMWK8D
Location: Connecticut, United States
Date Posted: 09/14/2017
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The 5' high, rectangular, granite Windsor Locks Korean War Monument contains an incised image of a dove holding an olive branch it its beak in the upper left corner and the following inscriptions:
Inscription in the upper right corner:
WHO DARE TO LOVE
THEIR COUNTRY
AND BE POOR
POPE
Inscription in the center of the monument:
IN HONOR
TO THOSE MEN AND WOMEN
FROM WINDSOR LOCKS WHO SERVED
IN THE ARMED FORCES OF
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
DURING THE KOREAN CONFLICT
1950 — 1953
ERECTED BY THE TOWN OF WINDSOR LOCKS
AND THE VETERANS MEMORIAL COMMITTEE
MAY 1976
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