Memorial to Lafayette County Veterans - Lexington, Missouri
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member iconions
N 39° 11.008 W 093° 53.475
15S E 423024 N 4337514
This very simple Memorial is located along Missouri HWY 224 halfway between the turn into Lexington to the east and Highland Avenue to the west.
Waymark Code: WM13DRC
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 11/17/2020
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member jhuoni
Views: 1

Stairs lead up to the City of Lexington and to the small Wall Street (a side street with VERY limited parking). Parking is provided across from the Memorial on Missouri HWY 224 on the north side.

This is a very simple Memorial consisting of a central whitewashed wall with black text. There is also a 10-foot flagpole flying a U.S. flag centrally located behind this wall. There are smaller flanking walls, also whitewashed, on each side - black text on the left reads"
"World War I
World War II"

While the text on the right wall reads:
"Korean War
Vietnam War"

The central wall text reads:
"Memorial
to
World War Veterans
of
Lafayette County
1925"

This would mean that this Memorial was originally dedicated to the veterans of the Great War (World War I) with the smaller, flanking walls either added later or dedicated later for the later wars. The Memorial does have a very nice view of the Missouri River.
Type of Memorial: Multi-War Memorial

Wars mentioned (Multi-war only):
World War I
World War II
Korean War
Vietnam War


In Honor Of: Veterans of Lafayette County

Marker Text:
Memorial
to
World War Veterans
of
Lafayette County
1925

World War I
World War II

Korean War
Vietnam War


Date of dedication: 1925

Who Put it Here?: unknown - best guess Lafayette County

Description of Memorial:
see long description. I had actually found this waymark many years ago, but my pictures were too bad to use. I was finally able to get back to Lexington to get proper pictures.


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