Perry County World War I Memorial - Hazard, KY
Posted by: silverquill
N 37° 15.122 W 083° 11.723
17S E 305297 N 4125090
This is the WWI section of the Perry County War Memorial located near the Hazard, Kentucky, City hall. The names are inscribed on the tall, center section.
Waymark Code: WMG5XV
Location: Kentucky, United States
Date Posted: 01/17/2013
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Next to the Hazard, Kentucky, City Hall stands this war memorial. It consists of a tall granite stone with the names of WWII veterans inscribed, flanked by shorter stones with names of veterans from WWI, Korean War, and Viet Nam War. There is a separate bronze plaque for veterans of the Persian Gulf War.
In front of the monument is a stone plaza with granite benches, surrounded by landscaped shrubs and grass.
The inscriptions on the general memorial are:
May the memory of these
Hazard and Perry County service men
who made the supreme sacrifice
in the service of our country
be as eternal as the
mountains from whence they came
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This memorial is dedicated to
both the living and the dead
who served in World War I,
World War II, Korean War and Vietnam War
Dedicated Sept. 20, 1986 W.D.G.