Wheeling Veterans Memorial - Wheeling, West Virginia - Non-Specific Veteran Memorials on Waymarking.com

The memorial has a central monument with a globe on top simply inscribed

In Memoriam
Dedicated May 31, 1993

Behind the larger monument are smaller monuments stones for each war with a picture inscribed with representative scenes from the war and the following text:

Revolutionary War
1775-1783
The Birth Of Freedom
Wheeling - The Last Battle
Of The Revolutionary War

War Of 1812
1812-1815
At War With Our Mother Country
Raised Forever - The Star
Spangled Banner

Mexican War
1846-1848
Freedom From Foreign
Oppression

Civil War
1861-1865
One Nation Indivisible
A New Birth Of Freedom

Spanish American War
1898-1898
Freedom From Spanish
Oppression In The New
World

World War I
1917-1918
The War To End All Wars

World War II
1941-1945
A Global War For Freedom
U.S. Arsenal Of Democracy

Korean War
1950-1953
United States Leads United
Nations Against Communism

Vietnam War
1964-1973
Our Longest War
Unbelievable Sacrifices

Desert Shield
Desert Storm
1991-1991
A United Effort
Our Shortest War

We Will Never Forget
September 11, 2001

Operation
Iraqi Freedom - Enduring Freedom
2001-
The Global War On Terrorism

Type of Memorial: Multi-War Memorial Wars mentioned (Multi-war only): Revolutionary War War of 1812 Mexican War Civil War Spanish American War World War I World War II Korean War Vietnam War Desert Shield-Desert Storm Operations Iraq Freedom - Enduring Freedom In Honor Of: Veterans who served in wars. Marker Text: See description Date of dedication: May 31, 1993 Who Put it Here?: Unknown Description of Memorial: Light grey granite central monument with stone globe on top. Smaller light grey granite monuments for each war. Located in park area next to Ohio River.

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