Ripley County Veterans Memorial
[[ Memorial - Front ]]
( Across Base )
God - - - Duty - - - Honor - - - Country
( Two Up-rights )
- -“Seals”- -
Army • Marine Corps. • Air Force
- -“Seals”- -
Navy • Coast Guard • Merchant Marine
[ Center Panel ]
In Honor of all
Veterans of Military
Service and dedicated
to the men and women
of Ripley County
who served their
Country so unselfishly
in times of war and
in times of peace
[ Left Panel ]
O beautiful for heroes proved in liberating strife,
Who more than self their country loved, and mercy more than life!
America! America! May God thy gold refine,
Till all success be nobleness, and every gain divine.
[ Right Panel ]
O beautiful for patriot dream that sees beyond the years,
Thine alabaster cities gleam, undimmed by human tears!
America! America! God shed his grace on thee,
And crown thy good with brotherhood from sea to shining sea.
[[ Memorial - Obverse Side ] ]
( Across Base )
Have - - - Not - - - Forgotten
( Two Up-rights )
- -“Seals”- - Navy • Coast Guard • Merchant Marine
- -“Seals”- - Army • Marine Corps. • Air Force
[ Center Panel ]
Revolutionary War
Apr. 19, 1775 - - Sept. 3, 1783
4,435 lives lost
War of 1812
June 18, 1812 - - Jan. 8, 1815
2,260 lives lost
Mexican War
May 13, 1846 - - Feb. 2, 1848
13,283 lives lost
Civil War
Apr. 12, 1861 - - May 26, 1865
620,000 lives lost
Spanish American War
Apr. 25, 1898 - - Dec. 10, 1898
2,446 lives lost
World War I
Apr. 6, 1917 - - Nov. 11, 1918
116,516 lives lost
World War II
Dec. 7, 1941 - - Dec. 31, 1946
405,399 lives lost
Korea
June 25, 1950 - - July 27, 1953
54,246 lives lost
Vietnam War
Aug. 4, 1964 - - Jan. 27, 1973
58,167 lives lost
Grenada
Oct. 25, 1983 - - Nov. 2, 1983
19 lives lost
Panama
Dec. 20, 1989 - - Jan. 31, 1990
23 lives lost
Desert Shield / Storm
Aug. 7, 1990 - - Apr. 11, 1991
390 lives lost
Somalia
Dec. 9, 1992 - - Mar. 28, 1994
44 lives lost
Marker is at the intersection of North Main Street and Tyson Street, on the left when traveling north on North Main Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
