Vermillion County Indiana - - War Memorial
Dedicated to all veterans during war and peace time.
[Lower - Middle: panel]:
Nothing hurts like being forgotten. Nothing helps like being remembered. For those who fight for it, life has a special flavor the protected never know.
[Left side panel]:
Colonial Wars
Genesis
Revolutionary War 1776 - 1783
Independence Won
Indian Wars 1788 - 1891
Fought Indians for Land
War with France 1798 - 1800
Undeclared War on the Seas
Barbary War 1801 - 1816
Naval War with Barbary Coast Pirates
War of 1812 1812 - 1815
Independence Affirmed
Mexican War 1846 - 1848
Civil War 1861 - 1865
First Sioux War 1865 - 1868
[Right side panel]:
Spanish-American War 1898 - 1898
Philipine Insurrection 1898 - 1900
World War I 1917 - 1918
World War II 1941 - 1945
Korean War 1950 - 1953
The First Limited War
Vietnam War 1961 - 1975
The Second Limited War
Marines killed in Beirut
All those killed by terrorism
[Back, left side panel]:
Dedicated to all the women that served in the Armed Forces.
To all the nurses that helped our men come home.
Thank you from all the veterans and their families.
[Back, right side panel]:
People that served from Vermillion County
World War I · 365
World War II · 1670
Korea · 529
Vietnam · 552
[The back center panel lists statistics (deaths, prisoners of war, missing in action) for wars from the Revolutionary War throught the Vietnam War. Click on any picture for a closeup view.]
Marker is at the intersection of Market Street and South Main Street, on the left when traveling east on Market Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
