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Stark County Veterans Memorial is located in Canton. Like so many it honors many lost and living citizens from several wars. It may be found on Lake Road Blvd.

It sits in a beautiful setting on a lake and is a place of calm nestled in among the trees in a bustling city.

 

The lake has a small "island" with a star on it. No explanation was given.

The day Steve and I visited the sun was shining and the wind was blowing.

The memorial itself is quite simple, the usual flags and some artifacts from previous wars. There is a canon and, oddly enough, a part of the conning tower from the USS Maine seen below!

There seemed to be no artifacts from 'Nam and in fact, the only mention is on some of the paver bricks that are along the walkways.

Each service has its insignia etched upon a plain gray wall.

This memorial is just a minute from the Aultman Hospital which has a nursing school dedicated to Sharon Lane, the only one of the eight women on The Wall who was actually lost by enemy fire. She was from Canton.

Next time, on the 8th, we will return to Oregon, so meet me there, as always, at 9:00am.

To see additional memorials from Ohio, or any other state, please click on the state name on the left side of this page.

I will ask, as I do at the end of nearly every post now, for anyone who has pictures of Vietnam memorials not seen here to please send them to me. I will give you full photo credit for the pic and any information about it you may know. Check your state, or anywhere you may have visited, from the list at the left, or any place else. Please send them to the email at the left or directly to me at Ldddad@comcast.net. Thanks!