Ripley County Veterans Memorial

Ripley County honors all veterans of military service and is dedicated to the county’s men and women who served their country unselfishly in times of war and peace. It invokes the ideals of God, duty, honor, and country, recognizes service in the Army, Marine Corps, Air Force, Navy, Coast Guard, and Merchant Marine, and includes verses from “America the Beautiful” praising heroes, patriotism, grace, nobleness, mercy, and brotherhood. It also remembers major U.S. conflicts from the Revolutionary War through Somalia, giving the dates and lives lost for the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Mexican War, Civil War, Spanish American War, World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam War, Grenada, Panama, Desert Shield / Storm, and Somalia.

Versailles, Indiana · United States