Inscription
On the evening of September 29, 1899, thirteen recently returned veterans of the Spanish-American War met in a tailor shop that once stood on this site. These men, all veterans of the Columbus-based 17th Infantry Regiment that had fought in Cuba, shared their memories of the conflict, honored their fallen comrades, and discussed issues of concern to all foreign service veterans. The organization that they formed that night, the American Veterans of Foreign Service, was the nucleus of a nationwide organization that became the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) in 1914. The oldest continuing national organization for veterans' affairs, the VFW traces its birth to this site in 1899.
Details
| HM Number | HM81S |
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| Series | This marker is part of the Ohio: Ohio Historical Society series |
| Tags | |
| Marker Number | 32-25 |
| Year Placed | 2000 |
| Marker Condition |  0 out of 10 (1 reports) |
| Date Added | Friday, October 17th, 2014 at 6:03am PDT -07:00 |
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| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 17S E 329886 N 4424887 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 39.95703333, -82.99158333 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 39° 57.422', W 82° 59.495' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 39° 57' 25.32" N, 82° 59' 29.70" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 614, 513 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 285 E Main St, Columbus OH 43215, US |
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I work in this area, and remember seeing the marker here. When I went to get a picture of it, there is no marker. I checked google maps street view (which was from Aug 2014) and the marker was missing then too. You can clearly see the spot where it is supposed to be though.
Jun 16, 2015 at 6:52am PDT by kellya
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