What are the Best Military Monuments that You've Seen? Share a Picture?

These are our Veterans Memorials from our little town of Cripple Creek, Colorado. The newest installation are memorial markers with 18 names on a side, year by year, for fallen soldiers with ties to the area who died in combat, as recent as Iraq and Afghanistan. With fewer than 1500 residents between the towns of Cripple Creek and Victor, that's a lot of names. We are kinda patriotic around here.

I do not have a Best Military Monument that I have seen. I have not seen very many traveling throughout the United States and abroad, however, I had the honor of witnessing the ceremonial Changing of the Guard at Arlington National Cemetary. It was a memorable experience as well as an emotional experience for me as it was during my retirement transition that I witnessed such a time honored tradition. I encourage everyone in all branches of service to visit and witness this Military Tradition atleast once during their career.

Veteran's Memorial Museum in Chehalis, WA. Honors veterans of all nationalities from all modern wars.

Sp4 Byron Skinner No picture, there is really only a National Parks sign identifying the spot but its where Confederate General Thomas Stonewall Jackson was killed by pickets form North Carolina. I realize that in a hundred and fifty years the course of the river and the geography has changed some but the current spot meets the described identification given by witnesses of the time. For the documents and the story it is rather clear that the much un-liked General form Virginia and former instructor of math and artillery at VMI was in fact was assassinated buy his own troops. The undisputed evidence is rather clear. During day light hours a party on horseback that included General Jackson and 10 others, l know the number varies of the number of mounted Confederate officers, passed through a picket spot on a river bank. Jackson identified himself and told the Lt. in charge of the pickets that they would be returning after dark from their reconnaissance. From Jacksons testimony before he died and that of the Lt. it was clear the message was understood. The Lt. said that there had been Union activity in the area earlier, before they fired on the Jackson Reconn, but that is a rather lame excuse. Union records have no mention of contact by Union troops and the Confederate picket that night. Of course on the return trip General Jackson suffered a fatal wound and all of the others in the party were either killed or wounded according to most accounts of the incident. Just standing and walking around the area it is clear to see that Jacksons return couldn't have been missed and the written investigation says that the Lt. OIC know of the return. But all men from the picket fired on the men on horse back at a range of about 25-30 feet.

I haven't seen them all, and can't find any pictures, but hard to beat the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Gettysburg as a whole, is also amazing, although it is a single monument. Going through that battlefield I couldn't escape the feeling that I was going to be in the middle of the Little Round Top fight.

September 2016 Washington, DC - Squirrel eating french fry
Hey! How did that get in here?
And who knew that squirrels eat french fries?!?!?!?!

The only national monument I've been to is Pearl Harbor. A very sober place!

Our term of enlistment is indefinite. It says so on my DD form 2 (Retired). We never abandon our brothers or sisters in arms.

I have no pictures but I been to the wwll museum in New Orleans,la.

Unfortunately, I don't have a picture but participated in a memorial service like the picture above. We have all witnessed up-turned M16 rifles, dog tags , helmet and boots to last a lifetime. We need the monuments and memorials to remind those after us what sacrifice really is.