World War II Memorial

World War II Memorial is a monument in Shelby, Tennessee. World War II Memorial is situated nearby to Clara Conway Memorial Gardens, as well as near Overton Park Greensward.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Overton Park Shell and Memphis Brooks Museum of Art.

Overton Park Shell

Theater building

The Overton Park Shell is an open-air amphitheater and museum located in Overton Park, Memphis, Tennessee. Elvis Presley gave his first paid concert there on July 30, 1954. Overton Park Shell is situated 650 feet south of World War II Memorial.

Memphis Brooks Museum of Art

Museum

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Memphis Brooks Museum of Art is an art museum in Memphis, Tennessee. The Brooks Museum, which was founded in 1916, is the oldest and largest art museum in the state of Tennessee. Memphis Brooks Museum of Art is situated 1,100 feet south of World War II Memorial.

Circuit Playhouse

Theater building

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Circuit Playhouse is a theater building, which is situated 1 mile south of World War II Memorial.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Midtown and Binghampton.

Midtown

Suburb

Midtown is a collection of neighborhoods in Memphis, Tennessee, to the east of Downtown. Midtown is home to many cultural attractions, institutions of higher education, and noteworthy pieces of architecture.

Binghampton

Quarter

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Binghampton is a neighborhood on an edge of Midtown in Memphis, Tennessee. It is named after W. H. Bingham, an Irish immigrant, hotelier, planter, magistrate, politician, and entrepreneur who founded a town to the east and slightly north of the Memphis city limits in 1893.

Lenox

Hamlet

Lenox is a neighborhood in Memphis, Tennessee. It is bounded by Central Avenue in the south, Union Avenue in the north, Cooper Street in the west and East Parkway South in the east.

World War II Memorial

Type: Monument
Category: historic site
Location: Shelby, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

35.14737° or 35° 8′ 51″ north

Longitude

-89.99404° or 89° 59′ 39″ west

Open location code

867G42W4+W9

OpenStreetMap ID

node 2952655333

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=monument

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Clara Conway Memorial Gardens and Overton Park Greensward.

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