Veterans Memorial

Historical marker location:

2340 Fulton Avenue, Hannibal, Missouri

( Memorial is on Fulton Avenue (State Highway T), on the left when traveling south.)

Marvin William (Bill) Yakes Memorial. April 8, 1927 July 3, 1985.

The state of Missouri was actually named after a tribe of Sioux Indians called the Missouris, whose name means "town of the large canoes".