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Veterans Memorial

 
 
Veterans Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., January 29, 2017
1. Veterans Memorial Marker
Inscription.

In honor of all those from
Wellsville & Warrington Township
who served in the Armed Forces

1776 - 1976

"They also serve, who only stand and wait"


 
Erected 1976.
 
Topics. This historical marker and memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & PatriotismWar, KoreanWar, VietnamWar, World II. A significant historical year for this entry is 1776.
 
Location. 40° 3.006′ N, 76° 56.283′ W. Marker is in Wellsville, Pennsylvania, in York County. It is at the intersection of York Street and Carlisle Road (Route 74), on the right when traveling north on York Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Wellsville PA 17365, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker and memorial is in South-Central Pennsylvania, specifically in Pennsylvania Dutch Country, in the Susquehanna Valley, and in Greater Harrisburg. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: World War II Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); World War I Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Korean War, Vietnam War, Gulf War Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Wellsville (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Methodist Episcopal Church (approx. 0.4 miles away); Warrington Meeting House (approx. half a mile away); Franklintown
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(approx. 5 miles away); Melchinger House (approx. 5.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Wellsville.
 
Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., January 29, 2017
2. Veterans Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on January 30, 2017. It was originally submitted on January 30, 2017, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 265 times since then and 7 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on January 30, 2017, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
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