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Grier City in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

War Memorial

 
 
War Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., February 3, 2018
1. War Memorial Marker
Inscription.

Grier City

In memory of those
who made the supreme
sacrifice. To the honor
of all veterans of all
wars


 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & PatriotismWar, KoreanWar, VietnamWar, World II.
 
Location. 40° 49.73′ N, 76° 3.335′ W. Memorial is in Grier City, Pennsylvania, in Schuylkill County. It is on Grier Avenue south of Crest Street, on the left when traveling south. Marker is on the grounds of the Grier City-Union Sunday School. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Barnesville PA 18214, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Pennsylvania’s Anthracite Coal Region. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Mid-Atlantic, in Appalachia, and specifically in Northern Appalachia. 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
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other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: A different marker also named War Memorial (approx. 1.1 miles away); a different marker also named War Memorial (approx. 1.9 miles away); Reese A. Jones (approx. 1.9 miles away); Kaier Mansion (approx. 4.2 miles away); First Congregational Church (approx. 4.3 miles away); Mahanoy City High School (approx. 4.4 miles away); Methodist Episcopal Church (approx. 4.4 miles away); Elks Lodge #695 (approx. 4½ miles away).
 
Another marker is no longer nearby. Birth of Cable Television (was approx. 3.8 miles away but has been confirmed missing).
 
War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., February 3, 2018
2. War Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 4, 2018. It was originally submitted on February 4, 2018, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 304 times since then and 7 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on February 4, 2018, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
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Jul. 25, 2026