Upper Hanover Township near East Greenville in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
9/11 World Trade Center Memorial
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., April 9, 2018
1. 9/11 World Trade Center Memorial Marker
Height: 1,368 and 1,362 feet
Ground Breaking: August 5, 1965
Opened: 1970-73: April 4, 1973 ribbon cutting
Destroyed: September 11, 2001
Latitude 40 Deg. 42'42.03" Longitude: -74 Deg O'45.51"
"Not just a piece of steel...
But a piece of our hearts."
[World Trade Center Steel Beam Remnant]
Dedicated September 11, 2010
Erected 2010 by Son's [sic] of the American Legion, Squadron 184.
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: 9/11 Attacks • Military. In addition, it is included in the World Trade Center Beams series list.
Location. 40° 25.382′ N, 75° 31.521′ W. Memorial is near East Greenville, Pennsylvania, in Montgomery County. It is in Upper Hanover Township. It is on Gravel Pike (Pennsylvania Route 29) north of Water Street, on the left when traveling north. Memorial is on the grounds of American Legion Post 184. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 744 Gravel Pike, East Greenville PA 18041, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Southeast Pennsylvania and in Greater Philadelphia. 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 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Veterans Memorial (here, next to this marker); World War I Memorial (here, next to
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Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., April 9, 2018
2. 9/11 World Trade Center Memorial
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., April 9, 2018
3. 9/11 World Trade Center Memorial Beam Remnant and Twin Towers Model
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., April 9, 2018
4. 9/11 World Trade Center Memorial Beam Remnant
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., April 9, 2018
5. 9/11 World Trade Center Memorial
Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 13, 2018, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,063 times since then and 34 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on April 13, 2018, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
