Erie in Erie County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Korean War Memorial

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), April 14, 2018

1. Korean War Memorial

Inscription.
[Front:]
Freedom is not free

1950
Korea
1953

[Back:]
The Forgotten War Remembered

Korean Service

Korea

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, Korean.

Location. 42° 6.647′ N, 80° 4.399′ W. Memorial is in Erie, Pennsylvania, in Erie County. It is on Glenwood Park Avenue (Pennsylvania Route 505) west of State Street, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 2642 Glenwood Park Avenue, Erie PA 16508, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Northwestern Pennsylvania.

It is also in the American Northeast,

on the Great Lakes,

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 Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of

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this marker: Flag Display (within shouting distance of this marker); Erie County World War II Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Colonel Philip Cochran (within shouting distance of this marker); Vietnam Veterans Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Northwest PA Purple Heart Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Harry T. Burleigh (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); Sr. Bernard Sheridan (approx. 0.3 miles away); Eben Brewer (approx. 0.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Erie.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), April 14, 2018

2. Korean War Memorial

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), April 14, 2018

3. Korean War Memorial

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), April 14, 2018

4. Korean War Memorial

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), April 14, 2018

5. Korean War Memorial

Photographed by Bradley Owen, July 12, 2026

6. Korean War Memorial

Erie County Korean War Memorial
Designed by
Vance H. Carter
W.W.II Veteran • U.S. Army

Committee and Donor Plaque image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), April 14, 2018

7. Committee and Donor Plaque

Credits. This page was last revised on July 13, 2026. It was originally submitted on April 16, 2018, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 400 times since then and 29 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on April 16, 2018, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. 6. submitted on July 13, 2026, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. 7. submitted on April 16, 2018, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.