Shickshinny in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
World Wars Memorial
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., April 14, 2018
1. World Wars Memorial
who served from
Shickshinny and Vicinity
in World Wars I and II
Soldier rest! The warfare o'er
dream of fighting fields no more.
Sleep the sleep that knows no breaking,
morn of toil, nor night of waking.
In Memory
World War I
Jesse Thomas Lee Trescot
Peter Hobbis Henry Andrews
George Stout Frank Ferrari
Darius B. Whitsel Irene Davenport
Ellery T. Phillips Gladys Watkins
World War II
Roy Andrews Albert Conrad
Hertz Whitebread Philip McQuown
Leroy Switzer Harry Hoffman
John Hill Kenneth Titus
Michael Guinto Frank Jasler
Irvin Hargraves Herbert Spader
Robert Buckley Harold McMicheal [sic?]
Peter Ricci Robert Albrandt
Henry Zultevicz Albert Verbenski
Herbert Burgess Josiah Hess
Claude Ipher
Erected by Shickshinny V.F.W. Post No. 5430.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & Patriotism • War, World I • War, World II.
Location. 41° 9.203′ N, 76° 9.082′ W. Memorial is in Shickshinny, Pennsylvania, in Luzerne County. It is on Union Street (Pennsylvania Route 239) west of Main Street (U.S. 11), on the left when traveling west. Monument is in West Union Street Community Park. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 35 West Union Street, Shickshinny PA 18655, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Pennsylvania’s Anthracite Coal Region, in the Wyoming Valley, and in Greater Scranton and Wilkes-Barre. 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
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Shickshinny (within shouting distance of this marker); War Memorial (approx. 1.1 miles away); Mocanaqua (approx. 1.1 miles away); Warriors Path (approx. 1.3 miles away); Union Access (approx. 3.1 miles away); a different marker also named War Memorial (approx. 5.3 miles away); Wapwallopen (approx. 5.8 miles away); a different marker also named War Memorial (approx. 6.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Shickshinny.
Also see . . . F. L. Garrison Memorial School (former).
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., April 14, 2018
2. World Wars Memorial
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., April 14, 2018
3. F. L. Garrison Memorial Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on April 17, 2018. It was originally submitted on April 17, 2018, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 281 times since then and 9 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 17, 2018, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
