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

War Memorial Honor Roll

U.S.A.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., April 30, 2018

1. War Memorial Honor Roll

Inscription.

In memory of our boys who
gave their lives for freedom
1916 World War I 1918
Peter Telesha • Clemence Karchaskus
George Phillips
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1941 World War II 1945
Edward J. Karolewicz • Charles Taraskewicz
Sidney P. Orlowski • Richard Wojdakowski
Edward P. Karpovich • Chester W. Peko
Joseph A. Pasko • Frank J. Krupski
John S. Hrysko • Richard H. Pollard
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Vietnam War
John E. Tarantowicz Jr.

Erected... May 30, 1950

Erected 1950 by Boulevard Memorial Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7251 and 3rd Ward Citizens of Throop Borough.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & Patriotism • War, Vietnam • War, World I • War, World II.

Location. 41° 27.008′ N, 75° 37.823′ W. Memorial is in Throop, Pennsylvania, in Lackawanna County. It is at the intersection of Boulevard Avenue and Rebecca Street, on the left when traveling south on Boulevard Avenue. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Scranton PA 18512, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is 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 (Iroquois) Confederacy

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

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

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of this marker: World Wars Memorial (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Our Lady of Victory Shrine (about 600 feet away); Blessed Sacrament Parish (about 600 feet away); War Memorial (approx. 0.6 miles away); Throop (approx. 0.6 miles away); Anthracite Mine Disaster (approx. 0.6 miles away); a different marker also named War Memorial (approx. 0.7 miles away); McDonnell Cemetery Civil War Veterans (approx. 0.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Throop.

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Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., April 30, 2018

2. War Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on April 30, 2018. It was originally submitted on April 30, 2018, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 290 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 30, 2018, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.