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

Unknown Soldier

Revolutionary War

 
 
Unknown Soldier Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., July 29, 2018
1. Unknown Soldier Marker
Inscription.

Killed in the
Battle of Minisink
July 22 1779

 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial SitesDisastersPatriots & PatriotismWar, US Revolutionary.
 
Location. 41° 29.056′ N, 74° 59.202′ W. Memorial is in Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania, in Pike County. It is on Scenic Drive, on the right when traveling south. Marker is along the eastern edge of Lackawaxen and Union Cemetery, south of the Zane Grey Museum and near St. Mark's Church. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Lackawaxen PA 18435, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Pennsylvania’s Pocono Mountains. 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
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are within walking distance of this marker: Zane Grey (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Breaking the Ice (about 800 feet away); Battle of Minisink (about 800 feet away); Conflicts with Timber Rafts (approx. 0.2 miles away); Canal Era Landscape (approx. 0.2 miles away); Roebling’s Delaware Aqueduct (approx. 0.2 miles away in New York); Delaware & Hudson Canal (approx. 0.2 miles away in New York); a different marker also named Roebling's Delaware Aqueduct (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lackawaxen.
 
Also see . . .  The Battle At Minisink Ford. (Submitted on August 10, 2018, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
 
Unknown Soldier Marker and Tomb image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., July 29, 2018
2. Unknown Soldier Marker and Tomb
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on August 10, 2018. It was originally submitted on August 10, 2018, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 546 times since then and 42 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on August 10, 2018, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
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