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

Veterans Memorial

 
 
Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 3, 2018
1. Veterans Memorial
Inscription.

"This memorial is dedicated
to all who served
for the glory of
God and Country
from Laflin Borough"
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & Patriotism • War, Korean • War, Vietnam • War, World II.
 
Location. 41° 17.338′ N, 75° 48.324′ W. Memorial is in Laflin, Pennsylvania, in Luzerne County. It is at the intersection of Main Street and Market Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: Laflin Creekside Community Park, Wilkes Barre PA 18705, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in 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 (Iroquois) Confederacy and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: War Memorial (here, next to this marker); a different marker also named War Memorial (approx. 1.2 miles away); Coach Robert "Bob" Barbieri (approx. 1.3 miles away); Chief Roland "Legs" Biscontini (approx. 1.4 miles away); Knox Mine Disaster (approx. 1.7 miles away); Tinsley Hall (approx. 1.8 miles away); The Bloody Rock (approx. 1.9 miles away); a different marker also named War Memorial (approx. 1.9 miles away).
 
Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 3, 2018
2. Veterans Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on September 25, 2018. It was originally submitted on September 25, 2018, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 205 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on September 25, 2018, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
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