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

War and Veterans Memorial

 
 
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Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 1, 2018
1. War and Veterans Memorial
Inscription.

Let us hold
in honored memory
those men and women
of Dupont
who served our country
in all wars
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
Let none forget
they gave their all
and faltered not
when came the call
———————————————
Dedicated in memory of
Joseph E Motiska
American Legion Post 657
1930 • 2016
for the outstanding
contributions to all
veterans
and the community

 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & PatriotismWar, KoreanWar, VietnamWar, World II.
 
Location. 41° 19.259′ N, 75° 44.878′ W. Memorial is in Dupont, Pennsylvania, in Luzerne County. It is at the intersection of Chestnut Street (Pennsylvania Route 315) and Elm Street, on the left when traveling north on Chestnut Street. Monument is on the Dupont Municipal Building grounds. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 600 Chestnut Street, Pittston PA 18641, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Pennsylvania’s
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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.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Holy Mother of Sorrows P.N.C.C. War Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish Centennial (approx. 0.3 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.3 miles away); Former Site of St. Mary's Convent (approx. 1.4 miles away); Hughestown School District (approx. 1.4 miles away); Memorial to Honor SS Peter and Paul Parish (approx. 1.4 miles away); Joseph J. "Joe" Toye (approx. 1.4 miles away); World War 2 Memorial (approx. 1.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Dupont.
 
War and Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 1, 2018
2. War and Veterans Memorial
War and Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 1, 2018
3. War and Veterans Memorial
War and Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 1, 2018
4. War and Veterans Memorial
War and Veterans Memorial Anchor image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 1, 2018
5. War and Veterans Memorial Anchor
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on October 2, 2018. It was originally submitted on October 2, 2018, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 247 times since then and 6 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on October 2, 2018, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
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