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

Veterans Memorial

 
 
Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 26, 2018
1. Veterans Memorial
Inscription.

In memory
of all
veterans
who served
their country

 
Erected by Hricak McAndrew American Legion Post 869.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Fraternal or Sororal OrganizationsPatriots & PatriotismWar, World II.
 
Location. 41° 29.232′ N, 75° 33.267′ W. Memorial is in Archbald, Pennsylvania, in Lackawanna County. It is at the intersection of Main Street and State Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 161 South Main Street, Archbald PA 18403, 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.

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least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: O&W Railroad (approx. 0.9 miles away); Veterans Memorial and Stadium (approx. one mile away); Lackawanna River Foot-Bridge (approx. one mile away); War Memorial (approx. one mile away); O & W (approx. 1.1 miles away); Veterans Memorial Bridge (approx. 1.1 miles away); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.2 miles away); Dominick Paparelli (approx. 1.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Archbald.
 
Also see . . .  Welcome to the Hricak-McAndrew American Legion Post 869. (Submitted on January 1, 2019, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
 
Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 26, 2018
2. Veterans Memorial
Veterans Memorial - Nicholas Hricak image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 26, 2018
3. Veterans Memorial - Nicholas Hricak
Legion Post 869 Namesake
Veterans Memorial - John J. McAndrew image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 26, 2018
4. Veterans Memorial - John J. McAndrew
Legion Post 869 Namesake
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on January 1, 2019. It was originally submitted on January 1, 2019, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 278 times since then and 9 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on January 1, 2019, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
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