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Emsworth in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Kenny Memorial Field Flagpole

 
 
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Inscription. Dedicated as a lasting tribute to those who with unselfish devotion served the flag of our country which under God is the protector of all seekers of freedom.
 
Erected 1956 by The American Legion - Avonworth Post No. 866.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 40° 30.534′ N, 80° 5.422′ W. Memorial is in Emsworth, Pennsylvania, in Allegheny County. It is at the intersection of Memorial Drive and Ohio River Boulevard (Pennsylvania Route 65), on the right when traveling north on Memorial Drive. Marker is located at the Lance Corporal Patrick B. Kenny Memorial Field scoreboard. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 50 Memorial Drive, Pittsburgh PA 15202, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Greater Pittsburgh. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Mid-Atlantic, in the Ohio River Valley, 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 Viceroyalty of New France, the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, and 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: Lance Corporal Patrick B. Kenny (here, next to this marker); The Dickson Log House (approx. Ό mile away); a different marker also named Dickson Log House (approx. Ό mile away); In Memory of Harry Dilmore (approx. 0.7 miles away); Dixmont State Hospital Cemetery (approx. 1.6 miles away); Pittock Honor Roll
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(approx. 1.6 miles away); Greenstone United Methodist Church (approx. 1.6 miles away); Davis Island Lock and Dam (approx. 1.7 miles away).
 
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Photographed by Mike Wintermantel
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Credits. This page was last revised on September 28, 2019. It was originally submitted on September 26, 2019, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 346 times since then and 12 times this year. Last updated on September 26, 2019, by Craig Baker of Sylmar, California. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on September 26, 2019, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
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