York in York County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
American War Mothers Monument
our sons and daughters
☆ who won peace and ☆
freedom for the world.
Guard well this heritage
for the mothers of the
☆ future. ☆
Erected by American War Mothers.
Topics. This monument and memorial is listed in these topic lists: Military • Women.
Location. 39° 57.382′ N, 76° 43.666′ W. Monument is in York, Pennsylvania, in York County. It can be reached from West College Avenue just west of Beaver Street, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Monument is at or near this postal address: 50 W College Ave, York PA 17401, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial monument is in South-Central Pennsylvania, specifically in Pennsylvania Dutch Country, in the Susquehanna Valley, and in Greater Harrisburg. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. 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 walking distance of this marker: Celebrating 250 Years (a few steps from this marker); Soldiers and Sailors of the Late War of the Rebellion (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Calvin C. Rice, Jr. (about 400 feet away); Penn Common (about 400 feet away); James Smallwood Schoolhouse (about 600 feet away); York Goes to War ~ A Community Responds (approx. Ό mile away); The Children's Home of York (approx. Ό mile away); Daniel K. Noell (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in York.
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