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

War Memorial

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 7, 2020

1. War Memorial

Inscription.

Lest We Forget

Erected by Joseph E. Conlon American Legion Post 558.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Fraternal or Sororal Organizations • Patriots & Patriotism • War, Vietnam • War, World II.

Location. 41° 16.443′ N, 75° 50.798′ W. Memorial is in Plains, Pennsylvania, in Luzerne County. It is on Carey Street 0.2 miles east of Main Street, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 101 East Carey Street, Wilkes Barre PA 18705, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Pennsylvania’s 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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least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Edward A. Walsh (1881 - 1959) (approx. ¼ mile away); Raymond Slabinski (approx. ¼ mile away); a different marker also named War Memorial (approx. half a mile away); John Abbott and Isaac Williams (approx. 0.6 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. one mile away); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.1 miles away); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.1 miles away); a different marker also named War Memorial (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Plains.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 7, 2020

2. War Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on September 8, 2020. It was originally submitted on September 8, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 253 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 8, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.