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Veterans Memorial

 
 
Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), November 20, 2020
1. Veterans Memorial
Inscription.
Dedicated
by the Grateful Citizens of Pottstown, Pa.
To the memory of the men and women of this community who gave their lives in defense of their country.

"That Government of the people, by the people and for the people, shall not perish from the earth."
Lincoln

 
Erected 1955 by The Kiwanis Club.
 
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military. In addition, it is included in the Former U.S. Presidents: #16 Abraham Lincoln series list.
 
Location. 40° 15.054′ N, 75° 39.336′ W. Memorial is in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, in Montgomery County. It is on Manatawny Street 0.1 miles south of West 2nd Street, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 255 Manatawny St, Pottstown PA 19464, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Southeast Pennsylvania and in Greater Philadelphia. 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: All Veterans Walk of Honor (within shouting distance of this marker); Vietnam War (within shouting distance of this marker); M5 3-Inch Anti-Tank Gun (within shouting distance of this marker); Pottstown World War II Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); In Honor and Remembrance
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(within shouting distance of this marker); Varsity Club Memorial (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Pottsgrove Manor (approx. 0.3 miles away); Pottstown Brewing Co. (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Pottstown.
 
Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), November 20, 2020
2. Veterans Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on March 21, 2024. It was originally submitted on November 21, 2020, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 213 times since then and 9 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on November 21, 2020, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
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