Allentown in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Spanish American War Memorial

1898 • 1902

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 8, 2020

1. Spanish American War Memorial Marker

Inscription. Erected by the County of Lehigh, the City of Allentown
and George H. Schwartz Camp No. 2, United Spanish War Veterans -
to commemorate the valor and patriotism of those who
served in the war with Spain, the Philippine Insurrection
and the China Relief Expedition

Dedicated October 10th, 1937.

Erected 1937 by County of Lehigh, the City of Allentown and George H. Schwartz Camp No. 2, USWV.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & Patriotism • War, Spanish-American.

Location. 40° 35.987′ N, 75° 31.178′ W. Memorial is in Allentown, Pennsylvania, in Lehigh County. It is at the intersection of Tilghman Street (Pennsylvania Route 1002) and 28th Street, on the right when traveling east on Tilghman Street. Marker and monument are in a triangular pocket park also bounded by College Heights Boulevard. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Allentown PA 18104, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Southeast Pennsylvania and in Lehigh Valley.

It is also in the American Northeast

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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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Allentown (approx. 0.3 miles away); Milton W. "Scotty" Wood and June "Betty" Wood (approx. half a mile away); The Haas College Center (approx. half a mile away); The David A. Miller Bell Tower (approx. half a mile away); John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg (approx. half a mile away); The Ettinger Building (approx. 0.6 miles away); Franklin Fire Co. No. 10 Bell (approx. 1½ miles away); Allentown's First Park (approx. 1½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Allentown.

Spanish American War Memorial and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 8, 2020

2. Spanish American War Memorial and Marker

Spanish American War Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 8, 2020

3. Spanish American War Memorial

United Spanish War Veterans Emblem on Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 8, 2020

4. United Spanish War Veterans Emblem on Memorial

Spanish American War Memorial Statue "The Hiker" Detail image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 8, 2020

5. Spanish American War Memorial Statue "The Hiker" Detail

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 8, 2020

6. Spanish American War Memorial Statue "The Hiker" Detail

Spanish American War Memorial Statue "The Hiker" Foundry Mark image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 8, 2020

7. Spanish American War Memorial Statue "The Hiker" Foundry Mark

Credits. This page was last revised on July 24, 2024. It was originally submitted on December 8, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 358 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. submitted on December 8, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.