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Veterans Memorial

 
 
Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., January 20, 2021
1. Veterans Memorial
Inscription.

World War I
Harry Herne • Rupert Reese
Anthony Walsh • Bernie McGloin

World War II
Carl Schmidt • Frank Schweitzer
Andrew Hudena • Joseph Kasetinia
Casimir Manka • John R. Arabochus
Paul W. Boylan • William J. Kilsesky
Adam Schmeedon • Alexander Snopkoski
Willard Bacher • Morgan J. Canterbury
Joseph Mironski • Joseph G. Kushinskas
William Horrocks


 
Erected 1965 by Keyser Valley Citizens Association.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & PatriotismWar, World IWar, World II.
 
Location. 41° 25.329′ N, 75° 41.944′ W. Memorial is in Scranton, Pennsylvania, in Lackawanna County. It is at the intersection of Keyser Avenue and Jackson Street, on the left when traveling north on Keyser Avenue. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 101 North Keyser Avenue, Scranton PA 18504, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Pennsylvania’s Wyoming Valley. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Mid-Atlantic, in Appalachia, and specifically in Northern Appalachia.
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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: A different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.6 miles away); Avondale Mine Disaster (approx. 0.6 miles away); Avondale Mine Disaster Victims (approx. 0.6 miles away); Cancer Survivors Park (approx. 0.7 miles away); 9-11 Memorial (approx. Ύ mile away); A Tribute to Anthracite Coal Miners (approx. 0.9 miles away); The Loading and Supply Dock (approx. 0.9 miles away); Franklin Colliery Coal Mine Car (approx. 0.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Scranton.
 
Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., January 20, 2021
2. Veterans Memorial
Keyser Valley Community Center Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., January 20, 2021
3. Keyser Valley Community Center Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on March 22, 2021. It was originally submitted on March 22, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 490 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on March 22, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
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