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Wrightsville, PA War Memorial

 
 
Wrightsville, PA War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Carl Gordon Moore Jr., April 9, 2021
1. Wrightsville, PA War Memorial
Inscription. [Title had to be supplied by the contributor. Center part:]

World War II

[Names supplied. To their left and right are names for World War I.
At bottom are extra names for WWII, Korean, Vietnam, Gulf War.
]

[To the left of center part:]

Korean War


[To the right of center part:]

Vietnam-Gulf Wars
Nov. 10, 2001

 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, KoreanWar, VietnamWar, World IWar, World II.
 
Location. 40° 1.319′ N, 76° 31.509′ W. Memorial is in Wrightsville, Pennsylvania, in York County. It is on Front Street (Pennsylvania Route 624), on the left when traveling south. The address given is across the street and just to the south. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 500 S Front Street, Wrightsville PA 17368, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial 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: Susquehanna River Water Trail (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Susquehanna and Tidewater Canal (about 600 feet away); a different marker also named Susquehanna and Tidewater Canal (approx. 0.2 miles away); Susquehanna Canal
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(approx. 0.2 miles away); Veterans Memorial Bridge (approx. 0.3 miles away); American Legion Monument (approx. 0.3 miles away); The Union Cemetery (approx. 0.3 miles away); a different marker also named Wrightsville (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Wrightsville.
 
Wrightsville, PA War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Carl Gordon Moore Jr., April 9, 2021
2. Wrightsville, PA War Memorial
Wrightsville, PA War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Carl Gordon Moore Jr., April 9, 2021
3. Wrightsville, PA War Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on April 15, 2021. It was originally submitted on April 11, 2021, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. This page has been viewed 317 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on April 11, 2021, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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