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Mountville in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Veterans Memorial

 
 
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Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), November 28, 2020
1. Veterans Memorial
Inscription.
In honor of
those who served

World War I
Apr 6, 1917
Nov 11, 1918

World War II
Dec. 7, 1941
Dec. 31, 1946

Korean War
June 25, 1950
Jan. 31, 1955

Vietnam War
Feb. 28, 1961
May 7, 1975

Gulf War on Terrorism
Aug 2, 1990

 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 40° 2.606′ N, 76° 26.184′ W. Memorial is in Mountville, Pennsylvania, in Lancaster County. It can be reached from Orkney Road 0.1 miles west of Arlene Drive, on the right when traveling west. The veterans memorial is in the center of the cemetery and cannot be discerned from the public road. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 274 Orkney Rd, Mountville PA 17554, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in South-Central Pennsylvania, specifically in Pennsylvania Dutch Country, and in the Susquehanna Valley. 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 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: In Grateful Memory (approx. half a mile away); Mountville (approx. 0.6 miles away); a different marker also named Mountville (approx. 1.1 miles away); Chestnut Hill Iron Ore Company (approx. 1.2 miles away); In Honor of our World War heroes (approx. 1.4 miles
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away); Men and Women of West Hempfield Township (approx. 1.4 miles away); Ironville Fire Company (approx. 1.6 miles away); Lancaster County's "Old Sycamore" (approx. 2½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mountville.
 
Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), November 28, 2020
2. Veterans Memorial
Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), November 28, 2020
3. Veterans Memorial
Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), November 28, 2020
4. Veterans Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 1, 2021. It was originally submitted on November 29, 2020, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 205 times since then and 7 times this year. Last updated on June 1, 2021, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on November 29, 2020, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
 
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