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Veterans Memorial

 
 
Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, June 28, 2021
1. Veterans Memorial
Inscription. To all Veterans who served their country in defense of freedom

(Rear):

Schellsburg area
Veterans Memorial
Dedicated
November 11, 1985

 
Erected 1985 by Allegheny Region VFW Post 4440.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 40° 2.922′ N, 78° 38.262′ W. Memorial is in Schellsburg, Pennsylvania, in Bedford County. It is on Lincoln Highway (U.S. 30) east of Courtside Road (Parish Route 487), on the right when traveling east. Marker is in front of the Allegheny Region VFW Post 4440. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 3902 Lincoln Highway, Schellsburg PA 15559, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in South-Central Pennsylvania and in the Laurel Highlands. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Mid-Atlantic, in Appalachia, and specifically in Northern Appalachia. 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
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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: The Beginning of Agricultural Cooperative Extension Service (approx. 0.3 miles away); Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor (approx. 0.4 miles away); Shawnee Cabins (approx. half a mile away); Forbes Road (approx. half a mile away); Forbes Camp (approx. half a mile away); Old Log Church (approx. 0.9 miles away); 1806 Old Log Church (approx. 0.9 miles away); Bedford Co. Bridge #15 (approx. 1.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Schellsburg.
 
Veterans Memorial (Rear) image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, June 28, 2021
2. Veterans Memorial (Rear)
Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, June 28, 2021
3. Veterans Memorial
Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, June 28, 2021
4. Veterans Memorial
The names of Veterans and their branch of service are engraved on the top of the bricks that surround the memorial.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on July 3, 2021. It was originally submitted on June 28, 2021, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. This page has been viewed 426 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on June 28, 2021, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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