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Wind Gap Veterans Memorial

 
 
Wind Gap Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 18, 2021
1. Wind Gap Veterans Memorial
Inscription.
Dedicated to those individuals who
have fought not only to preserve our
freedom, but also to protect and ensure
the freedom of others.

Vietnam • Korea
Grenada • Persian Gulf

These men and women have truly
answered the call, "Ask not what your
country can do for you, but what you
can do for your country

Dedicated
May 27, 1996
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This monument was
built by
John Pacovich III
as a[n] Eagle Scout project

 
Erected 1996 by John Pacovich III and Concerned Citizens and Organizations.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 40° 51.121′ N, 75° 17.482′ W. Memorial is in Wind Gap, Pennsylvania, in Northampton County. It is on Broadway 0.2 miles north of Lehigh Street, on the right when traveling north. Monument is on the Wind Gap American Legion Post 724 grounds. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 217 North Broadway, Wind Gap PA 18091, 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 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 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: World Wars Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); Sullivan's March (approx. 0.9 miles away); Sullivan Expedition Against the Iroquois Indians
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(approx. 0.9 miles away); War Memorial (approx. 2.2 miles away); "Homefront" (approx. 2.2 miles away); Weona Park Carousel (approx. 2.6 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 2.7 miles away); a different marker also named World Wars Memorial (approx. 3.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Wind Gap.
 
Wind Gap Veterans Memorial Project Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 18, 2021
2. Wind Gap Veterans Memorial Project Marker
Wind Gap Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 18, 2021
3. Wind Gap Veterans Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on September 21, 2021. It was originally submitted on September 20, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 356 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on September 20, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
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