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Greensburg in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Mother Elizabeth Ann Seton

1774 - 1821

 
 
Mother Elizabeth Ann Seton Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 23, 2021
1. Mother Elizabeth Ann Seton Monument
Inscription.

Foundress of the Sisters of Charity
in the United States
in the year 1809
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Erected to the memory
of
Sister M. Francesca Brownlee

Corpus Christi - May 28, 1959.

 
Erected 1959 by Saint Joseph Academy Seton Hill Classes of 1941-1947.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Charity & Public WorkEducationReligion & Religious StructuresWomen. A significant historical date for this entry is May 28, 1959.
 
Location. 40° 18.46′ N, 79° 33.326′ W. Marker is in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, in Westmoreland County. It is on Seton Hill Drive, on the right when traveling north. Monument is on the Seton Hill University grounds. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Greensburg PA 15601, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Laurel Highlands and in Greater Pittsburgh. 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
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was once the Viceroyalty of New France, the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: 9/11 Memorial (here, next to this marker); Mother M. Aloysia Lowe (approx. Ό mile away); Mother Ann Regina Ennis (approx. Ό mile away); Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill (approx. 0.4 miles away); Greensburg (approx. 0.4 miles away); Huff Mansion (approx. half a mile away); Train Station at Greensburg (approx. half a mile away); One Academy Hill Place (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Greensburg.
 
Related markers. Click here for a list of markers that are related to this marker.
 
Also see . . .
1. Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton: First American-Born Saint. (Submitted on October 27, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
2. Seton Hill University. (Submitted on October 27, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
 
Mother Elizabeth Ann Seton Marker (front) image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 23, 2021
2. Mother Elizabeth Ann Seton Marker (front)
Mother Elizabeth Ann Seton Marker (back) image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 23, 2021
3. Mother Elizabeth Ann Seton Marker (back)
Mother Elizabeth Ann Seton Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 23, 2021
4. Mother Elizabeth Ann Seton Monument
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on October 27, 2021. It was originally submitted on October 27, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 297 times since then and 7 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on October 27, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
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