Hanover Township near Wilkes-Barre in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Veterans of Foreign Wars Memorial
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 22, 2021
1. Veterans of Foreign Wars Memorial
Veterans of
Foreign Wars
of the U.S.A.
Erected by General John J. Pershing Post No. 50 of Wyoming Valley.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Fraternal or Sororal Organizations • Military.
Location. 41° 13.004′ N, 75° 57.257′ W. Memorial is near Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, in Luzerne County. It is in Hanover Township. It can be reached from Main Road. Memorial is adjacent to the Meetinghouse in Hanover Green Cemetery. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 689 Main Road, Wilkes Barre PA 18706, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Pennsylvania’s Anthracite Coal Region and in the Wyoming Valley. 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 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: Avondale Mine Disaster (approx. 1.2 miles away); a different marker also named Avondale Mine Disaster (approx. 1.2 miles away); Abijah Smith & Company (approx. 1.3 miles away); Shawnee Fort (approx. 1.3 miles away); Sephaniah Reese (approx. 1.6 miles away); World War I Memorial (approx. 1.6 miles away); Vietnam War Memorial (approx. 1.6 miles away); Sergeant Sherwood Baker (approx. 1.6 miles away).
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Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 22, 2021
2. Veterans of Foreign Wars Memorial
Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on December 23, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 216 times since then and 7 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 23, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
