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Veterans Memorial

 
 
Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, June 21, 2022
1. Veterans Memorial
Inscription.
Dedicated to the memory of our heroes of all Wars who so gallantly fought to preserve our American heritage that government of the people, by the people and for the people shall not perish from the earth
 
Erected 1969 by Thomas J. Prendergast Post No. 590 American Legion.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 39° 57.744′ N, 79° 52.641′ W. Memorial is in Republic, Pennsylvania, in Fayette County. It is at the intersection of Republic Road (Pennsylvania Route 166) and Legion Street, on the right when traveling north on Republic Road. Marker is located to the left of the side entrance to American Legion Post 590. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 6 Legion Street, Republic PA 15475, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Pennsylvania’s 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.
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Historically, it finds itself in what 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 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: A different marker also named Veterans Memorial (here, next to this marker); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. Ύ mile away); Penn-Craft (approx. 2 miles away); National Road (approx. 2.6 miles away); New Salem Veterans Memorial (approx. 3.4 miles away); Brownsville (approx. 3.9 miles away); Philander Knox (approx. 4.1 miles away); Brashear House (approx. 4.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Republic.
 
Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, June 21, 2022
2. Veterans Memorial
The marker is left of the doors.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 26, 2022. It was originally submitted on June 25, 2022, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. This page has been viewed 183 times since then and 9 times this year. Last updated on June 26, 2022, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on June 25, 2022, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
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