Brownsville in Fayette County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Veterans Memorial

Photographed by Bradley Owen, June 30, 2022

1. Veterans Memorial

Inscription.
In Memory of Veterans of all wars
Because of them our lives are free
Because of them our nation lives
Because of them the world is blessed
To those who gave the supreme sacrifice
May their souls rest in peace

W.W. • I W.W. II • Korea • Vietnam • Lebanon Grenada • Panama • Persian Gulf
Army • Air Force • Navy • Marines • Coast Guard • Wacs • Waves • Nurses • Merchant Marine of W.W. II

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.

Location. 40° 1.318′ N, 79° 53.194′ W. Memorial is in Brownsville, Pennsylvania, in Fayette County. It is on Brownsville Avenue south of Market Street, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 119 Brownsville Avenue, Brownsville PA 15417, 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.

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 walking distance of this marker: Brownsville Military Honor Roll (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Lafayette's Tour (about 400 feet away); Dunlap’s Creek Bridge (about 500 feet away); Brownsville - Route 40 Bridge (about 500 feet away); The First Cast Iron Bridge (about 500 feet away); Steamboat Enterprise/Boatbuilding Center

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(about 500 feet away); Redstone Old Fort (approx. 0.2 miles away); Bowman's Castle (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Brownsville.

Photographed by Bradley Owen, June 30, 2022

2. Veterans Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on July 5, 2022. It was originally submitted on July 1, 2022, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. This page has been viewed 270 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 1, 2022, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.