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Coal Center in Washington County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

A Revolutionary War Soldier

is buried in this Cemetery

 
 
A Revolutionary War Soldier Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, June 30, 2022
1. A Revolutionary War Soldier Marker
Inscription.
John Furlong

 
Erected 2021 by The George Washington Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution, Washington, PA.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, US Revolutionary.
 
Location. 40° 5.43′ N, 79° 53.81′ W. Memorial is in Coal Center, Pennsylvania, in Washington County. It can be reached from Dally Road north of Elco Hill Road, on the right when traveling north. Marker is located on the southeast corner of the Ruth Eckert Memorial Chapel building beneath the flagpole at the traffic circle near the center of Howe Cemetery. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 453 Dally Road, Coal Center PA 15423, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is 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 was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois)
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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: Howe Community Roll of Honor (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Revolutionary War Soldiers (approx. 1.4 miles away); Elco Borough Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.4 miles away); Pennsylvania Railroad Passenger Station (approx. 1.6 miles away); California Boatyards (approx. 1.6 miles away); California (approx. 1.6 miles away); California Cemetery In Memorium (approx. 1.6 miles away); Joseph A.“Jock” Yablonski (approx. 1.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Coal Center.
 
A Revolutionary War Soldier Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, June 30, 2022
2. A Revolutionary War Soldier Marker
Marker can be seen between the building and the flagpole.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on July 7, 2022. It was originally submitted on July 2, 2022, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. This page has been viewed 226 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on July 2, 2022, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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