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Veterans Memorial

 
 
Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, June 21, 2022
1. Veterans Memorial
Inscription.
Honoring the members of California Borough who
served in the Armed Forces in
World War II
1941 • 1945

 
Erected 1946.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II.
 
Location. 40° 3.949′ N, 79° 53.502′ W. Memorial is in California, Pennsylvania, in Washington County. It is at the intersection of Taylor Circle and 4th Street, on the right when traveling west on Taylor Circle. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: California PA 15419, 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) Confederacy and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Soldiers Memorial Monument (within shouting distance
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of this marker); C.A.S.D. Vietnam Veterans Honor Roll (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Monument Relocation (within shouting distance of this marker); East Pike Memorial - World War II (within shouting distance of this marker); Jennings–Gallagher House (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Joseph A.“Jock” Yablonski (about 600 feet away); Molly Fleming House (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in California.
 
Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, June 21, 2022
2. Veterans Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on July 16, 2022. It was originally submitted on July 15, 2022, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. This page has been viewed 306 times since then and 8 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on July 16, 2022, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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Jul. 15, 2026