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Independence Community Honor Roll

 
 
Independence World Wars Community Honor Roll image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 22, 2009
1. Independence World Wars Community Honor Roll
Inscription.
[Front of Monument:]
1941 ** Dedicated to the ** 1945
Members of Our
Community Serving
Our Country
in the Armed Forces


[Left Column:]
H Patterson, C Burns, P Westlake, C Gillespie, J Shymchyk, J Shedkiac, G Durilla, H Meneely, F Robinson, W Westlake, H Myer, G Hogue, J Dunkle, F Spencer, G Arnold, C King, L Patterson, W Buchanan, H Tredway, L Speicher, H Shephard, C Corbin, M Mucci, J Ryniawec, A Ehnert, A Shepard

[Center Column:]
D Meneely, E Cunion, E Burns, J McAdoo, E Myer, J Meneely, J Hall, E Robinson, M Shymchyk, F Spencer, S Perrin, R Adams, H Robinson, C Meneely, C Virgin, E Moore, N Virgin, H Wright, C Narquini, H Meneely, M Adams, A Georgetti, J Lucas, S Georgetti

[Right Column:]
J Gunion, C Riggs, W Harlin, H Painter, A Riggs, L Carl, W McAdoo, V Virgin, E Meneely, G Riggs, C Painter, V Perrin, G Buxton, J Parko, E King, K Meneely, M Kimble, H Narigon, C Riggs, A Harlin, W Jones, E Lerby, D McAdoo, D Frye, B Miller, L White

[Back of Monument:]
World War I
Charles Baker, William Baker, Hewitt Burns, Darwin Baxter, Joseph De Petro, Clair Dolan, Orban Dolan, Flavius Louch, Normon Myers, William Richey, William Shephard, (+)Lawrence Silvers, Clyde Tuttle, Fred White

 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, World IWar, World II.
 
Location. 40° 15.221′ N, 80° 30.448′ W. Memorial is near Avella, Pennsylvania, in Washington County. It is in Independence Township. It is at the intersection of Washington Pike (Pennsylvania Route 844) and Avella Road ( Route 50), on the right when traveling west on Washington Pike. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 142 Washington Pike, Avella PA 15312, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Greater Pittsburgh.
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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 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Doddridge's Fort (approx. 1.9 miles away); Tollgate House (approx. 2 miles away in West Virginia); Meadowcroft Rockshelter (approx. 2.4 miles away); Pine Bank Covered Bridge (approx. 2½ miles away); Avella War Memorial (approx. 2.9 miles away); Drovers Inn (approx. 3.1 miles away in West Virginia); Mt. Hope United Presbyterian Church (approx. 3.2 miles away); Revolutionary War Soldiers (approx. 3.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Avella.
 
Independence World War I Honor Roll image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 22, 2009
2. Independence World War I Honor Roll
Independence World Wars Community Honor Roll image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 22, 2009
3. Independence World Wars Community Honor Roll
Looking west along Washington Pike from Avella Road.
Independence World War II Honor Roll - Left Column image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 22, 2009
4. Independence World War II Honor Roll - Left Column
Independence World War II Honor Roll - Center Column image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 22, 2009
5. Independence World War II Honor Roll - Center Column
Independence World War II Honor Roll - Right Column image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 22, 2009
6. Independence World War II Honor Roll - Right Column
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on July 15, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,205 times since then and 15 times this year. Last updated on July 28, 2022, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on July 15, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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