Conyngham in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

War Memorial

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., January 15, 2023

1. War Memorial

Inscription.

Dedicated in honor and appreciation to
our War Veterans, MIAs, and POWs
past and present

Army • Navy • Air Force
Marine • Coast Guard

Erected 1995 by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8161 (Vets Valley).

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

Location. 40° 59.413′ N, 76° 3.333′ W. Memorial is in Conyngham, Pennsylvania, in Luzerne County. It is on Main Street, on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 211 South Main Street, Conyngham PA 18219, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Pennsylvania’s Anthracite Coal Region,

in the Wyoming Valley,

and in Greater Scranton and Wilkes-Barre. 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.

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least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Conyngham Honor Roll (here, next to this marker); Lehigh-Susquehanna Tollgate Replica (within shouting distance of this marker); The Sugarloaf Massacre (approx. 0.4 miles away); a different marker also named War Memorial (approx. half a mile away); a different marker also named Sugarloaf Massacre (approx. half a mile away); Alvan Markle and Highacres (approx. 1.3 miles away); Operation Desert Storm Memorial (approx. 1.3 miles away); Sugarloaf Valley World War II Honor Roll (approx. 1.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Conyngham.

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Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., January 15, 2023

2. War Memorials

Credits. This page was last revised on January 18, 2023. It was originally submitted on January 18, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 221 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on January 18, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.