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Wm. W. Fahey Post No. 491

Kennett Square

 
 
Wm. W. Fahey Post No. 491 Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Carl Gordon Moore Jr., January 24, 2023
1. Wm. W. Fahey Post No. 491 Marker
Lower part of this monument is in photo 2.
Inscription.
records with pride
the memory of
those who served
in the World War
1917----1918
It is the legacy of
a grateful community
to honor and revere
for all time

World War II
Korea
Vietnam
Lebanon / Grenada
Panama
Persian Gulf

 
Erected by Wm. W. Fahey Post No. 491.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, KoreanWar, VietnamWar, World IWar, World II.
 
Location. 39° 50.588′ N, 75° 42.766′ W. Memorial is in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, in Chester County. It is on Center Street near Mulberry Street, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 409 Center Street, Kennett Square PA 19348, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Southeast Pennsylvania and in Greater Philadelphia. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. 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, New Netherland, and 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: Borough of Kennett Square (approx. 0.3 miles away); Crown Forces Encampment (approx. 0.3 miles away); Kennett Square (approx. 0.3 miles away); State Fencibles of Philadelphia Campsite (approx. half a mile away); Herb Pennock Park - A History (approx. 0.6 miles away); Historic Homestead
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(approx. 0.6 miles away); The Manor of Steyning (approx. Ύ mile away); Battle of Brandywine (approx. 1.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Kennett Square.
 
Another marker is no longer nearby. Isaac D. Johnson (was approx. 0.3 miles away but has been permanently removed).
 
More about this memorial. William W. Fahey Post No. 491 is an American Legion post in Kennett Square.
 
Wm. W. Fahey Post No. 491 Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Carl Gordon Moore Jr., January 24, 2023
2. Wm. W. Fahey Post No. 491 Marker
Upper part of this monument is in photo 1.
Wm. W. Fahey Post No. 491 Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Carl Gordon Moore Jr., January 24, 2023
3. Wm. W. Fahey Post No. 491 Marker
Center Street is off camera to lower left. Mary D. Lang Kindergarten Center is off camera to right. Mulberry Street runs left-to-right in rear.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 6, 2023. It was originally submitted on January 24, 2023, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. This page has been viewed 298 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on January 24, 2023, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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