Honesdale in Wayne County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Veterans Park

We Veterans Remember

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 6, 2023

1. Veterans Park Memorial Bench

Inscription.
In gratitude to all USA Veterans
for our freedom

In memory of Sgt. Bernard G. Southerton, US Army
WWII - POW, Four Bronze Stars, Purple Heart,
from the Lau nieces and nephews.
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I am a soldier
from one of the wars past.
Which war doesn't matter,
each to be the last.

I fought bravely,
facing fire and lead.
And for the cause of freedom,
life's blood was shed.

I'm in heaven now,
where there is no war.
Where peace is forever,
death I face no more.

Yes, I am a soldier,
who died to keep you free.
I see you haven't forgotten,
thanks for remembering me.
Author - Edwin J. Harend

Erected by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 531 and the Lau Family.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Patriots & Patriotism.

Location. 41° 35.522′ N, 75° 15.878′ W. Memorial is in Honesdale, Pennsylvania, in Wayne County. It is on Fair Avenue (Pennsylvania Route 191), on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1874 Fair Avenue, Honesdale PA 18431, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Pennsylvania’s Pocono Mountains.

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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow

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flies: Saint Mary Magdalen Parish Cemetery Children's Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away); Gen. Lyman L. Lemnitzer (approx. 0.9 miles away); Honesdale (approx. 1.1 miles away); Stourbridge Lion (approx. 1.1 miles away); Snubbing Post (approx. 1.1 miles away); a different marker also named The Stourbridge Lion (approx. 1.1 miles away); Lackawaxen River (approx. 1.1 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Honesdale.

Veterans Park Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 6, 2023

2. Veterans Park Marker

Veterans Park image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 6, 2023

3. Veterans Park

Veterans Park Entrance image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 6, 2023

4. Veterans Park Entrance

Credits. This page was last revised on May 6, 2023. It was originally submitted on May 6, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 194 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on May 6, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.