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Veterans Memorial

 
 
Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 28, 2023
1. Veterans Memorial
Inscription.

In grateful appreciation of sacrifices
made by all McKeesport Area Veterans

[Dedicated] Dec. 7. 1995

 
Erected 1995 by Pvt. Jacob Greenfield Jewish War Veteran Post #181 of McKeesport.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Patriots & Patriotism.
 
Location. 40° 21.089′ N, 79° 52.028′ W. Memorial is in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, in Allegheny County. It is at the intersection of Lysle Boulevard and Market Street (Pennsylvania Route 148), on the left when traveling east on Lysle Boulevard. Monument is in Memorial Park. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: McKeesport PA 15132, 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 the Ohio River Valley, 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 Viceroyalty of New France, the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: McKeesport Vietnam Veteran's Memorial (here, next to this marker); War Memorial (here, next to this marker); Pvt. Franklin J. Philips (a few steps from this marker); McKeesport Memorial and Shrine (a few steps from this marker); a different marker also named War Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Kennedy-Nixon Taft-Hartley Debate (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); John F. Kennedy (about 400 feet away); Bank of McKeesport Building (approx. Ό mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in McKeesport.
 
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Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 28, 2023
2. Veterans Memorial
Monument is visible through the gateway, in front of the yellow-bloom Forsythia
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 1, 2023. It was originally submitted on June 1, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 209 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on June 1, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
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