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Veterans Memorial

 
 
Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), September 3, 2023
1. Veterans Memorial
Inscription. To honor those who served
 
Erected 1952 by The Harrowgate Park Civic Association; David E. Connor, Architect; Amelie Zell Felton, Sculptor; Continental Memorial Corp.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 39° 59.975′ N, 75° 6.4′ W. Memorial is in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia County. It is in Harrowgate. It is at the intersection of Kensington Avenue and East Schiller Street, on the right when traveling east on Kensington Avenue. The memorial stands on the grounds of Harrowgate Park. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 3463 Kensington Ave, Philadelphia PA 19134, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Southeast Pennsylvania. 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: Charles Allen Smith (approx. 0.7 miles away); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.9 miles away); Sgt. John McVeigh Memorial (approx. 0.9 miles away); Vietnam Era Memorial (approx. 0.9 miles away); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.9 miles away); Stanley A. Gogoj (approx. 0.9 miles away); A Square for Port Richmond (approx. 0.9 miles away); The King's Highway (approx. 1.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Philadelphia.
 
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Dedication on the memorial's reverse image. Click for full size.
By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), September 3, 2023
2. Dedication on the memorial's reverse
Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), September 3, 2023
3. Veterans Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on September 5, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 5, 2023, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 184 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on September 5, 2023, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
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