Near Phoenixville in Chester County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

The Freedom Tree

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 31, 2023

1. The Freedom Tree Marker

Inscription.

In honor of the brave men killed,
wounded, missing and captured, and
all who served in the cause of freedom
in Southeast Asia.

Presented to the Freedoms Foundation by
the National League of Families of
Prisoners of War and Missing in Action
May 6, 1973

Erected 1973 by National League of Families of Prisoners of War and Missing in Action.

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & Patriotism • War, Vietnam. In addition, it is included in the The Freedom Tree series list.

Location. 40° 6.255′ N, 75° 28.408′ W. Memorial is near Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, in Chester County. It can be reached from Valley Forge Road. Monument is on the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge campus. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1601 Valley Forge Road, Phoenixville PA 19460, 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 walking distance of this marker: Southeast Asia KIA/MIA/POW Memorial (a few steps from this marker); 69th Infantry Division (a few steps from this marker); Veterans Memorial (a few steps from this marker); 63rd Infantry Division (a few steps from this

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marker); United States Army (a few steps from this marker); United States Marine Corps (a few steps from this marker); United States Navy (a few steps from this marker); United States Coast Guard (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Phoenixville.

Also see . . . Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge. (Submitted on September 5, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 31, 2023

2. The Freedom Tree Marker

Henry Knox Building in upper left background

The Freedom Tree and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 31, 2023

3. The Freedom Tree and Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on September 5, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 5, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 163 times since then and 7 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on September 5, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.