Shamokin in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Veterans Memorial

Army • Navy • Air Force • Marines

— Remember When? —

Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 14, 2023

1. Veterans Memorial

Inscription.

In Memory
of all veterans of Shamokin and Coal Township,
veterans of all wars, living and dead, who served
their country. If we are again called on to serve
we will be there. We will serve as our fathers and
forefathers did at Valley Forge, Yorktown, New Orleans,
Vicksburg, and San Juan Hill. We will serve as our fathers
did in the Argonne Forest, at Normandy, Anzio, Guadal Canal,
and Korea, and we will serve as our troops did in Cuba,
the Berlin Wall, and Viet Nam, so help us God.

Erected by the Citizens of Shamokin and Coal Township.

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

Location. 40° 47.524′ N, 76° 33.188′ W. Memorial is in Shamokin, Pennsylvania, in Northumberland County. It is at the intersection of Independence Street and Washington Street, on the right when traveling west on Independence Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 218 East Independence Street, Shamokin PA 17872, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Pennsylvania’s Anthracite

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Coal Region

and in the Susquehanna Valley.

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 walking distance of this marker: 9/11 and First Responders Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); History of the J.H And C.K. Eagle Silk Mill (approx. ¼ mile away); The Price of Freedom Veterans Memorial (approx. ¼ mile away); Civil War Memorial (approx. 0.3 miles away); John Fitzgerald Kennedy (approx. 0.3 miles away); Spanish-American War Memorial (approx. 0.3 miles away); Stanley A. Coveleski (approx. 0.4 miles away); Legacy Park (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Shamokin.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 14, 2023

2. Veterans Memorial

Looking west

Credits. This page was last revised on September 21, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 21, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 220 times since then and 31 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 21, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.