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War Memorial

 
 
War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 14, 2024
1. War Memorial
Inscription.
In memory of all those who served in all foreign wars of the United States of America
 
Erected by Palmyra Memorial Post 6417, Veterans of Foreign Wars.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 40° 18.555′ N, 76° 35.527′ W. Memorial is in Palmyra, Pennsylvania, in Lebanon County. It is at the intersection of Main Street/Benjamin Franklin Highway (U.S. 422) and Grant Street, on the left when traveling west on Main Street/Benjamin Franklin Highway. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 232 East Main Street, Palmyra PA 17078, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in South-Central Pennsylvania, specifically in Pennsylvania Dutch Country, and in Greater Harrisburg. 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
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one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.3 miles away); Dr. Johann Palm (approx. 0.3 miles away); Palmyra (approx. 0.4 miles away); a different marker also named Palmyra (approx. one mile away); Derry Churchyard (approx. 2.9 miles away); Hershey (approx. 3 miles away); Derry Church School (1844-1904) (approx. 3 miles away); Kinderhaus “Climbing Tree” (approx. 3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Palmyra.
 
War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 14, 2024
2. War Memorial
At lower left of photo, at the VFW Post home
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on October 20, 2024. It was originally submitted on May 16, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 147 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on May 16, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
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