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

American Legion Post 482 War Memorial

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., July 3, 2009

1. American Legion Post 482 War Memorial Marker

Inscription.
This tree is dedicated
as a memorial to our comrades
Phoenixville Post 482
American Legion

Walter Caffrey • Alfred I. Campbell
William E. Carr • Joseph C. Chrisman
Ralph H. Cowell • William Cox
Louis H. Ennis • George W. Erb
Walter E. Ettinger • Wilmer H. Harris
George Hendricks • Edward C. Hepp
Chas. R. Keller • Chas. J. Kramer
Edward Longacre • Isaac McSwain
James O'Connor • Harvey E. Ott
Edward C. Powers • John Rafferty
Francis Skelly • David Smith
Hugh L. Smith • Antoni Sterziega
Luch Stiffwel[?] • Leo J. Swartz
M. Ralph Walleigh • Wade Werner
William M. Ziegler • Eleanor Scull
Frank Johnson

Erected by American Legion Post 482.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.

Location. 40° 7.679′ N, 75° 30.844′ W. Memorial is in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, in Chester County. It is on Main Street, on the left when traveling south. Memorial is along the western edge of Reeves Park, between 2nd and 3rd Avenues. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: 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: The Griffen Cannon and Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Phoenixville Vietnam War Memorial

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(a few steps from this marker); Phoenixville War Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); The Story Told By The Mural (approx. 0.4 miles away); The Doty Road Bridge (approx. 0.4 miles away); Phoenix Iron Company (approx. half a mile away); Phoenix Iron & Steel Company (approx. half a mile away); Symbols of Steel Sculpture Garden (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Phoenixville.

American Legion Post 482 War Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., July 3, 2009

2. American Legion Post 482 War Memorial

Griffen Cannon Memorial in background.

Credits. This page was last revised on January 22, 2020. It was originally submitted on December 4, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,183 times since then and 29 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 4, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.