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Franklin in Venango County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Universal Motherhood

 
 
Universal Motherhood Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., July 12, 2024
1. Universal Motherhood Marker
Inscription.

Planted by
Camp Number 36
United Spanish War Veterans
and dedicated to
Mother
in honor of
Universal Motherhood

May 14, 1932

 
Erected 1932 by United Spanish War Veterans Camp Number 36.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & PatriotismWar, Spanish-AmericanWomen.
 
Location. 41° 23.881′ N, 79° 49.718′ W. Memorial is in Franklin, Pennsylvania, in Venango County. It is at the intersection of Liberty Street (U.S. 62/322) and 12th Street, on the right when traveling west on Liberty Street. Marker is just SW of the Egbert Memorial Fountain in Fountain (West) Park. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Franklin PA 16323, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Northwestern Pennsylvania. 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 Viceroyalty of
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New France, the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: John E. Logue, Jr. (a few steps from this marker); World War I Memorial (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Samuel C.T. Dodd (about 400 feet away); Venango County (about 400 feet away); World War I Veterans Memorial (about 400 feet away); Venango County Courthouse (about 400 feet away); Franklin (about 500 feet away); Brigadier General Alfred B. McCalmont (about 600 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Franklin.
 
Universal Motherhood Marker and Tree image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., July 12, 2024
2. Universal Motherhood Marker and Tree
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on July 15, 2024. It was originally submitted on July 15, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 215 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on July 15, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
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Jul. 12, 2026