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General Philip H. Sheridan Monument

 
 
General Philip H. Sheridan Monument Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), July 19, 2024
1. General Philip H. Sheridan Monument Marker
Inscription.
General Philip H. Sheridan
1831 - 1888

 
Erected 1910.
 
Topics. This monument and memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil.
 
Location. 41° 24.438′ N, 75° 39.743′ W. Monument is in Scranton, Pennsylvania, in Lackawanna County. It is at the intersection of Adams Avenue and Spruce Street / Biden Street, on the left when traveling north on Adams Avenue. Touch for map. Monument is at or near this postal address: 200 Adams Ave, Scranton PA 18503, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial monument is in Pennsylvania’s Wyoming 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: Courthouse Square Business Corner (a few steps from this marker); First Electric Cars (within shouting distance of this marker); Revolutionary War Patriots (within shouting distance of this marker); General Thaddeus Kosciuszko (within shouting distance of this marker); Piazza dell' Arte (within shouting distance of this marker); Marion Langan Munley (within shouting distance of this marker); John Mitchell (within shouting distance of this marker); 1902 Anthracite Coal Strike (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Scranton.
 
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General Philip H. Sheridan Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), July 19, 2024
2. General Philip H. Sheridan Monument
 
 
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