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Chartiers Valley Memorial

 
 
Chartiers Valley Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, September 3, 2024
1. Chartiers Valley Memorial
Inscription.
In grateful tribute toward the Veterans of Chartiers Valley both the living and the dead who through their valiant efforts and bitter sacrifice have helped make America great is this shrine solemnly dedicated . . . may God grant that the liberty of mankind which only brave souls win and only vigilance can guard shall live on with greater virility to perpetuate itself for all ages to come . . . .
 
Erected 1951 by Chartiers Valley Veteran Organizations' Council.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 40° 24.236′ N, 80° 4.456′ W. Memorial is in Carnegie, Pennsylvania, in Allegheny County. It is at the intersection of Cooks Lane and Chestnut Street, on the right when traveling east on Cooks Lane. Memorial is located in Carnegie Park. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 21 Cooks Lane, Carnegie PA 15106, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Greater Pittsburgh. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Mid-Atlantic, in the Ohio River Valley, in Appalachia, and specifically
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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 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: Carnegie Great War Monument (approx. 0.6 miles away); Andrew Carnegie Free Library (approx. 0.6 miles away); St. Peter & St. Paul Ukrainian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church (approx. 0.7 miles away); Holy Virgin Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church (approx. 0.7 miles away); East Carnegie Honor Roll (approx. Ύ mile away); World War I Honor Roll (approx. Ύ mile away); Honus Wagner (approx. 0.8 miles away); Union Electric Steel Honor Roll (approx. 0.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Carnegie.
 
Chartiers Valley Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, September 3, 2024
2. Chartiers Valley Memorial
Memorial Renovation Plaque image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, September 3, 2024
3. Memorial Renovation Plaque

Carnegie Veterans Memorial Renovation
Eagle Scout Leadership Project
Dedicated May 27, 2017
Jack Jones, Troop 23
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on September 5, 2024. It was originally submitted on September 5, 2024, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. This page has been viewed 553 times since then and 43 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on September 5, 2024, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia.
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