Marker Logo
THE HISTORICAL
MARKER DATABASE
“Bite-Size Bits of Local, National, and Global History”
McKeesport in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

McKeesport's Tenth Ward Veterans Memorial

 
 
McKeesport's Tenth Ward Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, October 4, 2024
1. McKeesport's Tenth Ward Veterans Memorial
Inscription.
Honoring all Tenth Ward men and women who answered the call of the United States of America to serve during war, peace or military action

A special honor to those who sacrificed their life to keep our country free

 
Erected 1997.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 40° 20.88′ N, 79° 52.82′ W. Memorial is in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, in Allegheny County. It is at the intersection of Pacific Street and Ramp Number 2, on the right when traveling south on Pacific Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 608 Pacific Street, McKeesport PA 15132, 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 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,
Paid Advertisement
Click or scan to see
this page online
and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Tenth Ward Honor Roll (here, next to this marker); General Motors Employees Veterans Memorial (approx. half a mile away); Dravosburg Honor Roll (approx. half a mile away); Port Vue Borough Honor Roll (approx. 0.6 miles away); Kennedy-Nixon Taft-Hartley Debate (approx. 0.7 miles away); David Burton Foster (approx. 0.7 miles away); Burt Foster (approx. 0.7 miles away); Civil War Memorial (approx. 0.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in McKeesport.
 
Regarding McKeesport's Tenth Ward Veterans Memorial. Memorial was fabricated by the Sandmeyer Steel Company, Philadelphia, PA.
 
McKeesport's Tenth Ward Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, October 4, 2024
2. McKeesport's Tenth Ward Veterans Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on October 14, 2024. It was originally submitted on October 13, 2024, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. This page has been viewed 176 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on October 14, 2024, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia.
m=258539

CeraNet Cloud Computing sponsors the Historical Marker Database.
This website earns income from purchases you make after using our links to Amazon.com. We appreciate your support.
Paid Advertisement
Jul. 11, 2026