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Port Vue in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Port Vue Legion Veterans Memorial

 
 
Port Vue Legion Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, October 4, 2024
1. Port Vue Legion Veterans Memorial
Inscription.
Dedicated to the men and women who served in all wars and conflicts and to the families and friends who endured the pain.

Army • Navy • Air Force • Marines

 
Erected 2002 by American Legion Post 447 and Vinny's Blast Furnace.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 40° 20.229′ N, 79° 52.115′ W. Memorial is in Port Vue, Pennsylvania, in Allegheny County. It is on Gumbert Street south of Romine Avenue, on the right when traveling south. Memorial is located on the front of the American Legion Post 447 building. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 304 Gumbert Street, McKeesport PA 15133, 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
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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: Port Vue Borough Honor Roll (approx. 0.4 miles away); First Methodist Episcopal Church of McKeesport (approx. 0.9 miles away); Carnegie Free Library of McKeesport (approx. 0.9 miles away); Kennedy-Nixon Taft-Hartley Debate (approx. 0.9 miles away); McKeesport's Tenth Ward Veterans Memorial (approx. one mile away); Tenth Ward Honor Roll (approx. one mile away); Liberty Borough Memorial (approx. one mile away); Liberty Borough Honor Roll (approx. one mile away).
 
Port Vue Legion Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, October 4, 2024
2. Port Vue Legion Veterans Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on October 15, 2024. It was originally submitted on October 15, 2024, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. This page has been viewed 214 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on October 15, 2024, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia.
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