White Oak in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

American Legion Post 701 Memorial

Photographed by Bradley Owen, October 4, 2024

1. American Legion Post 701 Memorial

Inscription.
Post 701 Memorial Trees planted in memory of:

Dan Paradise - U.S.A.F. • Gene Legg - U.S.A.F. • Lorraine Legg - U.S.A.F. • George "Tucky Ratesic - U.S. Navy • Larry Hartos - U.S. Army • William D. Oliver - U.S. Army • Frank Ratesic - U.S. Army • George Hartman, Jr. - Army Air Corp • Ray Swanson - U.S.A.F. • Wilbert Schmidt - U.S. Navy • George Matta - U.S. Army

Erected by White Oak American Legion Post 701.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.

Location. 40° 21.262′ N, 79° 49.389′ W. Memorial is in White Oak, Pennsylvania, in Allegheny County. It is on Capitol Street east of Pennsylvania Avenue, on the left when traveling east. Memorial is located beside the parking lot of the White Oak American Legion Post 701 building. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 2813 Capitol Street, McKeesport PA 15131, 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,

and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Veterans Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Braddock's Last Encampment (approx. half a mile away); Queen Aliquippa (approx. 0.7 miles away); Helen Richey (approx. one mile away); David McKee

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(approx. 1.2 miles away); Civil War Memorial (approx. 1.2 miles away); John McKee and Family (approx. 1.3 miles away); John McKee (approx. 1.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in White Oak.

Photographed by Bradley Owen, October 4, 2024

2. American Legion Post 701 Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on October 16, 2024. It was originally submitted on October 16, 2024, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. This page has been viewed 167 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 16, 2024, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia.