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Anthracite Region Veterans Memorial

 
 
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Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), October 18, 2024
1. Anthracite Region Veterans Memorial
Inscription.
Dedicated to all
Anthracite Region
Veterans

 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 40° 42.246′ N, 76° 9.801′ W. Memorial is in Port Carbon, Pennsylvania, in Schuylkill County. It is on 5th Street south of White Street, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 612 5th St, Port Carbon PA 17965, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Pennsylvania’s Anthracite Coal Region. 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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Vietnam Veterans Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Schuylkill Canal (approx. 0.6 miles away); Veterans of Port Carbon (approx. 0.6 miles away); Firth Dock (1828-1871) (approx. one mile away); Congressional Medal of Honor Memorial (approx. 1½ miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 1½ miles away); Vice Admiral Joel Thompson Boone (approx. 1.7 miles away); In Honor Of Valeria Davis (approx. 1.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Port Carbon.
 
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Anthracite Region Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), October 18, 2024
2. Anthracite Region Veterans Memorial
 
 
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