Portage in Cambria County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Veterans Memorial
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 25, 2024
1. Veterans Memorial
the brave men and women of
the Borough of Portage and
vicinity who offered their lives
to create, preserve and protect our
nation and our love of freedom
and our homes and in appreciation
of their devotion to their country
in times of war, by this and
other generations to come.
Erected by John R. Moyer American Legion Post 430.
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
Location. 40° 22.871′ N, 78° 40.821′ W. Memorial is in Portage, Pennsylvania, in Cambria County. It is on Verba Boulevard, on the left when traveling south. Memorial is in Crichton McCormick Park. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1200 Johnson Avenue, Portage PA 15946, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Pennsylvania’s Laurel Highlands. 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 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: War Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Sonman Mine Disaster Memorial (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); World War I Memorial (approx. 0.8 miles away); Vietnam Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.8 miles away); Walter Edward Mintus (approx. 0.8 miles away); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial
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Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 25, 2024
2. Veterans Memorial
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 25, 2024
3. Veterans Memorial Memorial Bricks Detail
Credits. This page was last revised on October 27, 2024. It was originally submitted on October 27, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 123 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on October 27, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
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