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Veterans Memorial

 
 
Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 12, 2024
1. Veterans Memorial
Inscription.

In memory of
those who served
in all wars

Dedicated Nov. 11, 1961

 
Erected 1961 by McAdoo Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6708.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 40° 54.109′ N, 75° 59.632′ W. Memorial is in McAdoo, Pennsylvania, in Schuylkill County. It is on Kennedy Drive north of Sherman Street, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 16 South Kennedy Drive, McAdoo PA 18237, 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 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: A different
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marker also named Veterans Memorial (a few steps from this marker); 9/11 Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Police and Firefighters Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away); Lattimer Massacre (approx. 3.3 miles away); Our Lady of Mount Carmel (approx. 3.6 miles away); War Memorial (approx. 3.9 miles away); a different marker also named War Memorial (approx. 3.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in McAdoo.
 
Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 12, 2024
2. Veterans Memorial
At far right, in wall below window
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on November 14, 2024. It was originally submitted on November 14, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 110 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on November 14, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
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