Mercer in Mercer County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Mercer County WWII Memorial

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., January 26, 2025

1. Mercer County WWII Memorial Marker

Inscription.
We have shared the incommunicable experience of war.
We have felt, we still feel, the passion of life to its top.
In our youth our hearts were touched with fire.
O. Wendell Holmes

[Mercer County outline with "Ruptured Duck" superimposed]

European Theater [map]
Pacific Theater [map]

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & Patriotism • War, World II.

Location. 41° 13.609′ N, 80° 14.298′ W. Memorial is in Mercer, Pennsylvania, in Mercer County. It is at the intersection of Pitt Street and South Diamond Street (Pennsylvania Route 258), on the left when traveling north on Pitt Street. Memorial is on the Mercer County Courthouse grounds. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 125 South Diamond Street, Mercer PA 16137, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Northwestern Pennsylvania

and in Greater Erie. 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,

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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 walking distance of this marker: Civil War Memorial (a few steps from this marker); The Vietnam Conflict (within shouting distance of this marker); Global War on Terror Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); The Mercer Soldiers Orphans School (within shouting distance of this marker); John A. Bingham (within shouting distance of this marker); Helen Black Miller Memorial Chapel (within shouting distance of this marker); Court House Fountain (within shouting distance of this marker); General Hugh Mercer (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mercer.

Mercer County WWII Memorial ETO Map image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., January 26, 2025

2. Mercer County WWII Memorial ETO Map

Mercer County WWII Memorial PTO Map image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., January 26, 2025

3. Mercer County WWII Memorial PTO Map

Mercer County WWII Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., January 26, 2025

4. Mercer County WWII Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on February 4, 2025. It was originally submitted on February 4, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 168 times since then and 8 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on February 4, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.