Hempfield Township near Greensburg in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Veterans Memorial

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., March 11, 2025

1. Veterans Memorial

Inscription.

[Title is text]
Dedicated November 10, 2013

Erected by Harrold Zion Lutheran Church.

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

Location. 40° 16.914′ N, 79° 35.566′ W. Memorial is near Greensburg, Pennsylvania, in Westmoreland County. It is in Hempfield Township. It can be reached from Baltzer Meyer Pike. Marker is at the flag pole, on the Harrold Zion Lutheran Church grounds. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 671 Baltzer Meyer Pike, Greensburg PA 15601, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Laurel Highlands

and in Greater Pittsburgh.

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 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

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3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Fort Allen (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Sion Church-Herolds Settlement (about 700 feet away); a different marker also named Fort Allen (approx. 0.2 miles away); Hempfield Township (approx. 1.2 miles away); Westmoreland County Memorial Park Veterans Monument (approx. 1.4 miles away); Hempfield Township Roosevelt Club Veterans Memorial (approx. 2.1 miles away); Toll House (approx. 2.1 miles away); 14th Quartermaster Detachment Memorial (approx. 2.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Greensburg.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., March 11, 2025

2. Veterans Memorial

BSA Troop 465 Time Capsule image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Charlie Powers, January 13, 2026

3. BSA Troop 465 Time Capsule

BSA Troop 465 1963-2013 50th Anniversary Time Capsule to be Opened in 2038 Harold Zion Lutheran Church (Located a few steps from the Veterans Memorial)

Credits. This page was last revised on January 16, 2026. It was originally submitted on March 12, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 132 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 12, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 3. submitted on January 15, 2026, by Charlie Powers of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.