Irwin in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Union Cemetery Veterans Memorial
Photographed by Bradley Owen, April 1, 2025
1. Union Cemetery Veterans Memorial
Erected 1948 by J. Howard Snyder Post No. 781 Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
Location. 40° 19.54′ N, 79° 41.55′ W. Memorial is in Irwin, Pennsylvania, in Westmoreland County. It can be reached from Pennsylvania Avenue (Old Route 30) just east of Bridge Street, on the left when traveling east. Memorial is located in Irwin Union Cemetery on the north side of the stone archway. It is mounted on the stone wall on the north side of the platform. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1431 Pennsylvania Avenue, Irwin PA 15642, 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 walking distance of this marker: In Memory of the Unknown (here, next to this marker); Brush Hill (approx. 0.2 miles away); Immaculate Conception Parish Cemetery Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); Shafton Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.3 miles away); Fort Walthour (approx. half a mile away); Biddle Honor Roll (approx. 0.7 miles away); Traveling The Highway (approx. Ύ mile away); The Beginning of the Lincoln Highway (approx. 0.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Irwin.
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Photographed by Bradley Owen, April 1, 2025
2. Union Cemetery Veterans Memorial
Memorial is mounted on the stone wall at the left center of the photo.
Credits. This page was last revised on April 5, 2025. It was originally submitted on April 5, 2025, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. This page has been viewed 154 times since then and 9 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 5, 2025, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia.
