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

"The Flame of Freedom"

Photographed by Bradley Owen, April 9, 2025

1. "The Flame of Freedom" Marker

Inscription.
For God and country
In memory of deceased veterans of all wars from the Jeannette area

Dedicated by the Jeannette Post No. 344 in honor of the 50th anniversary of the American Legion
March 15, 1919 to March 15, 1969

Glenn Storey, Post Commander • Ted Rucolas, Post Adjutant • Community Service Committee • Charles E. Walter & Stanley Mokowski

Erected 1969 by Jeannette Post No. 344.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Charity & Public Work • Military.

Location. 40° 19.588′ N, 79° 36.957′ W. Memorial is in Jeannette, Pennsylvania, in Westmoreland County. It is on South 2nd Street north of Clay Avenue, on the right when traveling north. Memorial is located in front of the Jeannette Police Department. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 110 South 2nd Street, Jeannette PA 15644, 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

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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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: American Saint Gobain Employees World War II Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away); Henry Allshouse Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away); Bushy Run (approx. 1.1 miles away); Jeannette District War Memorial (approx. 1.3 miles away); Pathways for Commerce and Conquest: (approx. 2 miles away); a different marker also named Pathways for Commerce and Conquest: (approx. 2 miles away); Pathways For Commerce and Conquest: (approx. 2 miles away); a different marker also named Pathways for Commerce and Conquest: (approx. 2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Jeannette.

Photographed by Bradley Owen, April 9, 2025

2. "The Flame of Freedom" Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on April 23, 2025. It was originally submitted on April 23, 2025, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. This page has been viewed 122 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 23, 2025, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia.