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Veterans Memorial

 
 
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Photographed by Bradley Owen, May 25, 2025
1. Veterans Memorial
Inscription.
We gratefully dedicate this monument to honor the men and women who faithfully and proudly served our country sacrificing all to protect our country's freedom.
 
Erected by American Legion Post 527 Private Richard L. Anderson.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 40° 23.685′ N, 79° 50.692′ W. Memorial is in East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in Allegheny County. It is on Draper Street south of Bessemer Avenue, on the right when traveling south. Memorial is located in front of the American Legion Richard L. Ferguson Post 527 building. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 401 Draper Street, East Pittsburgh PA 15112, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Greater Pittsburgh. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Mid-Atlantic, in the Ohio River Valley, 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 All American Veterans (a few steps from this marker); George Westinghouse (approx. 0.3 miles away); Joe Magarac • 1940 (approx. Ύ mile away); Braddock's Spring (approx. 0.8 miles away); Edgar Thomson Plant (approx. 0.8 miles away); War Memorial (approx. 0.8 miles away); Out of This Furnace (approx. 0.8 miles away); In Memory of (approx. 0.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in East Pittsburgh.
 
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Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, May 25, 2025
2. Veterans Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 26, 2025. It was originally submitted on May 26, 2025, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. This page has been viewed 112 times since then and 8 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on May 26, 2025, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia.
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