Port Richmond in Philadelphia in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Veterans Memorial
and gratitude
Erected by Amvets of WWII, Korea, Vietnam.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, Korean • War, Vietnam • War, World II.
Location. 39° 59.171′ N, 75° 6.194′ W. Memorial is in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia County. It is in Port Richmond. It is on Almond Street east of East Allegheny Avenue, on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 2535 E Allegheny Ave, Philadelphia PA 19134, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Southeast Pennsylvania. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, New Netherland, 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: Stanley A. Gogoj (here, next to this marker); A Square for Port Richmond (here, next to this marker); Vietnam Era Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Sgt. John McVeigh Memorial (a few steps from this marker); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (a few steps from this marker); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.9 miles away); Charles Allen Smith (approx. one mile away); Gennaro Pellegrini, Jr. (approx. 1.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Philadelphia.
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