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Beech Creek in Clinton County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

War Memorial

 
 
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Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 10, 2025
1. War Memorial
Inscription.

In honor of those who served
Army • Navy • Marines • Air Force • Coast Guard

WWI • WWII • Korea • Vietnam • Panama/Grenada

Desert Storm • Operation Enduring Freedom
 
Erected by Bitner-Bechdel American Legion Post 623.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 41° 4.429′ N, 77° 34.717′ W. Memorial is in Beech Creek, Pennsylvania, in Clinton County. It is on Wynn Avenue 0.1 miles south of Eagle Valley Road (Pennsylvania Route 150), on the right when traveling south. Memorial is on the Bitner-Bechdel American Legion Post 623 grounds. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 68 Wynn Avenue, Beech Creek PA 16822, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Pennsylvania Wilds and in the Susquehanna Valley. 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 Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: M46 Patton (here, next to this marker); Community Service Monument (a few steps from this marker); Beech Creek Memorial Presbyterian Church Bell (approx. half a mile away); Great Shamokin Path (approx. 2.3 miles away); a different marker also named Great Shamokin Path (approx. 5 miles away); Nathan Harvey House (approx. 5.2 miles away); Daniel H. Hastings
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(approx. 5.3 miles away); Warriors Path (approx. 5.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Beech Creek.
 
War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 10, 2025
2. War Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 13, 2025. It was originally submitted on June 13, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 147 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on June 13, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
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Jun. 17, 2026