Plains Township near Wilkes-Barre in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Veterans Memorial
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 17, 2025
1. Veterans Memorial Marker
Presented by the
Anthracite Mining Industry
in grateful appreciation to
the Veterans of the region
who served in the Armed Forces
of the United States
October 3, 1978
Erected 1978 by the Anthracite Mining Industry.
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
Location. 41° 14.91′ N, 75° 50.198′ W. Memorial is near Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, in Luzerne County. It is in Plains Township. It can be reached from East End Boulevard. The marker and anthracite coal chunk are near the VA Medical Center entrance. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1111 East End Boulevard, Wilkes Barre PA 18711, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Pennsylvania’s Anthracite Coal Region and in the Wyoming 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
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Wilkes-Barre (approx. Ό mile away); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.8 miles away); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.8 miles away); Baltimore Mine Tunnel Disaster (approx. 1.3 miles away); War Memorial (approx. 1.3 miles away); Rev. John J. Curran (approx. 1.4 miles away); World War Memorial (approx. 1½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Wilkes-Barre.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 17, 2025
2. Veterans Memorial
Credits. This page was last revised on June 18, 2025. It was originally submitted on June 18, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 100 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 18, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
