Plains Township near Wilkes-Barre in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Medal of Honor Recipients

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 17, 2025

1. Medal of Honor Recipients Marker

Inscription.

This tree
dedicated by the
Veterans Administration
in 1976 to America's
Medal of Honor Recipients
who helped make this
Bicentennial observance
possible "by gallantry
above and beyond the
call of duty"

Erected by Veterans Affairs.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Military. In addition, it is included in the Medal of Honor Recipients series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1976.

Location. 41° 14.902′ N, 75° 50.228′ W. Marker is near Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, in Luzerne County. It is in Plains Township. It can be reached from East End Boulevard. Marker is between the VA Medical Center entrance and the parking lot. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this

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postal address: 1111 East End Boulevard, Wilkes Barre PA 18711, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker 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 (Iroquois) Confederacy

and also 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: Veterans Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Wilkes-Barre

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 17, 2025

2. Medal of Honor Recipients Marker

But no tree

(approx. 0.2 miles 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. 1.2 miles away); War Memorial (approx. 1.3 miles away); Rev. John J. Curran (approx. 1.3 miles away); World War Memorial (approx. 1½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Wilkes-Barre.

Regarding Medal of Honor Recipients. There is no longer a tree near the marker.

Credits. This page was last revised on June 23, 2025. It was originally submitted on June 18, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 127 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 18, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.