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Middletown Township near Langhorne Manor in Bucks County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Middletown Veterans Memorial Park

 
 
Veterans Memorial Park Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., July 5, 2025
1. Veterans Memorial Park Marker
Inscription.

Take a sacred moment to remember those who sacrifice their
lives every moment to achieve peace and democracy.

[Individual markers/memorials transcribed in each photo caption]
 
Erected by Middletown Township and Concerned Citizens and Organizations.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 40° 9.577′ N, 74° 53.727′ W. Memorial is near Langhorne Manor, Pennsylvania, in Bucks County. It is in Middletown Township. It is at the intersection of Veterans Highway (Pennsylvania Route 413) and Dawn Road, on the left when traveling south on Veterans Highway. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 700 Veterans Highway, Levittown PA 19056, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Southeast Pennsylvania and in Greater Philadelphia. 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,
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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: Lower Bucks County Vietnam Veterans Memorial (a few steps from this marker); SSgt Jae Sik Moon (a few steps from this marker); In Flanders' Fields (within shouting distance of this marker); Sherman Medium Tank (within shouting distance of this marker); Langhorne Speedway (approx. 1.2 miles away); Borough of Hulmeville (approx. 1.4 miles away); Hulmeville Memorial (approx. 1.4 miles away); a different marker also named Borough of Hulmeville (approx. 1.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Langhorne Manor.
 
More about this memorial. The markers are found throughout the park.
 
Veterans Memorial Park image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., July 5, 2025
2. Veterans Memorial Park
Veterans Memorial Park Army Flag Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., July 5, 2025
3. Veterans Memorial Park Army Flag Marker
Flag donated by Middletown Township Lions Club
Veterans Memorial Park Marine Corps Flag Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., July 5, 2025
4. Veterans Memorial Park Marine Corps Flag Marker
Flag donated by Langhorne Lions
Veterans Memorial Park Navy Flag Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., July 5, 2025
5. Veterans Memorial Park Navy Flag Marker
Flag donated by John Toth
Veterans Memorial Park Air Force Flag Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., July 5, 2025
6. Veterans Memorial Park Air Force Flag Marker
Flag donated by Senator Robert Tomlinson
Veterans Memorial Park Coast Guard Flag Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., July 5, 2025
7. Veterans Memorial Park Coast Guard Flag Marker
Flag donated by
Paul Lang, MBA, Esquire
Lt., US Coast Guard (Ret.)
Veterans Memorial Park Merchant Marine Flag Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., July 5, 2025
8. Veterans Memorial Park Merchant Marine Flag Marker
Flag donated by James E. Holwood,
James F. Holwood, McCafferty Auto Group,
Chuck McCafferty and Merchant Marine Club
Veterans Memorial Park Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., July 5, 2025
9. Veterans Memorial Park Marker
Charles Oppenheimer WWI-Army
4 sons, 4 branches
Jerry-Air Force WWII • Sandy-Navy WWII
Monroe-Army Korea • Norman-Marines Korea
Veterans Memorial Park Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., July 5, 2025
10. Veterans Memorial Park Marker
In Memory of US Navy Lieutenant (LT),
Edwin Webb Crellin
December 1, 1919 - June 17, 1990
Chief Engineer, USS Oliver Mitchell (D.E. 417)
WWII, 1943 - 1946
Veterans Memorial Park Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., July 5, 2025
11. Veterans Memorial Park Marker
In Memory Of US Navy Seaman (SN) First Class
Robert James Rhiel, Sr.
November 30, 1927 - April 2, 2004
Camp "Shangri-La" 1946-47
Veterans Memorial Park Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., July 5, 2025
12. Veterans Memorial Park Marker
John E. Deacon
USMM [Merchant Marine] 1944 - 1946
Veterans Memorial Park Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., July 5, 2025
13. Veterans Memorial Park Marker
Thank You to The men and women of
Penndel American Legion Post #436
Commander Jack Pashley
Sr. Vice Commander Paul Shanahan
Jr. Vice Commander Matt Pashley
Finance Officer Ron Bilger
Chaplain Paul Day
Veterans Memorial Park Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., July 5, 2025
14. Veterans Memorial Park Marker
George W. Gonzales Jr. • SP4 U.S. Army-Vietnam
September 1965 - September 1967
Always in our hearts • Your Loving Family
Veterans Memorial Park Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., July 5, 2025
15. Veterans Memorial Park Marker
In Loving Gratitude for Service,
Sacrifice, Duty & Courage
LtCol J Lawrence "Dr" Herson II, USMC (Ret)
WW II, Korea, Vietnam
Commandant-2nd Tank Battalion, Syracuse, NY, 1951-58
Director of Special Education-Neshaminy School District, 1970-86
Semper Fidelis
Veterans Memorial Park Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., July 5, 2025
16. Veterans Memorial Park Marker
In Memory of Philip J. "Skip" Rohmer
October 17, 1945 - July 21, 2009
U.S. Army 1st Cavalry, Vietnam 1966 - 1967
"You can't control the length of your life,
just the depth"
We miss you - Keith, Audrey and Family
Veterans Memorial Park Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., July 5, 2025
17. Veterans Memorial Park Marker
Home of the Free
Because of the Brave
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on July 7, 2025. It was originally submitted on July 7, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 139 times since then and 37 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17. submitted on July 7, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
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