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Hostetter Military Monument

 
 
Hostetter Military Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, July 12, 2025
1. Hostetter Military Monument
Inscription.
Dedicated to the men and women of the community of
Hostetter, Pa.
who devotedly served their country and in memory of those who made the supreme sacrifice in the wars of our country

 
Erected 1961 by Hostetter Community Women's Club.
 
Topics. This monument and memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 40° 15.829′ N, 79° 23.943′ W. Monument is in Hostetter, Pennsylvania, in Westmoreland County. It is in Unity Township. It is at the intersection of Murray Avenue (Local Route 894) and Pony Road (Local Route 880), on the left when traveling north on Murray Avenue. Touch for map. Monument is at or near this postal address: 1167 Murray Avenue, Hostetter PA 15638, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial monument is in the Laurel Highlands and in Greater Pittsburgh. 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 Viceroyalty of New France, the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Unity Township Veterans Memorial (approx. Ό mile away); Twelve Mile Camp (approx. 1.4 miles away); Saint Vincent Shaft Veterans Monument (approx. 1½ miles away); St. Xavier's (approx. 1.6 miles away); Saint Vincent (approx. 1.9 miles away); Right Reverend Boniface Wimmer, O.S. B. (approx. 2 miles
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away); Site of Sportsman's Hall Log Cabin (approx. 2 miles away); Welcome to Youngstown (approx. 2.1 miles away).
 
Hostetter Military Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, July 12, 2025
2. Hostetter Military Monument
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on July 18, 2025. It was originally submitted on July 17, 2025, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. This page has been viewed 75 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on July 18, 2025, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia.
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