Ligonier Township in Wilpen in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Wilpen Service Monument
Photographed by Bradley Owen, July 12, 2025
1. Wilpen Service Monument
Erected 1959 by The Citizens of Wilpen, Pa.
Topics. This monument and memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
Location. 40° 16.863′ N, 79° 11.749′ W. Monument is in Wilpen, Pennsylvania, in Westmoreland County. It is in Ligonier Township. It is at the intersection of Wilpen Road (Pennsylvania Route 1017) and Hotel Road (Local Route 511), on the left when traveling east on Wilpen Road. Touch for map. Monument is at or near this postal address: 373 Wilpen Road, Ligonier PA 15658, 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
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Wilpen Crash (approx. 2 miles away); Ligonier Train Crash (approx. 2 miles away); Ligonier Township Volunteer Fire Department No. 1 Veterans Memorial (approx. 2.2 miles away); Original Course of Forbes Road (approx. 2.8 miles away); Bullet's Defeat (approx. 3 miles away); Ligonier Town Square Fountain (approx. 3.4 miles away); Building the Highway (approx. 3.4 miles away); Desert Storm Memorial (approx. 3.4 miles away).
Photographed by Bradley Owen, July 12, 2025
2. Wilpen Service Monument
Credits. This page was last revised on July 22, 2025. It was originally submitted on July 22, 2025, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. This page has been viewed 76 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 22, 2025, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia.
