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Cheswick in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

World War I Memorial

1914 - 1918

 
 
World War I Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 10, 2025
1. World War I Memorial
Inscription.

To Our
Soldiers
Sailors
and Marines
 
Erected by the Citizens of Cheswick PA.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & PatriotismWar, World I.
 
Location. 40° 32.465′ N, 79° 48.038′ W. Memorial is in Cheswick, Pennsylvania, in Allegheny County. It is at the intersection of Pittsburgh Street and MacLean Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Pittsburgh Street. Monument is in Memorial Park. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1400 Pittsburgh Street, Cheswick PA 15024, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Greater Pittsburgh. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Mid-Atlantic, in the Ohio River Valley, 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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Cheswick Veterans Memorial (here, next to this marker); Harwick Miners Memorial (approx. half a mile away); Carnegie Hero Fund Commission (approx. half a mile away); Allegheny Valley Coal Miners Memorial (approx. Ύ mile away); Rachel Carson (approx. 0.9 miles away); Harwick Honor Roll (approx. one mile away); War Memorial (approx. one mile away); Camp D. D. Gaillard (approx. 1½ miles away).
 
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World War I Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 10, 2025
2. World War I Memorial
Monument on right
Cheswick Borough Centennial Time Capsule image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 10, 2025
3. Cheswick Borough Centennial Time Capsule
Near the World War I Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on August 12, 2025. It was originally submitted on August 12, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 94 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on August 12, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
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