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Global War on Terrorism Memorial

 
 
Global War on Terrorism Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 10, 2025
1. Global War on Terrorism Memorial Marker
Inscription.

To honor all of those
who served and died in the
Global War on Terrorism
You will never be forgotten

Erected May 26, 2008
 
Erected 2008 by Brackenridge American Legion Post 226.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & PatriotismWar, 2nd IraqWar, Afghanistan.
 
Location. 40° 36.156′ N, 79° 44.527′ W. Memorial is in Brackenridge, Pennsylvania, in Allegheny County. It is on 1st Avenue east of Cherry Street, on the right when traveling east. Monument is in Memorial Park. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 845 East 1st Avenue, Brackenridge PA 15014, 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 walking distance of this marker: Vietnam War Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Robert Charles Olson, Jr. (within shouting distance of this marker); War Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Robert L. Ringler (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named War Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); POW/MIA Memorial (approx. 0.3 miles away); SGT Robert L. Adams
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(approx. 0.3 miles away); Korean and Vietnam Wars Memorial (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Brackenridge.
 
Global War on Terrorism Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 10, 2025
2. Global War on Terrorism Memorial
Monument on right
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on August 14, 2025. It was originally submitted on August 14, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 89 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on August 14, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
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