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Sardis Service Memorial

 
 
Sardis Service Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, August 15, 2025
1. Sardis Service Memorial
Inscription.
Erected as a lasting tribute to all those of the Sardis Community who, loving liberty, served its cause in our country's conflicts.

May they never be forgotten

 
Erected 1948.
 
Topics. This historical marker and memorial is listed in this topic list: Military. A significant day of the year for for this entry is May 31.
 
Location. 40° 29.089′ N, 79° 40.33′ W. Marker is near Murrysville, Pennsylvania, in Westmoreland County. It is on Rocky Hill Lane north of Saltsburg Road (Pennsylvania Route 286), on the left when traveling north. Memorial is mounted on an actual grindstone from a grist mill in Sardis Community Park. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 5220 Rocky Hill Lane, Murrysville PA 15668, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker and memorial 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
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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 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Sardis Memorial Area (here, next to this marker); Murrysville Military Monument Plaza (approx. 4 miles away); 9/11 Memorial (approx. 4 miles away); Forbes Road (approx. 4.1 miles away); a different marker also named Forbes Road (approx. 4.1 miles away); Haymaker Community Park (approx. 4.2 miles away); Murrysville Gas Well (approx. 4.2 miles away); a different marker also named Forbes Road (approx. 4.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Murrysville.
 
Another marker is no longer nearby. World Wars Honor Roll (was approx. 4.1 miles away but has been confirmed missing).
 
Sardis Service Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, August 15, 2025
2. Sardis Service Memorial
Memorial is located on the mill stone in the center of the photo.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on August 16, 2025. It was originally submitted on August 16, 2025, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. This page has been viewed 59 times since then and 9 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on August 16, 2025, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia.
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Sep. 16, 2026