Big Run in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Veterans Memorial
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 11, 2025
1. Veterans Memorial Marker
Dedicated to all who served
Our Country in the armed forces
for the preservation of peace.
Erected by Big Run Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 9044 Ladies Auxiliary.
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
Location. 40° 58.028′ N, 78° 52.554′ W. Memorial is in Big Run, Pennsylvania, in Jefferson County. It is on Main Street (U.S. 119) east of Station Street, on the left when traveling east. Monument is at the Big Run War Memorial Building. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 123 East Main Street, Big Run PA 15715, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in the Pennsylvania Wilds. 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 Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy and also 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: Big Run Area Veterans Memorial (a few steps from this marker); "Veteran's Park" (approx. 0.4 miles away); World War II Operation Silent Witness Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away); Great Shamokin Path (approx. 1.9 miles away); Groundhog Day (approx. 4.9 miles away); Punxsutawney (approx. 5.1 miles away); First Pennsylvania Troopers Killed in the Line of Duty (approx. 5.1 miles away); World War II Memorial (approx. 5.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Big Run.
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Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 11, 2025
2. Veterans Memorial
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 11, 2025
3. Veterans Memorial
Credits. This page was last revised on August 16, 2025. It was originally submitted on August 16, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 73 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 16, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
