Big Run in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

"Veteran's Park"

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 11, 2025

1. "Veteran's Park" Marker

Inscription.

Dedicated August 8, 1999 to All Veterans,
in commemoration of the 100th Anniversary
of Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States

[Armed Services Emblems]

Erected 1999 by Big Run Borough Council on Behalf of Citizens.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.

Location. 40° 58.137′ N, 78° 52.163′ W. Memorial is in Big Run, Pennsylvania, in Jefferson County. It is on Main Street (U.S. 119) east of Church Street, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 416 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

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markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: World War II Operation Silent Witness Memorial (here, next to this marker); Big Run Area Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.3 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away); Great Shamokin Path (approx. 2.2 miles away); First Pennsylvania Troopers Killed in the Line of Duty (approx. 5.3 miles away); Groundhog Day (approx. 5.3 miles away); Punxsutawney (approx. 5.4 miles away); World War II Memorial (approx. 5.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Big Run.

"Veteran's Park" and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 11, 2025

2. "Veteran's Park" and Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on August 17, 2025. It was originally submitted on August 17, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 66 times since then and 7 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 17, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.