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

World War II Operation Silent Witness Memorial

They Fought For Our Freedom

— Dedicated 27 May 2001 —

World War II Memorial Operation Silent Witness Marker image. Click for full size.

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

1. World War II Memorial Operation Silent Witness Marker

Inscription.

[Title is text]

Erected 2001 by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9044 and Big Run Citizens.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Fraternal or Sororal Organizations • Patriots & Patriotism • War, World II.

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) near Church Street, on the right when traveling east. Marker is at Veterans Park. 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 markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: "Veteran's Park" (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.

Regarding World War II Operation Silent Witness Memorial. Operation Silent Witness was a program

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to plant green ash trees grown from seeds taken at General/President Dwight D. Eisenhower's birthplace in Dennison, Texas. Presumably a green ash tree was planted at Veterans Park as part of Operation Silent Witness, although ash trees are susceptible to emerald ash borer devastation.

World War II Operation Silent Witness Memorial Marker at Veterans Park image. Click for full size.

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

2. World War II Operation Silent Witness Memorial Marker at Veterans Park

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 99 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 17, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.