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Greater Forbes Road Area War Memorial

 
 
Greater Forbes Road Area War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, August 15, 2025
1. Greater Forbes Road Area War Memorial
Inscription.
Dedicated to the men and women who served or will serve their country in the Armed Forces of the United States of America
 
Erected 1963 by The Greater Forbes Road Area Civic Association.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 40° 21.244′ N, 79° 31.35′ W. Memorial is in Forbes Road, Pennsylvania, in Westmoreland County. It is in Salem Township. It is at the intersection of Fire Station Road and Kunkle Street, on the right when traveling north on Fire Station Road. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 330 Fire Station Road, Forbes Road PA 15633, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this 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 Viceroyalty of New France, the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,
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and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Hannastown Farm (approx. 0.9 miles away); Hannastown Fort (approx. one mile away); Law and Order (approx. 1.1 miles away); Historic Hanna's Town (approx. 1.1 miles away); For Safety and Survival (approx. 1.1 miles away); Peggy Shaw (approx. 1.1 miles away); Hanna's Town (approx. 1.1 miles away); Hannastown Honor Roll (approx. 1.4 miles away).
 
Greater Forbes Road Area War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, August 15, 2025
2. Greater Forbes Road Area War Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on August 18, 2025. It was originally submitted on August 18, 2025, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. This page has been viewed 89 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on August 18, 2025, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia.
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