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Veterans Memorial

 
 
Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, September 16, 2025
1. Veterans Memorial
Inscription.
1917 - 1918
World War I
Pow/Mia

1941 - 1946
World War II

☆ ☆ ☆

1950 - 1955
Korean War
Pow/Mia

1961 - 1975
Vietnam War

☆ ☆ ☆

Lest We Forget

1982 - 1984
Lebanon
1983
Grenada

November 11, 1984

☆ ☆ ☆

1989 - 1990
Operation Just Cause
Panama

1990 - 1991
Operation Desert Storm
Iraq
May 1991

 
Erected by American Legion Post 48.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 40° 36.872′ N, 79° 43.346′ W. Memorial is in Natrona Heights, Pennsylvania, in Allegheny County. It is at the intersection of Philadelphia Avenue and Wood Street, on the right when traveling north on Philadelphia Avenue. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1 Philadelphia Avenue, Natrona Heights PA 15065, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Greater Pittsburgh. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Mid-Atlantic, in the Ohio River Valley, 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, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Pond Street School Bell (here, next to this marker); Churches Founded In Natrona (here, next to this marker); Harrison Township (here, next to this marker); Harrison Township Veterans Memorial
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(here, next to this marker); Penn Salt Manufacturing Company (here, next to this marker); Natrona Honor Roll (a few steps from this marker); Natrona Bank Building (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Welcome To Natrona's Penn Salt National Historic District (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Natrona Heights.
 
Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, September 16, 2025
2. Veterans Memorial
Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, September 16, 2025
3. Veterans Memorial
Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, September 16, 2025
4. Veterans Memorial
Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, September 16, 2025
5. Veterans Memorial
Memorial is in the center of the three.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on September 17, 2025. It was originally submitted on September 17, 2025, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. This page has been viewed 80 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on September 17, 2025, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia.
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