Swoyersville in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Andrew Lawrence American Legion Post 644 World War Memorial
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 29, 2025
1. Andrew Lawrence American Legion Post 644 World War Memorial
In memory of our comrades
lost at sea or buried in France
Dedicated by the Andrew Lawrence
Post No.844 of the American Legion
We Have Not Forgotten
Andrew Lawrence Peter Urban
Michael Lukish James Hawk
Oscar Shuella Michael Ondish
Erected by Andrew Lawrence American Legion Post 644.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Fraternal or Sororal Organizations • Patriots & Patriotism • War, World I.
Location. 41° 18.108′ N, 75° 51.883′ W. Memorial is in Swoyersville, Pennsylvania, in Luzerne County. It is on Dennison Street north of Lackawanna Avenue, on the right when traveling north. Monument is in the Denison Cemetery Veterans Plot. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 85 Dennison Street, Kingston PA 18704, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Pennsylvania’s Anthracite Coal Region, in the Wyoming Valley, and in Greater Scranton and Wilkes-Barre. 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 one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Denison House (approx. Ό mile away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away); World War II and Veterans Memorial (approx. half a mile away); Morgan Recreation Park (approx. 0.7 miles away); War Memorial (approx. one mile away);
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Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 29, 2025
2. Andrew Lawrence American Legion Post 644 World War Memorial
Credits. This page was last revised on September 29, 2025. It was originally submitted on September 29, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 64 times since then and 29 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 29, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
