Chester in Delaware County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Finland

Photographed by Don Morfe, March 11, 2015

1. Finland Marker

Inscription. Name given to tract along Delaware River from Marcus Hook to Chester River. Grant for tract was given Captain Hans Ammundson Besk, a native of Finland by Queen Christina in 1653. Site of first Finnish settlement in America.

Erected 1955 by Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1653.

Location. 39° 50.976′ N, 75° 22.68′ W. Marker is in Chester, Pennsylvania, in Delaware County. It is on Concord Avenue. The marker is near the Finnish monument and World War I veterans park. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Chester PA 19013, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Southeast Pennsylvania and in Greater Philadelphia.

It is also in the American Northeast

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

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,

New Netherland,

and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Caleb Pusey (approx. 0.4 miles away); Pennock Log House (approx. 0.4 miles away); The Caleb Pusey House (approx. half a mile away); The Schoolhouse Museum (approx. half a mile away); Martin Luther King, Jr. (approx. 0.6 miles away); a different marker also named Martin Luther King, Jr. (approx.

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0.9 miles away); Delaware County, Where Pennsylvania Began (approx. 0.9 miles away); Penn Landing (approx. one mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Chester.

Finland Marker with Finnish Monument in the background image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, March 11, 2015

2. Finland Marker with Finnish Monument in the background

Finnish Monument-front view image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, March 11, 2015

3. Finnish Monument-front view

Finnish Monument-side view image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, March 11, 2015

4. Finnish Monument-side view

Finnish Monument-rear view image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, March 11, 2015

5. Finnish Monument-rear view

Veterans Park-The Mothers Arch image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, March 11, 2015

6. Veterans Park-The Mothers Arch

Veterans Park-World War I cannon image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, March 11, 2015

7. Veterans Park-World War I cannon

Veterans Park-Mounument To Those Who Served-1936 image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, March 11, 2015

8. Veterans Park-Mounument To Those Who Served-1936

Rededicated Nov 13, 1955 by the Chester Veterans Council

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on March 19, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 994 times since then and 40 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. submitted on March 19, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.