Lehighton in Carbon County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Colonel Jacob Weiss Monument

Photographed by Don Morfe, August 2, 2015

1. Colonel Jacob Weiss Monument

Inscription.

In grateful remembrance of
Colonel Jacob Weiss
a soldier of the
Revolutionary War,
donor of this park

Topics. This monument and memorial is listed in these topic lists: Parks & Recreational Areas • War, US Revolutionary.

Location. 40° 50.054′ N, 75° 42.535′ W. Monument is in Lehighton, Pennsylvania, in Carbon County. It is on North 1st Street. The monument is located in Lower Park. Touch for map. Monument is in this post office area: Lehighton PA 18235, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial monument is in Pennsylvania’s Anthracite Coal Region

and in the Pocono Mountains.

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 walking distance of this marker: Colonel Jacob Weiss

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(here, next to this marker); Waterborne Veterans Memorial (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Military Working Dogs Memorial (about 500 feet away); Lehighton Area WWII Honored Dead Memorial (about 500 feet away); World War I Centennial Commemoration (about 500 feet away); War at Home Memorial (about 500 feet away); Lehighton's Been Workin' on the Railroad! (about 500 feet away); From Rails to Trails (about 500 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lehighton.

Photographed by Don Morfe, August 2, 2015

2. Colonel Jacob Weiss Monument

Colonel Jacob Weiss Monument Statue Detail image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., April 9, 2018

3. Colonel Jacob Weiss Monument Statue Detail

Credits. This page was last revised on March 13, 2020. It was originally submitted on August 8, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 1,049 times since then and 47 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 8, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. 3. submitted on April 14, 2018, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.