Washington Square West in Philadelphia in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Tom Foglietta

Photographed by Beverly Pfingsten, July 5, 2008

1. Tom Foglietta Marker

Inscription. City Councilman Citizen of Philadelphia
Ambassador to Italy Congressman
Champion of Historic Preservation

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Government & Politics.

Location. 39° 56.847′ N, 75° 9.096′ W. Marker is in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia County. It is in Washington Square West. It can be reached from Walnut and 6th Streets. Marker is on the right side of the path from the northeast entrance to the center of Washington Square Park. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Philadelphia PA 19106, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Southeast Pennsylvania. 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: In Memory of the Many American Soldiers

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(a few steps from this marker); The Capital City (a few steps from this marker); A Fashionable Promenade (a few steps from this marker); Bicentennial Moon Tree (a few steps from this marker); Penn's Plan (within shouting distance of this marker); Sorrow and Joy (within shouting distance of this marker); Washington Square (within shouting distance of this marker); Congregation of the Dead (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Philadelphia.

Related markers. Click here for a list of markers that are related to this marker. Other Washington Square markers.

Also see . . . Thomas Michael Foglietta at FindAGrave.com. (Submitted on July 21, 2011, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.)

Credits. This page was last revised on February 2, 2023. It was originally submitted on July 10, 2008, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland. This page has been viewed 1,171 times since then and 12 times this year. Photo 1. submitted on July 10, 2008, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland.