Smock Community Veterans Memorial - Smock, Pennsylvania - Non-Specific Veteran Memorials on Waymarking.com

This is a 6-foot tall monument — complete with a brand new plaque displaying more than 400 names of area veterans — surrounded by new sidewalks. This was made possible by an eagle scout project. The total cost of the project was about $3,230 and took more than 2,000 bricks to construct.

According to Wikipedia, (visit link) , "Smock is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Franklin and Menallen townships in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located roughly halfway between the borough of Perryopolis and the city of Uniontown, and is part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. As of the 2010 census the population was 583.

The community is located along Redstone Creek, which forms the boundary between Franklin and Menallen townships. Pennsylvania Route 51, a narrow four-lane highway, forms the eastern edge of the CDP. It leads north 7 miles to Perryopolis and south 8 miles to Uniontown, the county seat. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Smock CDP has a total area of 1.5 square miles , all of it land."

The community has the name of Samuel Smock, the original owner of the town site."

Type of Memorial: Non-Specific Memorial In Honor Of: Those who served Marker Text: In Honor of Those Who Served (Roll Call) logos of four main branches of armed forces down each side vertically of the memorial. Date of dedication: 7/7/2014 Who Put it Here?: Eagle Scout, Robert Gillis Description of Memorial: A remake of a memorial that use to sit here near the community center/museum/post office near the intersection of Main Street and Hurst Road Wars mentioned (Multi-war only): Not listed

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