South Versailles Township Veterans Memorial - Coulter, Pennsylvania
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member outdoorboy34
N 40° 17.764 W 079° 47.963
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The South Versailles Township Veterans Memorial is located at Coulterville Road and Tourman Street in the Coulterville Section of the township, in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Waymark Code: WMX405
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 11/23/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Benchmark Blasterz
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According to Wikipedia, (visit link) "South Versailles Township is a township in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 351 at the 2010 census. Early in its history, South Versailles contained three villages known as Coulter, Emblem, and Osceola. The village of Coulter is also called Coulterville or Coulters. The U.S. Post Office in the village is called Coulters.

The township is a narrow strip of land located on the right (east) bank of the Youghiogheny River, between it and the Westmoreland County line. It contains two tiny villages, Alpsville and Coulter, plus a couple of small coal strip mines.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 1.0 square mile , of which 0.9 square miles is land and 0.1 square miles , or 12.24%, is water."

The memorial is simple as it was originally from an earlier era in wartime, however it has since been updated to reflect current times. The design is of a standard brick and marble granite with various bronze plaque attached to it.
Type of Memorial: Multi-War Memorial

Wars mentioned (Multi-war only):
Civil War Spanish-American War World War I World War II Korean Conflict Vietnam Conflict Desert Storm Peace Time


In Honor Of: Our Boys and Girls

Marker Text:
Center: Our Boys and Girls In Honor of the men who responded to their Country's Call in the Great World War 1917-1918 (Roll Call) World War II 1941-1945 (Roll Call) Korean Conflict 1950-1954 (Roll Call) Vietnam Conflict 1965-1973 (Roll Call) Desert Storm 1991 (Roll Call) Left: Veterans of South Versailles (Roll Call) Right: Civil War Veterans (Roll Call) Spanish-American War (Roll Call)


Who Put it Here?: South Versailles Township

Description of Memorial:
In the village of Coulters, at the intersection of Coultersville Road and Tourman Street. A simple memorial of a brick and stone accompanied by a flagpole with several modern bronze plaques with gold lettering.


Date of dedication: Not listed

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