Lawncrest Multi-War Memorial - (Lawncrest) Philadelphia, PA
N 40° 02.769 W 075° 06.033
18T E 491422 N 4432884
Local community memorial commemorating those who fought in the Korean an Vietnam War.
Waymark Code: WMA8XY
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 12/05/2010
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This is a medium-sized, granite marker, pitched like a roof at top, rectangular in shape. It is to the rear left of the Lawn Crest Library, part of the Philadelphia library system. There is a path that leads to it. On the way you will pass two other war memorials flanking the path, one for World War I and the other, for World War II. The memorial is raised up on a one foot, roughly hewn socle; the memorial is 5 feet high, both six feet high.
The gray stone has a simple inscription. It reads Dedicated to the Honor and Sacrifice of Our Men and Women Who Served Our Community in Korean and Vietnam. * * * Let None Forget, They Gave Their All, And Faltered Not, When Came the Call A large flag pole is to the immediate rear of the stone. The memorial is in the center of a concreted area surrounded by grass. Benches flank the edge of the patio.
The memorial can be found in one of Philadelphia's unincorporated neighborhoods, still keeping its identity but now a part of the Philly. Lawncrest is a neighborhood in the "Near" (lower) Northeast Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The name is an amalgram of Lawndale and Crescentville, the two primary communities that make up the neighborhood.
Address
6098 Rising Sun Avenue
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19111