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The Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall and Museum (or often simply Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall) is a National Register of Historic Places landmark that is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. It is the largest memorial in the United States that is dedicated solely to honoring all branches of military veterans and service ...
This list of museums in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania encompasses museums defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
William David Morgan was born on September 17, 1947, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The youngest son of Welsh immigrant John Samuel Morgan and Helen Morgan. He attended Mt. Lebanon High School in Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania graduating in 1966. He then attended Hiram Scott College, Scotts Bluff, Nebraska, for six months.
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Dedicated in 1998 by Sen. John McCain and Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf, the New Jersey Vietnam Veterans‘ Memorial and the Vietnam Era Museum is the only one of its kind in the entire nation. The ...
Hazel Kibler Memorial Museum, Girard, operated by the West County Historical Association [13] Heritage Center Museum, Lancaster, closed in 2011 [14] JEM Classic Car Museum, Andreas, collection sold in 2003 [15] Jewish Museum of Eastern Pennsylvania, Pottsville, closed in 2014 [16] Kready's Country Store Museum, Lititz [17] [18]
Adrian Cronauer (A&S 1959) – disc jockey, attorney, activist, basis for movie Good Morning, Vietnam; helped to found WPGH AM radio station; Cornelius Darragh (Col. 1826) – U.S. district attorney for western district of Pennsylvania, abolitionist, Whig member of U.S. House of Representatives [34]
The memorial pays tribute to the 80,000 Philadelphia Vietnam Era Veterans who served our country in our nation's longest war. By honoring these veterans the Philadelphia Vietnam Veterans Memorial separates the warrior from the war, focuses on the valor and sacrifice of those patriots, and gives each of them a place in history. It is our duty to ...