Mansfield in Tioga County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Veterans Memorial

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 24, 2018

1. Veterans Memorial Marker

Inscription. In commemoration of Mansfield's Sesquicentennial Celebration and as a tribute to the Mansfield alumni, students, faculty, staff and founders who have so honorably served our country as members of the Armed Services, this memorial is presented with deepest gratitude for the many sacrifices made to guarantee our way of life and our freedom.

Mansfield University Alumni Association - June 9, 2007

Thy martyred sons were glad to fall
That Liberty might live for all.
"Old Pennsylvania of Mine!"
by Will George Butler
Class of 1897

Erected 2007 by Mansfield University Alumni Association.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Education • Military.

Location. 41° 48.464′ N, 77° 4.453′ W. Memorial is in Mansfield, Pennsylvania, in Tioga County. It is on Straugh Drive south of Swan Street, on the left when traveling south. Monument is along the walkway leading to Memorial Hall's north entrance, on the Mansfield University campus. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Mansfield PA 16933, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally,

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this memorial is in the Pennsylvania Wilds.

It is also in the American Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. 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

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: World War Memorial (here, next to this marker); World War I Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); Rural Electrification (approx. 0.2 miles away); Mansfield Soldiers Orphan School (approx. 0.2 miles away); Corning & Blossburg Railroad (approx. ¼ mile away); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. half a mile away); Camp of the Pioneers (approx. 1.8 miles away); Williamson Road (approx. 1.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mansfield.

Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 24, 2018

2. Veterans Memorial

School Bell Next to Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 24, 2018

3. School Bell Next to Veterans Memorial

"Presented
to Mansfield S.N.S.
[State Normal School]
5^th. District by
Alumni Association June 23, 1886."

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 24, 2018

4. School Bell Next to Veterans Memorial

Foundry mark

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 24, 2018

5. School Bell Next to Veterans Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on August 12, 2021. It was originally submitted on July 18, 2018, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 209 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on July 18, 2018, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.