Mansfield in Tioga County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
World War Memorial
1917 The World War 1918
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 24, 2018
1. World War Memorial Marker
placed here by the Mansfield State Normal
School, in honor of her five-hundred young
men and young women, who, in the spirit of
sacrifice and devotion, gave their services
to their country.
In Memoriam
Leo Bachman William Lloyd
John Cox Harold Peters
Charles Crittenden Eldridge Shoup
Theodore Frutiger Orson Wilcox
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Education • Patriots & Patriotism • War, World I.
Location. 41° 48.465′ N, 77° 4.454′ 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, 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: Veterans 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
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More about this memorial. There are no elm trees and it seems likely that the memorial has been moved from its original location since Memorial Hall is a 1960s-era building that post-dates World War I.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 24, 2018
2. World War Memorial
Credits. This page was last revised on July 18, 2018. It was originally submitted on July 18, 2018, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 229 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 18, 2018, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
