Lititz in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Lititz Wall of Remembrance
In recognition of those who built our community
Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), July 7, 2019
1. Lititz Wall of Remembrance
Inscription.
Lititz Wall of Remembrance. In recognition of those who built our community. [Left panel:]
Count Nicholas Ludwig von Zinzedorf. In 1742, Count Nicholas Ludwig von Zinzendorf of Saxony, the leader and organizer of the modern day Moravian Church, preached at the tavern of Jacob Huber, north of Lititz, while searching for a tract of land in which to establish a religious community. Through Count Zinzendorf's preaching, John George Klein was inspired to turn over his tract of land. The tract consisted of 491 acres that meandered along Carter's Run (today known as the Lititz Run), which became the new settlement., On June 12, 1756, a letter from Europe addressed to the Moravian Brethren, was received from Count Zinzendorf, in which he named the new settlement Lititz. "Litiz" was the German spelling. The name that was given was in commemoration of the castle of Litice nad Citadelou, located in northeastern Bohemia near the Silesian/Moravia border where the early Moravian Brethren found refuge in 1456., [Center panel:]
In honor of those from Lititz who paid the supreme sacrifice on the battlefield of freedom., American Revolution 1775 - 1783 Abraham Frederick, Civil War 1861- 1865 Pvt. John Bear, Sgt. Jacob Christ, Pvt. Levi G. Deckert, Pvt. William Frymoyer, Pvt. Israel H. Grosh, Pvt. George Kittle, Pvt. David Miller, 1st Sgt. Henry Miller, Pvt. Daniel M. Ressler, Pvt. Martin M. Stark, Pvt. Uria Wallace, Saddler Jacob Young, Pvt. Peter Young, Sgt. Benjamin G. Zentmyer, World War I 1917 - 1918 (American involvement only) Pvt. Hiram G. Helman, Pvt. George E. Irvin, Pvt. Raymond L. Webber, Sgt. Monroe K. Witmer, Pvt. Elmer C. Wyman, World War II 1941 - 1945 (American involvement only) Pvt. William H. Dewald, Pfc. Harry Eckenrode, Staff Sgt. Gilbert V. Enck, 2nd Lt. Henry E. Haines, Pfc. Robert E. Kline, Pfc. Richard J. Neidemyer, Staff Sgt. Harry E. Pfautz, Jr., Pvt. Samuel Reichstein, Cpl. Joseph Roth, Sgt. Clyde W. Stauffer, Cpl. Paul R. Studenroth, Tech 4th Grade Edwin M. Walters, Korean War 1950 - 1953 Pvt. Robert Bushong, "If we forget what we did, we won't know who we are.". President Ronald Reagan,
1742 - 1749. Hans Jacob Huber - Tavern owner where Count Zinzendorf first preached Anna B. Klein - Generously provided 491-acre farm for the new settlement John George Klein - Generously provided 491-acre farm for the new settlement Rev. Daniel Neibert - First Moravian minister Rev. Laurence T. Nyberg - Lutheran minister of St. James Church Rev. Christian Henry Rauch - Second Moravian minister Elizabeth Schnell - First educator of girls Rev. Leonard Schnell - First ordained Moravian minister and educator of boys,
1750 - 1759. John Baumgaertner - First child to be born in Lititz John Bender, Sr. - Built the first sawmill in 1757 Lewis Cassler - Built first private home in new settlement Hans Christopher Christensen - Engineer who built sawmill and gristmill Claus Coelln - Master carpenter of most of buildings in new settlement Nicholas Henry Eberhard - Pfleger of single Brethren Henry Frey - First miller and master carpenter in new settlement George Wenzelous Golkowsky - Surveyor who drew 1759 map of Litiz Anna Maria Haller - Mid-wife who assisted in the birth of 500 children Henry Haller - Charge of the congregation farm and early transportation Bishop Mattheas Godfrey Hehl - Theologian, preacher and hymnologist Dr. John Frederick Otto - First village physician and apothecary shop Rev. Gottlieb Petzold - Architect of the Single Brothers' House John Christian Reuter - Assisted in the layout of Litiz Main Street Philipp Christian G. Reuter - Assisted in laying out the new settlement of Litiz Barbara Bort Ricksecker - First marriage by the "lot system" in new settlement Peter Ricksecker - First marriage by the "lot system" in new settlement Johannes Schweishaupt - First teacher of non-Moravian children Bishop Nathaniel Seidel - Assisted in laying out the new settlement of Litiz Bishop Augustus Gottlieb Spangenberg - Guided the development of Litiz Anna R. Steinman - Boarded settlement builders Christian Frederick Steinman - Boarded settlement builders John William Woerner - Bleeder and tooth drawer Count Nicholas Ludwig von Zinzendorf - Named new settlement Litiz in 1756,
1760 - 1769. Andreas Albrecht - Gunsmith and riflemaker John Antes - Maker of the viola and other instruments Elizabeth Burstler - One of first teacher in Single Sisters' House John Christian Fenstermacher - Operated first general store in Litiz Albert Glotz - First tobacconist in Litiz Johann Valentine Grosch - First Chief Sacristan and Steward of the Moravians Rev. Bernhard A. Grube - First Musical Director who organized choir and orchestra Andreas Hoeger - Designed plans for the Litiz Gemeinhaus and Main Street Andrew Horn - First inn keeper, "Zum Ankler" Inn Anna Maria Kohn - One of first teachers in Single Sisters' House Magdalena Meyer - "Pfleger" first overseer of the Single Sisters' House Jasper Payne - First manager of congregational store John Henry Rauch - Blacksmith and spurrier, made the first screw auger Jacob Ricksecker - Village shoemaker David Tannenberg - Builder of organs and pianos Rev. David Zeisberger - The Great "Apostle to the Indians",
1770 - 1779. Maria Magdalena Augustine - Superintendent of the Single Sisters' House Dr. William Brown - Surgeon General who wrote first pharmacopeia while in Litiz John Christopher - First chairman of the "Aufseher Collegium" and first warden William Henry - Drew the architectural plans for the Moravian Church Tobias Hirte - Musician and educator for combined Warwick and Litiz boy Brother Hopsc - First night watchman Martha - Mohican Indian who taught in Single Sisters' House Dr. Adolph Meyer - Litiz physician and surgeon Mary Penry - "Schreiber" writer of the diaries Godfrey Roessler - Educator for combined schooling of Warwick and Litiz boys Rev. John Jacob Schmick - Assistant pastor who preached to convalescing soldiers Nicholas Stroh - First innkeeper in the Village of Warwick Conrad Westhoefer - Appointed "Fremdemdiener" first "Tour Guide" of Litiz,
1780 - 1789. Peter Kreiter - Gravedigger and inspector Henry Van Vleck - Hatter and accomplished musician,
1790 - 1799. Bishop Johan Ludwig Herbst - For 20-years cataloged and composed music Johannes Mueller - Dyer of linen, woolen cloth and yarn Rev. Abraham Reinke - Warden of married men Christian Schropp - Nail-smith, teacher, musician and church organist,
1800 - 1809. Johann Philip Bachman - Organ builder, cabinetmaker and raised silk worms Christian Hall - First postmaster Abraham Levering - Town warden and responsible for corporation of the church Matthias Tshudy - Weaver who manufactured chip-hats and bonnets,
1810 - 1819. John Beck - Founded Academy School for Boys and broke the "lot system" John Martin Beck - Educator and practiced in medicine Peter Bricker - First store in Village of Warwick Samuel Grosch - Storekeeper and Pennsylvania State Representative J. B. Hertzler - Wholesaler in rye whiskey Jacob Hibshman - Laid out lots for the Village of Warwick Charles Monteluis - Laid our lots for the Village of Warwick Christian H. Rauch - Operated a lime kiln in the Village of Warwick John William Rauch - Baker, confectionary who made first bretzels,
1820 - 1829. Bishop Johann C. Bechler - Wrote belowved "Sing Hallelujah - Praise the Lord" Michael Greider - Built first malting house George D. Thomas - Shoemaker and Chief Sacristan for 43 years Jacob B. Tshudy - Owned first non-Moravian store and treasurer of R. and C. Railroad,
1830 - 1839. David Brickler - Reclaimed properties for owners in Village of Warwick John Kreiter - First brewery for beer or malt liquors Frederic B. Zitzman - Purchased entire track of land of Village of Warwick,
1840 - 1849. Francis W. Christ - Organizer of First July 4th candle illumination in 1843 Jacob Greider - Leading shoe dealer Rev. Eugene Frueauff - Named "Linden Hall Seminary" William H. Hall - Teacher and painted portraits and signs Dr. Levi Hull - Village of Litiz physician James Henry Miksch - Tismith, school and church leader John Rickert - Surveyor, geometrical planned gardens and built "Putz" Captain John Seaber - Ran daily stagecoach between Litiz and Lancaster Dr. W. A. Shelly - Physician in Village of Warwick Lizette Hamm Weitzel - Made candles for the first July 4th illumination Bishop Peter Wolle - Minister who organized first Moravian Sunday School Nathaniel S. Wolle - Purchased the congregational store as a private enterprise,
1850 - 1859. George R. Barr - Teacher and writer of Litiz history J. Augustus Beck - Artist and sculptor who carved the lion's head in Lititz Spring Park Samuel Lichtenthaeler - Owner of Litiz Srpings Hotel and Wabank House,
1860 - 1869. Abraham Reinke Beck - Started Beck Family School for Boys Rev. Julius Theodore Beckler - Founder of Sunnyside College in 1862 George W. Hepp - Teacher who continued the John Beck Academy for Boys Levi Kemper - Owner of Kemper House and businessman in Village of Warwick Ferdinand Daniel Rickert - Teacher who continued John Beck Academy for Boys Edwin S. Sturgis - Built Hotel Sturgis in 1867 Julius F. Sturgis - Founder of the first commercial bretzel bakery in America in 1861 Richard Rush Tshudy - Chairman of the Democratic Party of Lancaster County,
1870 - 1879. Rev. Dr. Hermann Brickenstein - Principle of Linden Hall Seminary and Historian David R. Buch - First class leader, Jerusalem Church of the Evangelical Association J. Frank Buch - Founder and editor of the Litiz Record William H. Enck - Furniture dealer and undertaker Jesse R. Pennebaker - First drum major of the Litiz Cornet Band Gen. John A. Sutter - Discovered gold and founder of Sacramento, California Hayden H. Tshudy - Pennsylvania State Representative John G. Zook - Founder and editor of Sunbeam and the Litiz Express,
1880 - 1889 Note: In 1880 the Postmaster General of the United States changed the spelling from Litiz to Lititz. Dr. James C. Brobst - Sworn in as Lititz Burgess in 1889, operated Lititz Sanitarium John B. Erb - First President of Lititz National Bank Hiram H. Helman - First Lititz Borough Constable George L. Hepp - Noted jeweler, optometrist, leader in Moravian Church affairs Emanuel S. Kauffman - Operated coal, lumberyard, quarry in Village of Warwick Johnson Miller - Sworn in as first Lititz Burgess in 1888 Peter S. Reist - President, Lititz Plow Company first incorporated business Dr. John H. Shenk - First President of Lititz Borough Council in 1888 Angelica Miksch Wolle - First president of Woman's Christian Temperance Union,
1890 - 1899. William M. Amer - One of the founders of Lititz Power and Electric Company in 1893 Wilson Baum - Sworn in as Lititz Burgess in 1897 Dr. Weidler Bender First Lititz Veterinarian Frank B. Buch - Made miniaturized Ferris Wheel for 1896 Fourth of July Henry B. Buch - Sworn in as Lititz Burgess in 1890 William C. Enck - Manufacturer of W.C.E. Cough Drops Israel G. Erb - Organized the Keystone Underwear Mills Samuel B. Erb - Organized the Keystone Underwear Mills Eli L. Garber - Began the Garber-Reist Dairy, later known as Penn Dairies, Inc. Henry R. Gibbel - Established the Hershey and Gibbel Partnership Henry "Billy" Greek - Named Lititz Hi-Constable in 1894 C. William Grosh - Grosh's Carriage Works John W. G. Hershey - Established the Hershey and Gibbel Partnership Dr. J. Lincoln Hertz - First President of Lititz Fire Company No. 1 in 1894 Elmer E. Kautz - Chief Hose Director of Lititz Fire Company No. 1 in 1894 Albert T. Littch - First Noble Grand, Lititz Lodge No. 1050, I.O.O.F., in 1892 Adam B. Long - Organized the Keystone Underwear Mills Haydn N. Miksch - Lititz Borough Council President in 1898 C. Walter Miller - Operated first Lititz Water Company Henry C. Miller - First President of Lititz Y.M.C.A. in 1893 C. Fred Regennas - Candy manufacturer Dr. Peter J. Roebuck - Physician and donated Lititz Memorial Foutain in 1895 Samuel C. Seaber - Lititz Borough Council President in 1890 Henry H. Snavely - Owned Warwick House and held livestock/household goods sales Nathan O. Sturgis - Sworn in as Lititz Burgess in 1892 Jacob B. Young - Sworn in as Lititz Burgess in 1894,
1900 - 1909. Paul E. Beck - Director of Beck's Concert Band Elmer Eby - Established Eby's Feed Mill David M. Graybill - First President of Lititz Springs National Bank Samuel M. Huber - Sworn in as Lititz Burgess in 1900 John B. Leib - Lititz Borough Council President in 1907 Calvin S. Leoffler - Businessman, teacher and director of "Belshazzar's Feast" Wayne L. Longenecker - Sworn in as Lititz Burgess in 1901 John Mumma - Lititz Borough Council President in 1905 William H. Muth - Organized first Board of Trade Lemon S. Neidermyer - Established Lititz Planning Mill John M. Pfautz - Sworn in as Lititz Burgess in 1906 Jospeh Pierson - Pioneered motion pictures in Lititz Miles H. Rudy - Built Rudy's Hall Dr. Martin J. Steiner - Sworn in as Lititz Burgess in 1909 Horace E. Sturgis - Elected first Lititz Fire Chief Louisa A. Weitzel - Wrote poetry and historian,
1910 - 1919. Norman Badorf - Sworn in as Lititz Burgess in 1918 and shoe maker Dr. Elizabeth Brickler - First female medical doctor in Pennsylvania Lillie Brubaker - First President of Society of Farm Women in 1917 G. Graybill Diehm - Sworn in as Lititz Burgess in 1918, Lancaster Co. Commissioner Homer F. Hackman - Co-first Eagle Boy Scout in Lancaster County Howard F. Hackman - Co-first Eagle Boy Scout in Lancaster County Rev. Earnest S. Hagen - Formed the first Boy Scout Troop of Lititz John F. Leisey - Elected Lititz Fire Chief in 1912 John F. Longenecker - Leading Lancaster County automobile dealer Milford Marks - Sworn in as Lititz Burgess in 1914 Miss Anna K. Miller - Principal, Lititz Public School during building of new school John M. Miller - Lititz Borough Council President in 1914 Hiram C. Reedy - Established Y.M.C.A. Men's Chorus of Lititz,
1920 - 1929. Paul Badorf - First Commander of Lititz America Legion Garden Spot Post No. 56 in 1920 Dr. Herbert H. Beck - Educator and historian Henry H. Bomberger - Lititz Borough Council President in 1920 J. Clayton Brubaker - Organized First Lititz Community Show Association in 1920 Frank C. Dengate - Organized the First Lititz Community Chest in 1928 August C. Fleckenstein - Owner of Lititz Spring Beverage Company Maurice E. Fry - Elected Lititz Fire Chief in 1924 William B. Fry - One of the first Pontiac dealers in the United States Henry B. Gibbel - Partner, Lititz Mutual Insurance Company Henry C. Hackman - Well known orchestra leader Rev. Jacob Hershey - General Mgr. of Hershey-Lehman Co. and Mennonite Minister John G. Hershey - Partner, Lititz Mutual Insurance Company Owen Hershey, Esq. - Partner, Lititz Mutual Insurance Company Charles K. Keith - Builder of homes throughout Lititz Claude E. Marble - First president of Lititz Rotary Club in 1925 Barbara Snyder Musser - Church lay and civic leader, newspaper correspondent Henry J. Pierson - Lititz Borough Council President in 1924, Pennsylvania State Senator Arthur Rosenberg - Started Rosey's Lunch Wagon Elizabeth Stoner - First President of Lititz Fire Company NO. 1 Ladies Auxiliary in 1926 Emory P. Wagner - Elected Lititz Fire CHief in 1921 and in 1924 Harry R. Wertsch - First President of Lititz Chamber of Commerce Dr. Mahlon H. Yoder - Well known family physician,
1930 - 1939. Dr. Harry E. Bender - Nanticoke Indian preservationist Dr. J. Richard Bender - Local historical preservationist John C. Breneman - Sworn in as Lititz Burgess in 1930 Herbert K. Cooper, Sr. - Founded Lancaster Cleft Palate Clinic Maurice C. Demmy - Lititz Public School Supervising Principle and community leader Alfred L. Douple - Lititz Borough Council President in 1936 Elser Gerhart - Owner of Hershey and Lehman Company and community leader Florence Baker Gibbel - Educator and civic leader Margaret Hower - Outstanding Home Economics teacher and seamstress Sara K. "Auntie" Jenkins - First Lititz Community Nurse John W. Keehn - Publisher and Editor of Progressive Weekly Newspaper Clarence Kissinger - Famous Lititz photographer during 1930's and 40's Clarence "Boss" Kreider - Appointed first Lititz CHief of Police in 1932 James F. Maize - First Commander of Lititz V.F.W. Post No. 1463 in 1932 Levi H. Rudy - Lititz Borough Council President in 1932 Harry C. Seldomridge - Community leader, donated Lititz Public School Fountain Joseph L. Snyder - Lititz Borough Council President in 1934 Paris F. Snyder - Businessman and civic leader Rev. Dr. F.W. Stengel - Headmaster, Linden hall and started Junior College E.B. Weber - Lititz Borough Council President in 1930,
1940 - 1949. Elmer H. Bomberger - Lititz Borough Council President in 1942 Paul H. Bomberger - Banker and Businessman Omar K. Bushong - Established the Queen of the Candle Pageant in 1942 Eugene S. Deckert - Educator, coach and Trinity E. C. Church leader Harry Gorton - Lock and safe business known as "Safe Man" Floyd F. HAckman - Founder of Lititz Art Association in 1949 Floy Heistand - First President of Lititz Womean's Club in 1940 Mary Augusta Heubener - Lititz historian Rev. Dr. Byron K. Horne - Historian, Headmaster Linden Hall and civil leader Dr. Charles A. Landis - Established Lititz Midged Baseball Robert C. Longenecker - Radio, film and television producer Benjamin F. Lutz - Civil leader and composer Abraham R. Miller - Research chemist who invented water proofing compound Christian H. Nissly - Organized Lititz Salvage Committee during world war two Samuel H. Nuss - Developer, businessman, civic and political leader William B. Oehme - Founder of Oehme Bros. Bakery in 1946 and philanthropist Donald E. Rannels - First Lititz Jaycees President in 1948 Raymond S. Reedy - First Lions Club President in 1941, sworn in as Lititz Mayor in 1974 Harry P. Regennas - Candy manufacture and Boy Scout leader Menno B. Rohrer, Esq. - Sworn in as Lititz Burgess in 1942 and 1950 Raymond Runk - Elected Lititz Fire Chief in 1943 and in 1957 Bessie E. Searle - Lititz Public School Librarian and preserved Lititz Public Library Harry J. Sheffy - Early television pioneer Ralph M. Spaght - Businessman and established the Lititz Recreation Center Victor Wagner - Sworn in as Lititz Burgess in 1940 Harry R. Way - Sworn in as Lititz Council President in 1946 Joseph B. Wissler - President Judge, Lancaster Court of Common Pleas William N. Young - Publisher and Editor of Lititz Record-Express and local artist,
1950 - 1959. Leroy Bare - Elected Lititz Fire Chief in 1956 Elmer H. Bobst - Chairman of the Board of Warner-Lambert and philanthropist Paul F. Diehm - Surveyor and Justice of the Peace Albert S. Ebbert - First President of Lititz P.T.A. in 1951 and Lititz Ambucs in 1954 Hiram M. Eberly - Lititz historian Selina Cox Eshleman - Lititz poet Frank S. Ford - Saved Downtown Lititz for restoration Benjamin G. Forrest - Sworn in as Lititz Burgess in 1951 and named First Mayor in 1961 John R. Helter - Sportsman and columnist "Of Plug and Shell" J. Lloyd Hess - Lititz Sewer Authority Lloyd J. Hoffman - Appointed Lititz Chief of Police in 1955 Christian B. Koehler - Lititz Fire Police Captain and volunteer of many organizations Jacob M. Leed - First president of Lititz Springs Park Board of Trustees in 1956 Paul W. McCloud - Architect of Lititz Landmarks Warren L. Newcomer - President of Wilbur-Suchard Chocolate Company Orville Over - First Lititz Borough Manager in 1951 Charlie H. Regennas - U.S. Postman and Boy Scout Leader Lynn Reidenbaugh Schaffstall - 1956 Lititz Bicentennial Queen Barton L. Sharp - Boy Scout leader, photographer, sportsman Lloyd C. Smith - Community leader Kathryn "Cookie" Steffy - Educator and saved Lititz Public Library John H. Steffy - President of the Lititz Bicentennial Foundation, Inc. Russell L. Templeton - Lititz Borough Council President in 1958 and Mayor in 1966 Herbert R. Wagaman - Lancaster County Commissioner Chester L. Wertsch - Optometrist and civil leader,
1960 - 1969. D. Curtis Amidon - Lititz Borough Council President in 1962 Blanch Deperrot - Structured Lititz Historical District and Girl Scout leader W. Roy Enck - Lititz Borough Council President in 1960 Dr. Arthur S. Griswold - Lititz Mayor in 1962, established first community ambulance Marvin E. Miller, Sr. - Newspaper reporter/editor, Pennsylvania State Representative Richard A. Snyder, Esq. - Lawyer, Pennsylvania State Senator Ammon H. Shelly - Elected Lititz Fire Chief in 1962 Edwin S. Stroble - Lititz barber extraordinar Edwin S. Stroble - Appointed first policewoman in Lancaster County in 1961,
1970 - 1979. William Bell - Organized the Lititz Rotary Club Craft Show in 1968 Dennis J. Craig - In 1975 started campaign to place a crèche at Lititz Memorial Square Dr. Joseph W. Grosh - Pioneer in sports' medicine Robert "Ike" Kauffman - Columnist, "Mid the Turmoil" Henry T. Muth - Lititz historian Donald C. Stauffer - Lititz Borough Council President in 1978 Albert W. Taft - Local artist Ruth Bender Todd - First woman Vice President of Lancaster General Hospital James H. Yerger - Lititz Borough Council President in 1976,
1980 - 1989. Lester G. Bingeman - Civic affairs, businessman and Lititz Borough elected official Clyde W. Tshudy - Lititz Borough Council President in 1986,
1990 - 1999. David R. Brumbach - Local artist Douglas A. Shertzer, Sr. - Appointed Lititz Chief of Police in 1994 Elizabeth Siegrist - Donated land for the Lititz Public Library, [Right panel:]
"Wall of Remembrance". From the beginning to present day the community of Lititz has been rich in history. The strength of any community lies within the people. As citizens, we all share the belief that we are justly proud of our heritage. May we all reflect on the past, continue with the present, and look to the future., In commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of the Naming of Lititz, this "Wall of Remembrance" has been dedicated in honor of all who contributed to the development and growth of Lititz.,
Dedicated September 17, 2006.
[Left panel:]
Count Nicholas Ludwig von Zinzedorf
In 1742, Count Nicholas Ludwig von Zinzendorf of Saxony, the leader and organizer of the modern day Moravian Church, preached at the tavern of Jacob Huber, north of Lititz, while searching for a tract of land in which to establish a religious community. Through Count Zinzendorf's preaching, John George Klein was inspired to turn over his tract of land. The tract consisted of 491 acres that meandered along Carter's Run (today known as the Lititz Run), which became the new settlement.
On June 12, 1756, a letter from Europe addressed to the Moravian Brethren, was received from Count Zinzendorf, in which he named the new settlement Lititz. "Litiz" was the German spelling. The name that was given was in commemoration of the castle of Litice nad Citadelou, located in northeastern Bohemia near the Silesian/Moravia border where the early Moravian Brethren found refuge in 1456.
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In honor of those from Lititz who paid the supreme sacrifice on the battlefield of freedom.
American Revolution
1775 - 1783
Abraham Frederick
Civil War
1861- 1865
Pvt. John Bear, Sgt. Jacob Christ, Pvt. Levi G. Deckert, Pvt. William Frymoyer, Pvt. Israel H. Grosh,
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Pvt. George Kittle, Pvt. David Miller, 1st Sgt. Henry Miller, Pvt. Daniel M. Ressler, Pvt. Martin M. Stark, Pvt. Uria Wallace, Saddler Jacob Young, Pvt. Peter Young, Sgt. Benjamin G. Zentmyer
World War I
1917 - 1918
(American involvement only)
Pvt. Hiram G. Helman, Pvt. George E. Irvin, Pvt. Raymond L. Webber, Sgt. Monroe K. Witmer, Pvt. Elmer C. Wyman
World War II
1941 - 1945
(American involvement only)
Pvt. William H. Dewald, Pfc. Harry Eckenrode, Staff Sgt. Gilbert V. Enck, 2nd Lt. Henry E. Haines, Pfc. Robert E. Kline, Pfc. Richard J. Neidemyer, Staff Sgt. Harry E. Pfautz, Jr., Pvt. Samuel Reichstein, Cpl. Joseph Roth, Sgt. Clyde W. Stauffer, Cpl. Paul R. Studenroth, Tech 4th Grade Edwin M. Walters
Korean War
1950 - 1953
Pvt. Robert Bushong
"If we forget what we did, we won't know who we are."
President Ronald Reagan
1742 - 1749
Hans Jacob Huber - Tavern owner where Count Zinzendorf first preached Anna B. Klein - Generously provided 491-acre farm for the new settlement John George Klein - Generously provided 491-acre farm for the new settlement Rev. Daniel Neibert - First Moravian minister Rev. Laurence T. Nyberg - Lutheran minister of St. James Church Rev.
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2. Count Nicholas Ludwig von Zinzendorf
Christian Henry Rauch - Second Moravian minister Elizabeth Schnell - First educator of girls Rev. Leonard Schnell - First ordained Moravian minister and educator of boys
1750 - 1759
John Baumgaertner - First child to be born in Lititz John Bender, Sr. - Built the first sawmill in 1757 Lewis Cassler - Built first private home in new settlement Hans Christopher Christensen - Engineer who built sawmill and gristmill Claus Coelln - Master carpenter of most of buildings in new settlement Nicholas Henry Eberhard - Pfleger of single Brethren Henry Frey - First miller and master carpenter in new settlement George Wenzelous Golkowsky - Surveyor who drew 1759 map of Litiz Anna Maria Haller - Mid-wife who assisted in the birth of 500 children Henry Haller - Charge of the congregation farm and early transportation Bishop Mattheas Godfrey Hehl - Theologian, preacher and hymnologist Dr. John Frederick Otto - First village physician and apothecary shop Rev. Gottlieb Petzold - Architect of the Single Brothers' House John Christian Reuter - Assisted in the layout of Litiz Main Street Philipp Christian G. Reuter - Assisted in laying out the new settlement of Litiz Barbara
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3. Center panel, 1st plaque
Bort Ricksecker - First marriage by the "lot system" in new settlement Peter Ricksecker - First marriage by the "lot system" in new settlement Johannes Schweishaupt - First teacher of non-Moravian children Bishop Nathaniel Seidel - Assisted in laying out the new settlement of Litiz Bishop Augustus Gottlieb Spangenberg - Guided the development of Litiz Anna R. Steinman - Boarded settlement builders Christian Frederick Steinman - Boarded settlement builders
John William Woerner - Bleeder and tooth drawer Count Nicholas Ludwig von Zinzendorf - Named new settlement Litiz in 1756
1760 - 1769
Andreas Albrecht - Gunsmith and riflemaker John Antes - Maker of the viola and other instruments Elizabeth Burstler - One of first teacher in Single Sisters' House John Christian Fenstermacher - Operated first general store in Litiz Albert Glotz - First tobacconist in Litiz Johann Valentine Grosch - First Chief Sacristan and Steward of the Moravians Rev. Bernhard A. Grube - First Musical Director who organized choir and orchestra Andreas Hoeger - Designed plans for the Litiz Gemeinhaus and Main Street Andrew Horn - First inn keeper, "Zum Ankler" Inn Anna Maria
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4. Center panel, 2nd plaque
Kohn - One of first teachers in Single Sisters' House Magdalena Meyer - "Pfleger" first overseer of the Single Sisters' House Jasper Payne - First manager of congregational store John Henry Rauch - Blacksmith and spurrier, made the first screw auger Jacob Ricksecker - Village shoemaker David Tannenberg - Builder of organs and pianos Rev. David Zeisberger - The Great "Apostle to the Indians"
1770 - 1779
Maria Magdalena Augustine - Superintendent of the Single Sisters' House Dr. William Brown - Surgeon General who wrote first pharmacopeia while in Litiz John Christopher - First chairman of the "Aufseher Collegium" and first warden William Henry - Drew the architectural plans for the Moravian Church Tobias Hirte - Musician and educator for combined Warwick and Litiz boy Brother Hopsc - First night watchman Martha - Mohican Indian who taught in Single Sisters' House Dr. Adolph Meyer - Litiz physician and surgeon Mary Penry - "Schreiber" writer of the diaries Godfrey Roessler - Educator for combined schooling of Warwick and Litiz boys Rev. John Jacob Schmick - Assistant pastor who preached to convalescing soldiers Nicholas Stroh - First
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5. Center panel, 3rd plaque
innkeeper in the Village of Warwick Conrad Westhoefer - Appointed "Fremdemdiener" first "Tour Guide" of Litiz
1780 - 1789
Peter Kreiter - Gravedigger and inspector Henry Van Vleck - Hatter and accomplished musician
1790 - 1799
Bishop Johan Ludwig Herbst - For 20-years cataloged and composed music Johannes Mueller - Dyer of linen, woolen cloth and yarn Rev. Abraham Reinke - Warden of married men Christian Schropp - Nail-smith, teacher, musician and church organist
1800 - 1809
Johann Philip Bachman - Organ builder, cabinetmaker and raised silk worms Christian Hall - First postmaster Abraham Levering - Town warden and responsible for corporation of the church Matthias Tshudy - Weaver who manufactured chip-hats and bonnets
1810 - 1819
John Beck - Founded Academy School for Boys and broke the "lot system" John Martin Beck - Educator and practiced in medicine Peter Bricker - First store in Village of Warwick Samuel Grosch - Storekeeper and Pennsylvania State Representative J. B. Hertzler - Wholesaler in rye whiskey Jacob Hibshman - Laid out lots for the Village
Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), July 7, 2019
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of Warwick Charles Monteluis - Laid our lots for the Village of Warwick Christian H. Rauch - Operated a lime kiln in the Village of Warwick John William Rauch - Baker, confectionary who made first bretzels
1820 - 1829
Bishop Johann C. Bechler - Wrote belowved "Sing Hallelujah - Praise the Lord" Michael Greider - Built first malting house George D. Thomas - Shoemaker and Chief Sacristan for 43 years Jacob B. Tshudy - Owned first non-Moravian store and treasurer of R. & C. Railroad
1830 - 1839
David Brickler - Reclaimed properties for owners in Village of Warwick John Kreiter - First brewery for beer or malt liquors Frederic B. Zitzman - Purchased entire track of land of Village of Warwick
1840 - 1849
Francis W. Christ - Organizer of First July 4th candle illumination in 1843 Jacob Greider - Leading shoe dealer Rev. Eugene Frueauff - Named "Linden Hall Seminary" William H. Hall - Teacher and painted portraits and signs Dr. Levi Hull - Village of Litiz physician James Henry Miksch - Tismith, school and church leader John Rickert - Surveyor, geometrical planned gardens and built "Putz" Captain
John Seaber - Ran daily stagecoach between Litiz and Lancaster Dr. W. A. Shelly - Physician in Village of Warwick Lizette Hamm Weitzel - Made candles for the first July 4th illumination Bishop Peter Wolle - Minister who organized first Moravian Sunday School Nathaniel S. Wolle - Purchased the congregational store as a private enterprise
1850 - 1859
George R. Barr - Teacher and writer of Litiz history J. Augustus Beck - Artist and sculptor who carved the lion's head in Lititz Spring Park Samuel Lichtenthaeler - Owner of Litiz Srpings Hotel and Wabank House
1860 - 1869
Abraham Reinke Beck - Started Beck Family School for Boys Rev. Julius Theodore Beckler - Founder of Sunnyside College in 1862 George W. Hepp - Teacher who continued the John Beck Academy for Boys Levi Kemper - Owner of Kemper House and businessman in Village of Warwick Ferdinand Daniel Rickert - Teacher who continued John Beck Academy for Boys Edwin S. Sturgis - Built Hotel Sturgis in 1867 Julius F. Sturgis - Founder of the first commercial bretzel bakery in America in 1861 Richard Rush Tshudy - Chairman of the Democratic Party of Lancaster County
1870 - 1879
Rev. Dr. Hermann Brickenstein - Principle of Linden Hall Seminary and Historian David R. Buch - First class leader, Jerusalem Church of the Evangelical Association J. Frank Buch - Founder and editor of the Litiz Record William H. Enck - Furniture dealer and undertaker Jesse R. Pennebaker - First drum major of the Litiz Cornet Band Gen. John A. Sutter - Discovered gold and founder of Sacramento, California Hayden H. Tshudy - Pennsylvania State Representative John G. Zook - Founder and editor of Sunbeam and the Litiz Express
1880 - 1889
Note: In 1880 the Postmaster General of the United States changed the spelling from Litiz to Lititz
Dr. James C. Brobst - Sworn in as Lititz Burgess in 1889, operated Lititz Sanitarium John B. Erb - First President of Lititz National Bank Hiram H. Helman - First Lititz Borough Constable George L. Hepp - Noted jeweler, optometrist, leader in Moravian Church affairs Emanuel S. Kauffman - Operated coal, lumberyard, quarry in Village of Warwick Johnson Miller - Sworn in as first Lititz Burgess in 1888 Peter S. Reist - President, Lititz Plow Company first incorporated business Dr. John H. Shenk - First President of Lititz Borough Council in 1888 Angelica Miksch Wolle - First president of Woman's Christian Temperance Union
1890 - 1899
William M. Amer - One of the founders of Lititz Power and Electric Company in 1893 Wilson Baum - Sworn in as Lititz Burgess in 1897 Dr. Weidler Bender First Lititz Veterinarian Frank B. Buch - Made miniaturized Ferris Wheel for 1896 Fourth of July Henry B. Buch - Sworn in as Lititz Burgess in 1890 William C. Enck - Manufacturer of W.C.E. Cough Drops Israel G. Erb - Organized the Keystone Underwear Mills Samuel B. Erb - Organized the Keystone Underwear Mills Eli L. Garber - Began the Garber-Reist Dairy, later known as Penn Dairies, Inc. Henry R. Gibbel - Established the Hershey and Gibbel Partnership Henry "Billy" Greek - Named Lititz Hi-Constable in 1894 C. William Grosh - Grosh's Carriage Works John W. G. Hershey - Established the Hershey & Gibbel Partnership
Dr. J. Lincoln Hertz - First President of Lititz Fire Company No. 1 in 1894 Elmer E. Kautz - Chief Hose Director of Lititz Fire Company No. 1 in 1894 Albert T. Littch - First Noble Grand, Lititz Lodge No. 1050, I.O.O.F., in 1892 Adam B. Long - Organized the Keystone Underwear Mills Haydn N. Miksch - Lititz Borough Council President in 1898 C. Walter Miller - Operated first Lititz Water Company Henry C. Miller - First President of Lititz Y.M.C.A. in 1893 C. Fred Regennas - Candy manufacturer Dr. Peter J. Roebuck - Physician and donated Lititz Memorial Foutain in 1895 Samuel C. Seaber - Lititz Borough Council President in 1890 Henry H. Snavely - Owned Warwick House and held livestock/household goods sales Nathan O. Sturgis - Sworn in as Lititz Burgess in 1892 Jacob B. Young - Sworn in as Lititz Burgess in 1894
1900 - 1909
Paul E. Beck - Director of Beck's Concert Band Elmer Eby - Established Eby's Feed Mill David M. Graybill - First President of Lititz Springs National Bank Samuel M. Huber - Sworn in as Lititz Burgess in 1900 John B. Leib - Lititz Borough Council President in 1907 Calvin S. Leoffler - Businessman, teacher and director of "Belshazzar's Feast" Wayne L. Longenecker - Sworn in as Lititz Burgess in 1901 John Mumma - Lititz Borough Council President in 1905 William H. Muth - Organized first Board of Trade Lemon S. Neidermyer - Established Lititz Planning Mill John M. Pfautz - Sworn in as Lititz Burgess in 1906 Jospeh Pierson - Pioneered motion pictures in Lititz Miles H. Rudy - Built Rudy's Hall Dr. Martin J. Steiner - Sworn in as Lititz Burgess in 1909 Horace E. Sturgis - Elected first Lititz Fire Chief Louisa A. Weitzel - Wrote poetry and historian
1910 - 1919
Norman Badorf - Sworn in as Lititz Burgess in 1918 and shoe maker Dr. Elizabeth Brickler - First female medical doctor in Pennsylvania Lillie Brubaker - First President of Society of Farm Women in 1917 G. Graybill Diehm - Sworn in as Lititz Burgess in 1918, Lancaster Co. Commissioner Homer F. Hackman - Co-first Eagle Boy Scout in Lancaster County Howard F. Hackman - Co-first Eagle Boy Scout in Lancaster County Rev. Earnest S. Hagen - Formed the first Boy Scout Troop of Lititz John F. Leisey - Elected Lititz Fire Chief in 1912 John F. Longenecker - Leading Lancaster County automobile dealer Milford Marks - Sworn in as Lititz Burgess in 1914 Miss Anna K. Miller - Principal, Lititz Public School during building of new school John M. Miller - Lititz Borough Council President in 1914 Hiram C. Reedy - Established Y.M.C.A. Men's Chorus of Lititz
1920 - 1929
Paul Badorf - First Commander of Lititz America Legion Garden Spot Post No. 56 in 1920 Dr. Herbert H. Beck - Educator and historian Henry H. Bomberger - Lititz Borough Council President in 1920 J. Clayton Brubaker - Organized First Lititz Community Show Association in 1920 Frank C. Dengate - Organized the First Lititz Community Chest in 1928 August C. Fleckenstein - Owner of Lititz Spring Beverage Company Maurice E. Fry - Elected Lititz Fire Chief in 1924 William B. Fry - One of the first Pontiac dealers in the United States Henry B. Gibbel - Partner, Lititz Mutual Insurance Company Henry C. Hackman - Well known orchestra leader Rev. Jacob Hershey - General Mgr. of Hershey-Lehman Co. and Mennonite Minister John G. Hershey - Partner, Lititz Mutual Insurance Company Owen Hershey, Esq. - Partner, Lititz Mutual Insurance Company Charles K. Keith - Builder of homes throughout Lititz Claude E. Marble - First president of Lititz Rotary Club in 1925 Barbara Snyder Musser - Church lay and civic leader, newspaper correspondent Henry J. Pierson - Lititz Borough Council President in 1924, Pennsylvania State Senator Arthur Rosenberg - Started Rosey's Lunch Wagon Elizabeth Stoner - First President of Lititz Fire Company NO. 1 Ladies Auxiliary in 1926 Emory P. Wagner - Elected Lititz Fire CHief in 1921 and in 1924 Harry R. Wertsch - First President of Lititz Chamber of Commerce Dr. Mahlon H. Yoder - Well known family physician
1930 - 1939
Dr. Harry E. Bender - Nanticoke Indian preservationist Dr. J. Richard Bender - Local historical preservationist John C. Breneman - Sworn in as Lititz Burgess in 1930 Herbert K. Cooper, Sr. - Founded Lancaster Cleft Palate Clinic Maurice C. Demmy - Lititz Public School Supervising Principle and community leader Alfred L. Douple - Lititz Borough Council President in 1936 Elser Gerhart - Owner of Hershey & Lehman Company and community leader Florence Baker Gibbel - Educator and civic leader Margaret Hower - Outstanding Home Economics teacher and seamstress Sara K. "Auntie" Jenkins - First Lititz Community Nurse John W. Keehn - Publisher and Editor of Progressive Weekly Newspaper Clarence Kissinger - Famous Lititz photographer during 1930's and 40's Clarence "Boss" Kreider - Appointed first Lititz CHief of Police in 1932 James F. Maize - First Commander of Lititz V.F.W. Post No. 1463 in 1932 Levi H. Rudy - Lititz Borough Council President in 1932 Harry C. Seldomridge - Community leader, donated Lititz Public School Fountain Joseph L. Snyder - Lititz Borough Council President in 1934 Paris F. Snyder - Businessman and civic leader Rev. Dr. F.W. Stengel - Headmaster, Linden hall and started Junior College E.B. Weber - Lititz Borough Council President in 1930
1940 - 1949
Elmer H. Bomberger - Lititz Borough Council President in 1942 Paul H. Bomberger - Banker and Businessman Omar K. Bushong - Established the Queen of the Candle Pageant in 1942 Eugene S. Deckert - Educator, coach and Trinity E. C. Church leader Harry Gorton - Lock and safe business known as "Safe Man" Floyd F. HAckman - Founder of Lititz Art Association in 1949 Floy Heistand - First President of Lititz Womean's Club in 1940 Mary Augusta Heubener - Lititz historian Rev. Dr. Byron K. Horne - Historian, Headmaster Linden Hall and civil leader Dr. Charles A. Landis - Established Lititz Midged Baseball Robert C. Longenecker - Radio, film and television producer Benjamin F. Lutz - Civil leader and composer Abraham R. Miller - Research chemist who invented water proofing compound Christian H. Nissly - Organized Lititz Salvage Committee during WW II Samuel H. Nuss - Developer, businessman, civic and political leader William B. Oehme - Founder of Oehme Bros. Bakery in 1946 and philanthropist Donald E. Rannels - First Lititz Jaycees President in 1948 Raymond S. Reedy - First Lions Club President in 1941, sworn in as Lititz Mayor in 1974 Harry P. Regennas - Candy manufacture and Boy Scout leader Menno B. Rohrer, Esq. - Sworn in as Lititz Burgess in 1942 and 1950 Raymond Runk - Elected Lititz Fire Chief in 1943 and in 1957 Bessie E. Searle - Lititz Public School Librarian and preserved Lititz Public Library Harry J. Sheffy - Early television pioneer Ralph M. Spaght - Businessman and established the Lititz Recreation Center Victor Wagner - Sworn in as Lititz Burgess in 1940 Harry R. Way - Sworn in as Lititz Council President in 1946 Joseph B. Wissler - President Judge, Lancaster Court of Common Pleas William N. Young - Publisher and Editor of Lititz Record-Express and local artist
1950 - 1959
Leroy Bare - Elected Lititz Fire Chief in 1956 Elmer H. Bobst - Chairman of the Board of Warner-Lambert and philanthropist Paul F. Diehm - Surveyor and Justice of the Peace Albert S. Ebbert - First President of Lititz P.T.A. in 1951 and Lititz Ambucs in 1954 Hiram M. Eberly - Lititz historian Selina Cox Eshleman - Lititz poet Frank S. Ford - Saved Downtown Lititz for restoration Benjamin G. Forrest - Sworn in as Lititz Burgess in 1951 and named First Mayor in 1961 John R. Helter - Sportsman and columnist "Of Plug and Shell" J. Lloyd Hess - Lititz Sewer Authority Lloyd J. Hoffman - Appointed Lititz Chief of Police in 1955 Christian B. Koehler - Lititz Fire Police Captain and volunteer of many organizations Jacob M. Leed - First president of Lititz Springs Park Board of Trustees in 1956 Paul W. McCloud - Architect of Lititz Landmarks Warren L. Newcomer - President of Wilbur-Suchard Chocolate Company Orville Over - First Lititz Borough Manager in 1951 Charlie H. Regennas - U.S. Postman and Boy Scout Leader Lynn Reidenbaugh Schaffstall - 1956 Lititz Bicentennial Queen Barton L. Sharp - Boy Scout leader, photographer, sportsman Lloyd C. Smith - Community leader Kathryn "Cookie" Steffy - Educator and saved Lititz Public Library John H. Steffy - President of the Lititz Bicentennial Foundation, Inc. Russell L. Templeton - Lititz Borough Council President in 1958 and Mayor in 1966 Herbert R. Wagaman - Lancaster County Commissioner Chester L. Wertsch - Optometrist and civil leader
1960 - 1969
D. Curtis Amidon - Lititz Borough Council President in 1962 Blanch Deperrot - Structured Lititz Historical District and Girl Scout leader W. Roy Enck - Lititz Borough Council President in 1960 Dr. Arthur S. Griswold - Lititz Mayor in 1962, established first community ambulance Marvin E. Miller, Sr. - Newspaper reporter/editor, Pennsylvania State Representative Richard A. Snyder, Esq. - Lawyer, Pennsylvania State Senator Ammon H. Shelly - Elected Lititz Fire Chief in 1962 Edwin S. Stroble - Lititz barber extraordinar Edwin S. Stroble - Appointed first policewoman in Lancaster County in 1961
1970 - 1979
William Bell - Organized the Lititz Rotary Club Craft Show in 1968 Dennis J. Craig - In 1975 started campaign to place a crèche at Lititz Memorial Square Dr. Joseph W. Grosh - Pioneer in sports' medicine Robert "Ike" Kauffman - Columnist, "Mid the Turmoil" Henry T. Muth - Lititz historian Donald C. Stauffer - Lititz Borough Council President in 1978 Albert W. Taft - Local artist Ruth Bender Todd - First woman Vice President of Lancaster General Hospital James H. Yerger - Lititz Borough Council President in 1976
1980 - 1989
Lester G. Bingeman - Civic affairs, businessman and Lititz Borough elected official Clyde W. Tshudy - Lititz Borough Council President in 1986
1990 - 1999
David R. Brumbach - Local artist Douglas A. Shertzer, Sr. - Appointed Lititz Chief of Police in 1994
Elizabeth Siegrist - Donated land for the Lititz Public Library
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"Wall of Remembrance"
From the beginning to present day the community of Lititz has been rich in history. The strength of any community lies within the people. As citizens, we all share the belief that we are justly proud of our heritage. May we all reflect on the past, continue with the present, and look to the future.
In commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of the Naming of Lititz, this "Wall of Remembrance" has been dedicated in honor of all who contributed to the development and growth of Lititz.
Dedicated September 17, 2006
Erected 2006 by Lititz 250th Anniversary Executive Committee; Wall of Remembrance Committee; Borough of Lititz; Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Community and Economic Development.
Location. 40° 9.456′ N, 76° 18.543′ W. Marker is in Lititz, Pennsylvania, in Lancaster County. Marker can be reached from North Broad Street (Route 501) south of West Kleine Lane, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 15 North Spruce Street, Lititz PA 17543, United States of America. Touch for directions.
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