Moscow in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Wilson-Conklin Post No. 579 Charter Members

1917 • 1918

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 25, 2019

1. Wilson-Conklin Post No. 579 Charter Members Marker

Inscription.

David E. Anthony · Field Artillery • Christy Atherton · Q'master Corps
Howard L. Barnes · Infantry • Lawrence A. Barnes Field Art'y
George Best · Field Artillery • William F. Breslin · Air Service
Benjamin W. Carr · Motor Transport • Russell L. Conklin · Medical Corps
John Costick · Medical Corps • Austin S. DePew · Motor Transport
Frederick C. Dierolf · Engineers • Julian Ewrgood · Field Artillery
William L. Ewrgood · Field Artillery • Theodore Freeman · Veterinary Corps
Richard Glocker · Engineers • William Havenstrite · Infantry
Richard J. Heffernan · Engineers • Herbert O. Hess · Navy
Theodore J. Hunsinger · Field Art'y • Edward P. James · Motor Transport
Clare T. Johnson · Air Service • Frank X. Kearns · Infantry
Howard Keesler · Field Artillery • ★Bruce D. Keller · Air Service
Andrew F. Kelley · Signal Corps • Mathew E. Kelley · Field Artillery
Phillip D. LaBarre · [?] Transportation • George W. Lane · Field Artillery
Henry W. Loveland · Navy • George K. Makis · Engineers
Lewis McCarty · Infantry • Samuel M. McCarty · Infantry
Louis W. Mead · Medical Corps • Daniel A. Noack · Infantry
Maxwell R. Noack · Motor Transport • Richard C. Parry · Medical Corps
Morton S. Pennell · Engineers • Donald Price · Quartermaster Corps
Austin L. Prynn · Medical Corps • George W. Quick · Engineers
Harry J. P. Rhodes · Infantry • Oscar R. Rozell · Infantry
M. W. Sewell · Quartermaster Corps • Wallace H. Sheerer · Infantry
Theodore E. Silfie · Air Service • Walter J. Silich · Infantry
James Simpson · Motor Transport • Willard K. Surplus · Infantry
George W. Swartz · Infantry • Sylvester B. Swartz · Infantry
Fred Wall · Infantry • Martin L. Wheeler · Infantry
William H. Williams · Infantry • Albert E. Wright · Navy

Erected by Dr. J. W. Knedler.

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Location. 41° 20.338′ N, 75° 31.261′ W. Memorial is in Moscow, Pennsylvania, in Lackawanna County. It is on Academy Street west of Spring Garden Street, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 200 Academy Street, Moscow PA 18444, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Wyoming Valley

and in Greater Scranton and Wilkes-Barre. 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 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Veterans Memorial (approx. ¼ mile away); Civil War Memorial (approx. half a mile away); War Memorial (approx. half a mile away); a different

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 25, 2019

2. Wilson-Conklin Post No. 579 Charter Members Marker

In front of the former Moscow Elementary School

marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.7 miles away); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.8 miles away); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.8 miles away); a different marker also named War Memorial (approx. 2.2 miles away); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. 2.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Moscow.

Credits. This page was last revised on December 27, 2019. It was originally submitted on December 26, 2019, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 323 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on December 26, 2019, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 2. submitted on December 27, 2019, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.