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Hanover Civil War Memorial

 
 
Hanover Civil War Memorial plaque image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Larry Gertner, April 6, 2018
1. Hanover Civil War Memorial plaque
Inscription.
Erected 1911 by the
People of Hanover
in grateful memory
of
Their Fellow-Citizens
who served in the
War for the Union
1861-1865

 
Erected 1911 by People of Hanover.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil.
 
Location. 39° 47.398′ N, 76° 58.379′ W. Memorial is near Parkville, Pennsylvania, in York County. It is in Penn Township. It is on Baltimore Street south of Wirt Avenue, on the right when traveling south. The monument is on the grounds of the Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: Mt Olivet Cemetery, Hanover PA 17331, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in South-Central Pennsylvania, specifically in Pennsylvania Dutch Country, in the Susquehanna Valley, and in Greater Harrisburg. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. 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
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one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Mary Shaw Leader (within shouting distance of this marker); In Search of Peace (approx. 0.2 miles away); Pleasant Hill Hotel Becomes Hospital (approx. half a mile away); Battle of Hanover (approx. half a mile away); The Warehime-Myers Mansion (approx. half a mile away); Welcome to the Hanover Area Historical Society (approx. 0.6 miles away); Women Tending to Wounded (approx. 0.6 miles away); McAllister Tavern (approx. Ύ mile away).
 
Hanover Civil War Memorial site image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Larry Gertner, May 10, 2017
2. Hanover Civil War Memorial site
Hanover Civil War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Larry Gertner, May 10, 2017
3. Hanover Civil War Memorial
Hanover Civil War Memorial plaque image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Larry Gertner, April 6, 2018
4. Hanover Civil War Memorial plaque
Hanover Civil War Memorial plaque image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Larry Gertner, April 6, 2018
5. Hanover Civil War Memorial plaque
Hanover Civil War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Larry Gertner, April 6, 2018
6. Hanover Civil War Memorial
Hanover Civil War Memorial plaque image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Larry Gertner, April 6, 2018
7. Hanover Civil War Memorial plaque
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on May 2, 2020, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. This page has been viewed 522 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on May 2, 2020, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.   7. submitted on May 3, 2020, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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