Leesport in Berks County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Brave Men

Devotion • Valor • Sacrifice

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), November 28, 2020

1. Brave Men Marker

Inscription. Dedicated in grateful memory to the heroes of
Ontelaunee Township
who made the Supreme Sacrifice in the defense
of our country in World Wars I and II
1917 - 1918 Charles C. Rissmiller

1941 - 1945 Calvin E. Althouse • Clarence E. Hartz • Howard A. Kunkleman • George W. Longlow • Eugene W. Rothenberger

Joe. W. Gruber • Ralph F. Reed • Elmer W. Shade • Warren P. Spayd • Ellis C. Yoder

Erected by Washington Camp No. 165, P.O.S. of A.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, World I • War, World II.

Location. 40° 26.749′ N, 75° 58.074′ W. Memorial is in Leesport, Pennsylvania, in Berks County. It is at the intersection of West Wall Street and Water Street on West Wall Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 10 W Wall St, Leesport PA 19533, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Southeast Pennsylvania and specifically in Pennsylvania Dutch Country.

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 one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: POW ★ MIA (here, next to this marker); Veterans of World War II (here, next to this marker); a different marker also named Veterans of World War II (here, next to this marker); Leesport Lock House (about 400

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feet away, measured in a direct line); Dauberville Bridge (approx. 0.9 miles away); Living with the River (approx. 3.6 miles away); Damming the River (approx. 3.7 miles away); Reclaiming the River (approx. 3.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Leesport.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), November 28, 2020

2. Brave Men Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on December 8, 2020. It was originally submitted on November 28, 2020, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 248 times since then and 8 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 28, 2020, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.