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

Stevens Greenland Cemetery

Photographed By Carl Gordon Moore Jr., May 26, 2021

1. Stevens Greenland Cemetery Marker

Inscription. [bottom plaque]
Proclamation
This Flag Flies Today
Whereas: In Memory and Honor
Of the Men and Women of African-American Heritage
And this community, Lancaster, PA
Who pledged their full measure
That freedom and peace would long endure

Civil War, Spanish American War, Mexican Border War,
World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War
and
Peace Keeping Forces Around the World
God Bless America

[top plaque] This memorial replaces cannon
taken from this plot by
the salvage committee
during World War II

Dedicated by
committee from Post 34
Lancaster American Legion

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • War, Spanish-American • War, US Civil • War, World I • War, World II.

Location. 40° 1.523′ N, 76° 17.421′ W. Marker is in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in Lancaster County. Memorial is on Duke Street, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1200 S Duke Street, Lancaster PA 17602, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. A different marker also named Stevens Greenland Cemetery (approx. 0.2 miles away); At Rockford near here lived & died General Edward Hand, M.D.

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(approx. 0.3 miles away); Rock Ford (approx. 0.4 miles away); a different marker also named Rock Ford (approx. 0.4 miles away); World War I Memorial (approx. half a mile away); Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg (approx. 0.6 miles away); Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg, S.T.B. (approx. 0.6 miles away); Sgt Joseph E Jackson (approx. 0.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lancaster.

Photographed By Carl Gordon Moore Jr., May 26, 2021

2. Stevens Greenland Cemetery Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 1, 2021. It was originally submitted on May 27, 2021, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. This page has been viewed 167 times since then and 8 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 27, 2021, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.