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

Homefront

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 18, 2021

1. Homefront Marker

Inscription.

In commemoration of the Homefront Magazine founded and published by J. Horace and Mona Strunk at 118 Pa. Ave., Bangor. This quality monthly non-profit endeavor carried news, pictures, and letters from the folks at home to their men and women in the service during World War II.

Believed to be the only wartime magazine of its kind, the efforts of volunteers and churches from all Slate Belt communities contributed to the war effort and troop morale from 1942 to 1946.

Dedicated April 29, 1995

Erected 1995.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Charity & Public Work • Communications • Patriots & Patriotism • War, World II. A significant historical date for this entry is April 29, 1995.

Location. 40° 51.951′ N, 75° 12.265′ W. Marker is in Bangor, Pennsylvania, in Northampton County. It is at the intersection of Broadway and Main Street, on the right when traveling east on Broadway. Marker is in Founder's Park. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1 Broadway, Bangor PA 18013, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Southeast Pennsylvania and in Lehigh Valley.

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 walking distance of this marker: Robert M. Jones (a few steps from this marker); Steinmetz Memorial Library (a few steps from this marker); Old Home Week

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(within shouting distance of this marker); The Century House (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Slate Industry (about 700 feet away); Bethel Welsh Congregational Church Memorial (about 700 feet away); Civil War Memorial (about 800 feet away); Mennonite Church (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Bangor.

Also see . . .
1. Slate Belt Heritage Center. Visit Lehigh website entry (Submitted on July 2, 2025, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)

2. "Letters to the Homefront Magazine: A Love Story Between a Community and Its WWII Soldiers". Civil War Roundtable of Eastern PA archive entry (Submitted on July 2, 2025, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)

Homefront magazine, July 1044 image. Click for full size.

via E-bay, July 1944

2. Homefront magazine, July 1044

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 18, 2021

3. Homefront Marker

To left of Stop sign

Credits. This page was last revised on July 2, 2025. It was originally submitted on September 20, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 486 times since then and 29 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on September 20, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 2. submitted on July 2, 2025, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. 3. submitted on September 20, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.