Troy in Miami County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Junior Girls Canteen 1943-1946

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 27, 2008

1. Junior Girls Canteen 1943-1946 Marker

Inscription. During World War II, forty of Troy's teenage girls, their mothers, and volunteers operated a free canteen service for troops on the platform of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad station. The group began as a few neighborhood girls providing magazines to soldiers while trains were stopped. With support and donations from Miami County communities and six additional counties, thousands of food baskets and countless drinks were given to approximately 600,000 soldiers trackside. Books, games, cigarettes, and other sundries were made available to soldiers on their trips to and from Europe or the Pacific. The volunteers of the Junior Girls Canteen served every train and soldier that came through the station, whether it was in the dead of night or the coldest day of winter. Throughout World War II, many other canteens were created across the nation, including eleven other canteens in Ohio.

(Lower Plaque):
Canteen Girls

Mary Jane Attenweiler
Margaret Attenweiler
Eileen Burgin
Marilyn Chase
Nancy Chronaberry
Thelma Dohm
Patty Fox
Katherine Hartzell
Alice Hobbs
Jeannine Kendall
Kathleen Kendall
Patty Kirkland
Doris McMath
Lois

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McWilliams
Phyllis McWilliams
Mary Lee Mumford
Jackie Ovenshire
Eleanor Priest
Marlene Pour
Patricia Pour
Nanette Rudisill
Rosemary Rudisill
Mary Margaret Rush
Mary Lou Scott
Phyllis Shane
Charlene Strome
Hazel Sturgeon
Betty Tooley
Helen Turner
Patricia Wray
MASCOT Mickey Attenweiler
Donated by the American Legion Post 43, VFW Post 5436 and AM VETS Post 88

Erected 2006 by Troy Historical Society and The Ohio Historical Society. (Marker Number 13-55.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Charity & Public Work • War, World II • Women. In addition, it is included in the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O), and the Ohio Historical Society / The Ohio History Connection series lists.

Location. 40° 1.964′ N, 84° 12.109′ W. Marker is in Troy, Ohio, in Miami County. It is on West Street, on the left when traveling east. Marker is between Crawford and Union Streets, in Herrlinger Park. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Troy OH 45373, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is

Canteen Girls Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 27, 2008

2. Canteen Girls Marker

Dedicated 2007

in Ohio’s Dayton Metro,

in the Miami Valley,

and in the Till Plains.

It is also in the American Midwest

and in the Corn Belt.

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,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Dilts Warehouse Plant No. 1 (a few steps from this marker); Miami & Erie Canal (approx. 0.3 miles away); Troy Presbyterian Church (approx. 0.4 miles away); a different marker also named WACO History (approx. 0.4 miles away); Engine Storage Location (approx. half a mile away); Troy's Public Square & Third Courthouse (approx. half a mile away); The John Kitchen House 1847 (approx. half a mile away); Col. Nancy J. Currie (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Troy.

Another marker is no longer nearby. WACO History (was approx. 0.4 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 27, 2008

3. Junior Girls Canteen 1943-1946 Marker

Herrlinger Park in background

Herrlinger Park Sign image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 27, 2008

4. Herrlinger Park Sign

Credits. This page was last revised on January 21, 2020. It was originally submitted on June 7, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,652 times since then and 42 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on June 7, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.