Hays Neighborhood in Pittsburgh in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

World War Memorial

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 27, 2023

1. World War Memorial

Inscription.

World War Memorial. . This tablet erected in honor of the men of Hays Borough, Penna. who answered the call of their country in the World War 1917-1919, [Roll of Honored Dead] Charles C. Jeffries . John Tobasco . Elmer L. Bertan, [Honor Roll of Veterans] Francis M. McGee . J. Ross Porter . Earle J. Rowland . Harold Robison Harry J. Finniff . John Pifer . Jacob E. Mathias . William Selleman George James . Frank Witkowski . Isaac O'Shell . Walter C. Batley Charles McMillan . Clyde Swisher . F. Howard Hick . William Phillips James Evans Jr. . Neal C. Whitaker . Alfred G. Van Maele . Jesse C. Stilley John R. Hess . Dee Essex . Edward J. Green . Terrance J. McGowan Eugene Mercuri . Vincenzo Sacco . Pasquale Marrone . Arthur Ciana Petro Lerro . Alfonzo Calabraise . Santi Piermani . John Monzo Virgil Hart . Henry C. Eckman . Guiseppi Bucciarelli . James E. Quinlan Thomas Kenney . Emelio Guerro . William Breitman . John J. Wessling Christoper C. Barnett . Paul A. Weigle . Charles F. Shotting Fred W. Holtzinger . Leon J. Witkowski . Frank J. Tobasco . George Neville Leroy Bateman . Earl Hanson . John T. Mikut . Robert Dickinson Max Finkelstein . Jan Townsend . Grant Stamps . Ola Harkness Alex Berry . Thomas Brady . Joseph Tobasco . Daniel C. Smith Valentine Hess . Frank Orlawsky . John King . Harry V. Green Andrew Lutz . John H. Evans . Robert Sample Jr. . Charles Mazzarella Gabriel Polito . Paul Agresti . John W. Ward . John H. Baird Rosario P. Vecchio . George Remnick . John Frontena . Frank G. Adamitz Clarence Baguet . Julius Bonetti . Frank Dreistadt . Pasquale Collella William Bertoft . Jacob C. Ruffing . James P. Barrett Ferdinand Vanistendale . Ernest Znak . Benett LePaere Edward P. Shotting . Charles Jones . Hartley H. Baird . Charles R. Baguet James E. Porter . Edward R. Smith . Edward J. Barrett . John R. Holzer Harry Carnegie . Edward G. Stilley . John W. Barnett . Peter J. Stumpf Peter Tobasco . Jesse J. Goldbaugh . Melchor C. Shotting . Elmer Uhlmer Lafayette Washington . Robert Townsend . Mathias Miller . Vincenzo Falce Bernard Boyle Jr. . William James . George Weber . Clyde F. Harmening Hartley M. Swisher . Walter Robison . John Faulkner . William McNickle Walter Adamitz . Frank J. McCallum . Clarence Murthrew . Frank Caspary Jr. Edward F. Dady . William J. Weigle . Rinald T. Bertan . Elmer J. Zeiler Frank Oatch . Richard W. McKillop . Louis J. Baguet . Sylvester J. Hick James A. Boyle . William F. Bonner . William Murphy, "The right is more precious than peace, we shall fight for the things we have always carried nearest our hearts, to such a task we dedicate our lives" Woodrow Wilson 1917, Dedicated June 5, 1921, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , . Hays Monument Bronze, Granite, Brick 1921, The area around the nearby stream known as Streets Run was developed as a center for the mining and shipping of coal by the Hays family. They gave their name to the borough of Hays, formed in 1901. It was annexed to the City of Pittsburgh in 1929, eight years after the dedication of this memorial honoring the service of its citizens. The honor roll features a quote from Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States during World War I. [Marker by] City of Pittsburgh

This tablet erected in honor of the men of
Hays Borough, Penna.
who answered the call of their country in
the World War 1917-1919

[Roll of Honored Dead]
Charles C. Jeffries • John Tobasco • Elmer L. Bertan

[Honor Roll of Veterans]
Francis M. McGee • J. Ross Porter • Earle J. Rowland • Harold Robison
Harry J. Finniff • John Pifer • Jacob E. Mathias • William Selleman
George James • Frank Witkowski • Isaac O'Shell • Walter C. Batley
Charles McMillan • Clyde Swisher • F. Howard Hick • William Phillips
James Evans Jr. • Neal C. Whitaker • Alfred G. Van Maele • Jesse C. Stilley
John R. Hess • Dee Essex • Edward J. Green • Terrance J. McGowan
Eugene Mercuri • Vincenzo Sacco • Pasquale Marrone • Arthur Ciana
Petro Lerro • Alfonzo Calabraise • Santi Piermani • John Monzo
Virgil Hart • Henry C. Eckman • Guiseppi Bucciarelli • James E. Quinlan
Thomas Kenney • Emelio Guerro • William Breitman • John J. Wessling
Christoper C. Barnett • Paul A. Weigle • Charles F. Shotting
Fred W. Holtzinger • Leon J. Witkowski • Frank J. Tobasco • George Neville
Leroy Bateman • Earl Hanson • John T. Mikut • Robert Dickinson
Max Finkelstein • Jan Townsend • Grant Stamps • Ola Harkness
Alex Berry • Thomas Brady • Joseph Tobasco • Daniel C. Smith
Valentine Hess • Frank Orlawsky • John King • Harry V. Green
Andrew Lutz • John H. Evans • Robert Sample Jr. • Charles Mazzarella
Gabriel Polito • Paul Agresti • John W. Ward • John H. Baird
Rosario P. Vecchio • George Remnick • John Frontena • Frank G. Adamitz
Clarence Baguet • Julius Bonetti • Frank Dreistadt • Pasquale Collella
William Bertoft • Jacob C. Ruffing • James P. Barrett
Ferdinand Vanistendale • Ernest Znak • Benett LePaere
Edward P. Shotting • Charles Jones • Hartley H. Baird • Charles R. Baguet
James E. Porter • Edward R. Smith • Edward J. Barrett •

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John R. Holzer
Harry Carnegie • Edward G. Stilley • John W. Barnett • Peter J. Stumpf
Peter Tobasco • Jesse J. Goldbaugh • Melchor C. Shotting • Elmer Uhlmer
Lafayette Washington • Robert Townsend • Mathias Miller • Vincenzo Falce
Bernard Boyle Jr. • William James • George Weber • Clyde F. Harmening
Hartley M. Swisher • Walter Robison • John Faulkner • William McNickle
Walter Adamitz • Frank J. McCallum • Clarence Murthrew • Frank Caspary Jr.
Edward F. Dady • William J. Weigle • Rinald T. Bertan • Elmer J. Zeiler
Frank Oatch • Richard W. McKillop • Louis J. Baguet • Sylvester J. Hick
James A. Boyle • William F. Bonner • William Murphy

"The right is more precious than peace, we shall fight for the
things we have always carried nearest our hearts, to such a task we
dedicate our lives" Woodrow Wilson 1917

Dedicated June 5, 1921

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Hays Monument
Bronze, Granite, Brick
1921

The area around the nearby stream known as Streets Run was developed as a center for the mining and shipping of coal by the Hays family. They gave their name to the borough of Hays, formed in 1901. It was annexed to the City of Pittsburgh

World War Memorial History Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 27, 2023

2. World War Memorial History Marker

in 1929, eight years after the dedication of this memorial honoring the service of its citizens. The honor roll features a quote from Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States during World War I.
[Marker by] City of Pittsburgh

Erected 1921.

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

Location. 40° 23.147′ N, 79° 55.968′ W. Memorial is in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in Allegheny County. It is in the Hays Neighborhood. It is on Baldwin Road north of Mifflin Road (Pennsylvania Route 885), on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 514 Baldwin Road, Pittsburgh PA 15207, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the American Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

and

World War Memorial Dedication image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 27, 2023

3. World War Memorial Dedication

one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Pittsburgh's Lost Cyclist (approx. 0.9 miles away); West Homestead Veterans Memorial (approx. 1½ miles away); Church of the Good Shepherd (approx. 1½ miles away); First Hungarian Reformed Church (approx. 1½ miles away); St. Francis of Assisi (approx. 1½ miles away); Hulda and Louise Notz House (approx. 1.6 miles away); The Katz-McCombs House (approx. 1.6 miles away); Steelmaking Capital of the World (approx. 1.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Pittsburgh.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Homestead Park Great War Memorial (was approx. 1½ miles away but has been confirmed missing).

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 27, 2023

4. World War Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on June 9, 2023. It was originally submitted on June 9, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 216 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on June 9, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.