Near Phoenixville in Chester County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

District of Columbia Medal of Honor Recipients

Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., August 31, 2023

1. District of Columbia Medal of Honor Recipients Marker

Inscription.

PFC Will C. Barnes, USA • PVT Dennis Bell, USA • BGEN Daniel Butterfield, USA
CAPT Bernard A. Byrne, USA • MAJ Charles E. Capehart, USA • 1LT Benjamin H. Cheever, USA
SURG James R. Church, USA • SGT Benjamin F. McAlwee, USA • 1LT Robert M. McGovern, USA
SGT Fred Myers, USA • 1LT George C. Shaw, USA • SGT William Taylor, USA
1LT Lewis Warrington, USA • 1LT Carle A. Woodruff, USA • ENS Oscar Charles Badger, USN
Cpl Lewis K. Bausell, USMC • SN Heinrich Behnke, USN • Maj Randolph C. Berkeley, USMC
Col Justice M. Chambers, USMC • LTJG George M. Courts, USN • FN David Harrington, USN
SA John Hayden, USN • Sgt James E. Johnson, USMC • Coppersmith Philip B. Keefer, USN
WT Harry Lipscomb, USN • CM James H. McDonald, USN • Sgt Andrew Miller, USMC
Drummer John A. Murphy, USMC • Col David Dixon Porter, USMC • FN John Rush, USN
GSgt Peter Stewart, USMC • Sgt Clarence E. Sutton, USMC • LT Richard Wainwright, Jr., USN
SGT Bernard Taylor, USA

[Dedicated] November 11, 1997

Erected 1997 by Freemasons of the District of Columbia.

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military. In addition, it is included in the Medal of Honor Recipients series list.

Location.

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40° 6.275′ N, 75° 28.197′ W. Marker is near Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, in Chester County. Marker is in the Medal of Honor Grove on the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge campus. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1601 Valley Forge Road, Phoenixville PA 19460, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Delaware Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Kennedy Memorial Gazebo (within shouting distance of this marker); North Carolina Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); West Virginia Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Connecticut Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Michigan Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Vermont Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Kentucky Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Phoenixville.

Also see . . .
1. Medal of Honor Recipients. (Submitted on November 29, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.)
2. Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge. (Submitted on November 29, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.)

District of Columbia Medal of Honor Recipients Memorial Obelisk image. Click for full size.

Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., August 31, 2023

2. District of Columbia Medal of Honor Recipients Memorial Obelisk

District of Columbia Medal of Honor Recipients Memorial Plaza image. Click for full size.

Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., August 31, 2023

3. District of Columbia Medal of Honor Recipients Memorial Plaza

District of Columbia Medal of Honor Recipients Sponsor Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., August 31, 2023

4. District of Columbia Medal of Honor Recipients Sponsor Marker

District of Columbia Seal on Memorial Obelisk image. Click for full size.

Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., August 31, 2023

5. District of Columbia Seal on Memorial Obelisk

Credits. This page was last revised on November 29, 2023. It was originally submitted on November 29, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 43 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on November 29, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.