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
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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Regionally, this memorial is in Southeast Pennsylvania and in Greater Philadelphia. 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, New Netherland, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: New Jersey Medal of Honor Recipients (a few steps from this marker); Maryland Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Delaware Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Virginia Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); New York Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Kennedy Memorial Gazebo (within shouting distance of this marker); Pennsylvania Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); North Carolina 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 - Washington DC. Medal of Honor Historical Society of the United States website entry (Submitted on March 20, 2025, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)
2. Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge. (Submitted on November 29, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 31, 2023
2. District of Columbia Medal of Honor Recipients Memorial Obelisk
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 31, 2023
3. District of Columbia Medal of Honor Recipients Memorial Plaza
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 31, 2023
4. District of Columbia Medal of Honor Recipients Sponsor Marker
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 31, 2023
5. District of Columbia Seal on Memorial Obelisk
Credits. This page was last revised on May 5, 2026. It was originally submitted on November 29, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 179 times since then and 9 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on November 29, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
