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Erected to the Memory of the World War Heroes

 
 
Erected to the Memory of the World War Heroes Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Pope, March 12, 2023
1. Erected to the Memory of the World War Heroes Marker
Inscription. • J. Mac Brill
• Raymond Barnasconi
• Harold G. Edwards
• Hunter Foulkrod
• Herbert E. Kaufman
• Milton J. Norman
• Roy A. Thomas
• Willis L. Strouse
• James S. Steele
• Merrill W. Lupold
• Andrew R. Lafaver
• Thomas J. Lyons
• Harry W. Rimert
• John F. Walter
• Roy A. Musser
• George L. Mullner
• Harry E. Brosious
• Clifford Fisher

Erected to the memory
of
the World War Heroes
by
The Sunbury Civic Club
Nov. 11, 1921

 
Erected 1921 by The Sunbury Civic Club.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World I.
 
Location. 40° 51.716′ N, 76° 47.612′ W. Memorial is in Sunbury, Pennsylvania, in Northumberland County. It is on Market Street (Pennsylvania Route 61) west of 3rd Street, on the left when traveling east. Memorial is located in Cameron Park. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 152 Market St, Sunbury PA 17801, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Pennsylvania’s Anthracite Coal Region and in the Susquehanna Valley. It is also 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 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: Sunbury War Memorials (a few steps from this marker); Lorenzo Da Ponte (1749-1838) (a few steps from this marker); For Those Who Served (within shouting
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distance of this marker); Northumberland Civil War Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Northumberland County (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Hotel Edison (about 800 feet away); First Electric Light (approx. 0.2 miles away); Beck House (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Sunbury.
 
Erected to the Memory of the World War Heroes Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Pope, March 12, 2023
2. Erected to the Memory of the World War Heroes Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on December 27, 2023. It was originally submitted on December 23, 2023, by William Pope of Marietta, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 219 times since then and 7 times this year. Photos:   1. submitted on December 23, 2023, by William Pope of Marietta, Pennsylvania.   2. submitted on December 24, 2023, by William Pope of Marietta, Pennsylvania. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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