Greenwood Township near Millerstown in Perry County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

World War I Memorial

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), February 23, 2024

1. World War I Memorial Marker

Inscription.
This tablet is dedicated in the honor of those of Millerstown and vicinity who answered the call of our country and enrolled for service
1917 - 1919
★ Wilbur G. Anderson • ★ Robert H. Garman • ★ Edward S. Knight • ★ Walter A. Smith • Ralph E. Acker • Lee T. Allen • Raymond S. Anderson • V. L. Aughe • George A. Barner • John A. Barnes • Ralph G. Beaver • Frank R. Bixler • Andrew S. Black • Jonathan R. Black • Frank A. Bostwick • Israel Brown • Emery A. Bucher • Harry R. Burkepile • George J. Cameron • Joseph C. Campbell • Emery J. Cauffman • Wesley M. Cauffman • George Coffman • Guy Diffendafer • Earl Dillman • William R. Dimh • John J. Doughten • Wm. H. Fahnestock • J. Herbert Ferguson

Sherman L. Fosselman • Emery R. Fry • Montgoemry Gearhart • Norman M. Grubb • Roscoe W. Hall • J.L. Hogentogler • A.L. Holman • Edward L. Holman • James R. Jones • Henry M. Keisling • Lawrence L. Knight • James L. Kramer • Jacob A. Kretzing • J. Banks Lahr • Carl Lauver • Thomas P.

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Leonard • C.W. Liddick • H.J. Liddick • Wm. T. McConnell • M. Luther McDonald • Robert C. McDonald • Ralph N. McNaughton • Ross Mangle • Norman S. Markley • Leroy Marks • Earl H. Miller • Ezra M. Minium • Lewis M. Mitchell

George G. Newman • Warren V. Newman • Clarence E. Paden • Harry C. Pontius • Clarence R. Powell • D.S. Powell • Charles W. Reisinger • Simon L. Rhoads • S. Nelson Rounsley • John W. Roush • Raymond A. Rowe • Warren S. Sarver • Roscoe L. Satzler • Robert F. Shenk • Paul R. Smith • Ernest B. Snook • Percy E. Stewart • Gasper W. Swartz • John H. Swartz • W. Rodney Taylor • Horace J. Troutman • C. Kenneth Ulsh • Edgar A. Ulsh • James E. Ulsh • Harry Wagner • D. Earl Ward • Harry J. Yeigh • George G. Yohn • Annabelle D. Frey

"With no selfish ends these served that the principles of right might be established throughout the world."

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World I.

Location. 40° 32.347′ N, 77° 8.89′ W. Memorial is

World War I Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), February 23, 2024

2. World War I Memorial

near Millerstown, Pennsylvania, in Perry County. It is in Greenwood Township. It is on West Juniata Parkway (County Road 1015) south of Route 22, on the right when traveling south. The memorial stands on the grounds of Millerstown Area Community Park. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Millerstown PA 17062, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in South-Central Pennsylvania, in the Susquehanna Valley,

and in Greater Harrisburg.

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: The Railroad Across the River (within shouting distance of this marker); Millerstown Transportation (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Canal that Went Over a Mountain (about 700 feet away);

Paver at the base of the memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), February 23, 2024

3. Paver at the base of the memorial

This monument is in honor of all veterans of foreign wars

It was dedicated on the 100th anniversary of the homecoming of WWI

Thank you to all who served
2019

Millerstown Dairies (approx. 0.2 miles away); Millerstown - The Canal Era (approx. 0.2 miles away); Millerstown Recreation (approx. 0.2 miles away); Welcome to Millerstown (approx. 0.4 miles away); World War Memorial (approx. ¾ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Millerstown.

Credits. This page was last revised on March 28, 2024. It was originally submitted on February 25, 2024, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 237 times since then and 34 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on February 25, 2024, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.