Jermyn in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Jermyn Memorial Garden Circles of Life

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 19, 2024

1. Jermyn Memorial Garden Circles of Life Marker

Inscription.

The Memorial Garden is comprised of Circles of Life with remembrance bricks encircled by living memorial plants and trees, and engraved with historic and civic-minded sentiments for restents, former residents, and friends of Jermyn who have made the history of Jermyn live on for future generations.

The First Aid Memorial Life Circle, with the First Aid monument remembering the 25 men who organized first aid in America in 1899, is surrounded by bricks honoring miners and families.

The Veterans Memorial Life Circle, with the Veterans monument, was erected by the William J. Griffith American Legion Post #465, and is dedicated to Jermyn's fallen brave men. Bricks honoring servicemen and women and families encircle it.

The Civic Memorial Life Circle, with the Walk Way monument honoring John Jermyn, founder and first mayor, 1870, contains a borough time capsule entombed below, placed there by the Shade Tree Commission. Bricks dedicated to civic volunteers, church congregations, merchants, and families border it.

The Garden is situated in front of the Jermyn Community Center, originally Jermyn High School, dedicated in

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1937, with Raymond J. Truscott as principal. It later became Lakeland Jointure High School and also served as a Lakeland elementary school. The school was turned over to the community in 1980. The black iron fence, front edging of the Garden, is a remnant of the antique 1937 school property fence.

The Jermyn Shade Tree Commission, in partnership with the borough council, American Legion, First Aid Centennial Committee, and the residents of Jermyn, created and landscaped a serene historic memorial garden bearing witness to the pride, principles, and progression of the Jermyn community.

Dedication ceremony - May 25, 2003

Erected 2003 by Jermyn Shade Tree Commission, Jermyn Borough Council, American Legion, First Aid Centennial Committee, and the Residents of Jermyn.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Education • Patriots & Patriotism • Science & Medicine • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Time Capsules series list. A significant historical date for this entry is May 25, 2003.

Location. 41° 31.709′ N, 75° 32.987′ W. Marker is in Jermyn, Pennsylvania, in Lackawanna

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 19, 2024

2. Jermyn Memorial Garden Circles of Life Marker

County. It is on Jefferson Avenue south of Bacon Street, on the left when traveling south. The Memorial Garden is on the Jermyn Community Center grounds. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 440 Jefferson Avenue, Jermyn PA 18433, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Wyoming Valley

and in Greater Scranton and Wilkes-Barre. 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: John Jermyn (here, next to this marker); 6 Jermyn Churches (here, next to this marker); War Memorial (a few steps from this marker); The Founders of First Aid in America (a few steps from this marker); World War Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); World War I Veterans Park (approx. 0.2 miles away); The Borough of Jermyn

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(approx. ¼ mile away); First Aid Pioneer (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Jermyn.

Credits. This page was last revised on May 21, 2024. It was originally submitted on May 21, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 350 times since then and 9 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 21, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.