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Elysburg in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

War Memorial

"Ralpho Township"

 
 
War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 13, 2024
1. War Memorial
Inscription.
"Dedicated to those who gave their lives"
"so that freedom may live"

WW I
Russel C. Kimball · Albert Reeder

WW II
Delmar Bailey · Austin Chaundy · Fred Gruneberg
William I. Long · Alvin I. Pensyl

Korea
William H. Cawthern

 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & PatriotismWar, KoreanWar, World IWar, World II.
 
Location. 40° 51.651′ N, 76° 33.031′ W. Memorial is in Elysburg, Pennsylvania, in Northumberland County. It is on Valley Road (Pennsylvania Route 487) west of Market Street ( Route 54), on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 144 West Valley Road, Elysburg PA 17824, 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
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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 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Elysburg (approx. 1.1 miles away); Paxinos (approx. 2.2 miles away); Knoebel's Wurlitzer 165 Organ (approx. 2.6 miles away); Anthracite Coal Miner (approx. 2.6 miles away); Character Cutouts (approx. 2.7 miles away); Early Sawmill Location (approx. 2.7 miles away); First Cottage (approx. 2.7 miles away); The Lighthouse (approx. 2.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Elysburg.
 
War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 13, 2024
2. War Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on November 19, 2024. It was originally submitted on November 19, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 107 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on November 19, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
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