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Colonel Joseph Wood

3rd Pennsylvania Regiment

— 1721 • Dec 12 1788 —

 
 
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Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 1, 2024
1. Colonel Joseph Wood Marker
Inscription.

In Memory of
Joseph Wood

Revolutionary War
1775-1777

Bur[ied]
Old Luth[eran] & Ref[ormed] Cem[etery]
Jonestown, Pa.

Topped by p[arking] lot in 1961

 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial SitesPatriots & PatriotismWar, US Revolutionary. A significant historical year for this entry is 1961.
 
Location. 40° 25.783′ N, 76° 32.937′ W. Memorial is near Jonestown, Pennsylvania, in Lebanon County. It is in Union Township. It is on Coulter Road 0.2 miles north of Biddle Road, on the left when traveling north. Marker is in Salem Walmer's Union Church Cemetery, which is along the southern border of Fort Indiantown Gap. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 25 Coulter Road, Jonestown PA 17038, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in South-Central Pennsylvania, specifically in Pennsylvania Dutch Country, 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
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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: Gerberich Family in America (a few steps from this marker); Transportation Corps Unit Training Center (approx. 0.6 miles away); Vietnam War (approx. 0.9 miles away); U.S. Submarine Veterans (approx. 0.9 miles away); Military Musicians Memorial (approx. 0.9 miles away); China - Burma - India (approx. one mile away); Navy SEABEES (approx. one mile away); Military Chaplains (approx. one mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Jonestown.
 
Colonel Joseph Wood Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 1, 2024
2. Colonel Joseph Wood Marker
Colonel Joseph Wood Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 1, 2024
3. Colonel Joseph Wood Marker
With U.S. flag, in foreground
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on December 2, 2024. It was originally submitted on December 2, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 191 times since then and 29 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on December 2, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
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