New Cumberland in Hancock County, West Virginia — The American South (Appalachia)
Lest We Forget
Photographed by Craig Doda, March 29, 2025
1. Lest We Forget Marker
World War I
Edmond D. Stewart Byron Corn
World War II
Arthur Crow Byron Long Howard Peterson Frank Zielinsky Richard Vulgamore Dwight Archer Boaz Blosser Lawrence Bysarovich Harold Clark Harold Mull Charles Tabor Jr. Lester Richmond James Rungo Jack Baxter Junior Minor Harold Patterson Robert Bradley Kenneth Wern John Dixon
Greater love hath that he lay down his no man than this life for his friends. Korean War
Leslie Dean Chambers James Robert Angus Roy B. Blankenship Preston L. McKnight Willis E. Lewis
Vietnam War
Kenneth C. Spencer George W. Locke Jr. Franklin D. Snider
Fortitude & Loyalty
Erected by Adam Poe Post 3526 V.F.W.
Chartered February 9, 1941
Erected by Adam Poe Post 3526 V.F.W.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, Vietnam • War, World I • War, World II.
Location. 40° 29.99′ N, 80° 36.617′ W. Memorial is in New Cumberland, West Virginia, in Hancock County. It is at the intersection of North Chester Street (West Virginia Route 2) and Adams
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Regionally, this memorial is in the Northern Panhandle. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, in the Ohio River Valley, and in 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 territory of the Mississippian Culture.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Gravel Hill Academy (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Woman's Club Of New Cumberland / Swaney Memorial Library (about 400 feet away); First Gas Well (about 400 feet away); Ohio River (about 400 feet away); New Cumberland (about 400 feet away); Brickyard Bend (about 400 feet away); Flood of 1936 / Early Indians (about 500 feet away); Old Town (about 500 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in New Cumberland.
Photographed by Craig Doda, March 29, 2025
2. Veterans Of Foreign Wars Post No. 3526 (Adam Poe Lodge)
Credits. This page was last revised on April 13, 2025. It was originally submitted on April 2, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 150 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 2, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
