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Harris Township near Boalsburg in Centre County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

109th Infantry Regiment

Twenty-Eighth Division

 
 
109th Infantry Regiment Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Swain, May 23, 2009
1. 109th Infantry Regiment Memorial
Inscription.
(Front):
109th
United States
Infantry
Twenty-Eighth
Division
"They Preserved
the Nation"

Service in World War I
Champagne-Marne
Champagne • Aisne-Marne
Oise-Aisne • Lorraine
Meuse-Argonne

Service in World War II
Normandy • Ardennes
Northern France
Central Europe
Rhineland

(Back):
109th Infantry
World War I
1917-1919

World War II
1941-1945

103d Engineer
Combat Battalion

17 & 119 Pa. Volunteers
Civil War 1861 - 1865

(Right
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Wing):
Sacrifice Honored
Washington Grays
Revolutionary War 1777
War of 1812

(Left Wing):
Comrades Remembered
1st Regiment Infantry
Spanish-American War 1898
Mexican Border 1916


 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 40° 46.863′ N, 77° 47.688′ W. Memorial is near Boalsburg, Pennsylvania, in Centre County. It is in Harris Township. It is at the intersection of Boal Avenue (U.S. 322) and Boalsburg Pike, on the right
Back of Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Swain, May 23, 2009
2. Back of Memorial
when traveling east on Boal Avenue. Located in front of the 28th Division Shrine. Best access from the parking area for the Pennsylvania Military Museum. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Boalsburg PA 16827, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Pennsylvania Wilds. 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 28th Division Infantry (a few steps from this marker); The Boal Troop (a few steps from this marker); 110th Infantry Regiment (a few steps from this marker); 107th Field Artillery (a few steps from this marker); 28th Signal Battalion (within shouting
The Memorial Seen from the Walkway image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Swain, May 23, 2009
3. The Memorial Seen from the Walkway
distance of this marker); The Pennsylvania Military Museum / 28th Infantry Division Shrine (within shouting distance of this marker); Coshocton Train Wreck (within shouting distance of this marker); Honoring the 28th (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Boalsburg.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on February 20, 2010, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia. This page has been viewed 2,303 times since then and 34 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on February 20, 2010, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.
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