Lancaster Township in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Proclamation

Photographed by William Pope, October 26, 2025

1. Proclamation Marker Bottom Plaque

Inscription. (Bottom Plaque)
This Flag Flies Today
Whereas: In memory and honor
Of the Men and Women of African-American Heritage
And this community, Lancaster, PA
Who pledged their full measure
That freedom and peace would long endure

Civil War, Spanish American War, Mexican Border War,
World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War
and
Peace Keeping Forces Around the World
God Bless America

(Top Plaque)
This memorial replaces cannon
Taken from this plot by
the salvage committee
during World War II

Dedicated by
Committee from Post 34
Lancaster American Legion

Erected by Post 34 Lancaster American Legion.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Military.

Location. 40° 1.472′ N, 76° 17.226′ W. Memorial is in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in Lancaster County. It is in Lancaster Township. It can be reached from South Duke Street 0.2 miles north of Rockford Road. This marker is located in the Stevens-Greenland Cemetery. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1000 South Duke Street, Lancaster PA 17602, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in South-Central Pennsylvania, specifically in Pennsylvania Dutch Country,

and in the Susquehanna Valley.

It is also in the American Northeast

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

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.

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At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Stevens Greenland Cemetery (within shouting distance of this marker); At Rockford near here lived & died General Edward Hand, M.D. (about 800 feet away, measured in a direct line); a different marker also named Stevens Greenland Cemetery (approx. 0.2 miles away); Rock Ford (approx. 0.2 miles away); In Reverent Memory (approx. ¼ mile away); a different marker also named Rock Ford (approx. 0.3 miles away); Tenant Farmer's House (approx. 0.3 miles away); Native Americans in Lancaster County (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lancaster.

Proclamation Marker Top Plaque image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Pope, October 26, 2025

2. Proclamation Marker Top Plaque

Proclamation Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Pope, October 26, 2025

3. Proclamation Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on November 5, 2025. It was originally submitted on October 26, 2025, by William Pope of Marietta, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 52 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on October 26, 2025, by William Pope of Marietta, Pennsylvania. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.