Boyertown in Berks County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Carl A. Spaatz

(1891-1974)

Photographed by Don Morfe, June 15, 2015

1. Carl A. Spaatz Marker

Inscription.
Aviation pioneer Spaatz was a 1914 graduate of West Point and a pilot in France in World War I. He rose to the rank of brigadier general in 1940 and general in 1945. During World War II he commanded the US 8th Air Force and the US Strategic Air Forces in Europe, facilitating the ground invasion and liberation of western Europe. He was first Chief of Staff of the newly independent US Air Force, 1947-48. Boyertown was his home.

Erected 1991 by Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • War, World I • War, World II. In addition, it is included in the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1914.

Location. 40° 19.906′ N, 75° 38.498′ W. Marker is in Boyertown, Pennsylvania, in Berks County. It is at the intersection of South Reading Ave. (PA 562) and West 2nd Street on South Reading Ave. (PA 562). Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Boyertown PA 19512, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Southeast Pennsylvania and specifically in Pennsylvania Dutch Country.

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.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Jeremiah Sweinhart and Successors (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); Rhoads Opera House Fire (approx. 0.2 miles away); Boyertown Burial Casket Company

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(approx. 0.3 miles away); Colebrookdale Furnace (approx. 0.9 miles away); Bahr's Mill (approx. one mile away); New Hanover Lutheran Church (approx. 3.9 miles away); Falkner Swamp Reformed Church (approx. 4.1 miles away); Thomas Rutter (approx. 4.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Boyertown.

Also see . . .
1. Carl Spaatz. Wikipedia entry (Submitted on July 15, 2023, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)

2. MarkerQuest - Carl A. Spaatz. (Submitted on September 4, 2025, by Laura Klotz of Northampton, Pennsylvania.)

General Carl A. Spaatz image. Click for more information.

via Air Force, unknown

2. General Carl A. Spaatz

Official United States Air Force website entry
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Photographed by Don Morfe, June 15, 2015

3. Carl A. Spaatz Marker

Photographed by Don Morfe, June 15, 2015

4. Carl A. Spaatz Marker

Inscription on the plaque-Planted and maintained by Boyertown Rotary Club

Credits. This page was last revised on September 30, 2025. It was originally submitted on June 20, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 773 times since then and 28 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on June 20, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. 2. submitted on July 15, 2023, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. 3, 4. submitted on June 20, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.