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

Blue Star Memorial Highway

Photographed By Phyllis Prats, March 18, 2006

1. Blue Star Memorial Highway Marker

Inscription.
A tribute to the Armed Forces that have defended the United States of America.

Following World War II, the National Council of State Garden Clubs designated certain national roads as "Blue Star Memorial Highway", as a living memorial to "all those who have served or will serve in the nation's armed forces," through planting aisles of flowering trees and shrubs. The Pennsylvania Turnpike from Carlisle to Irwin was so designated as part of the first transcontinental Blue Star Highway and our plantings of flowering Dogwood trees are evident along this segment of the Turnpike.

Erected 1990 by Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission in cooperation with The Garden Club Federation of Pennsylvania and the Blue Star Memorial Highway Council.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Roads & Vehicles • War, World II.

Location. 39° 59.989′ N, 79° 2.808′ W. Marker is near Somerset, Pennsylvania, in Somerset County. It is in Somerset Township. Memorial is on the Pennsylvania Turnpike (Interstate 76). Marker is in the south Somerset Service Plaza. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 327 Industrial Park Rd, Somerset PA 15501, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 5 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured

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as the crow flies. The Dwight D. Eisenhower Highway (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Wind Power (about 600 feet away); Flight 93 National Memorial (about 700 feet away); Rural Electrification (approx. 0.3 miles away); Coffee Springs Farm (approx. 1.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Somerset.

Also see . . .
1. Blue Star Memorial Highways. Essay by Richard F. Weingroff on the Federal Highway Administration website. (Submitted on April 27, 2006.)

2. Dogwood Planted Along Roadsides. An article in the September 1946 issue of Contractors and Engineers Monthly (Submitted on April 27, 2006.)

Blue Star Memorial Highway Marker Plaque image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Phyllis Prats, March 18, 2006

2. Blue Star Memorial Highway Marker Plaque

Photographed By Phyllis Prats, March 18, 2006

3. Blue Star Memorial Highway Marker

Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), April 15, 2018

4. Blue Star Memorial Highway Marker

Another Blue Star Highway marker located in Tinton Falls, New Jersey image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Rc

5. Another Blue Star Highway marker located in Tinton Falls, New Jersey

Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 27, 2006, by Phyllis Prats of Springfield, Virginia. This page has been viewed 5,610 times since then and 79 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 27, 2006, by Phyllis Prats of Springfield, Virginia. 4. submitted on April 16, 2018, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. 5. submitted on February 5, 2008, by Ronald Claiborne of College Station, Texas. • J. J. Prats was the editor who published this page.