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Keeping The Memory of Friendship
Service to Our County Alive
[Additional plaque at the base:]
This Veterans
Friendship . . . — — Map (db m161146) WM
OLD REAMSTOWN SCHOOL BUILDING
23 East Church Street
Reamstown, Pennsylvania
On October 12, 1764, John Ferstenower procured the deed.
On March 6, 1865, John Frecht and wife Mary sold lot to Jacob Getz.
On March 6, 1872, Jacob Getz and . . . — — Map (db m234760) HM
In 1880 residents petitioned for a bridge on the road leading from Reamstown Station to Reamstown near Bucher's Mill. Lancaster County Commissioners met on September 19, 1881 and approved this bridge which Elias McMellen built for $1,167.00. . . . — — Map (db m175097) HM
To Those Who Served During
The Korean Conflict
June 25, 1950 - January 31, 1955
Jay T. Bare [Killed in Action]
[Honor Roll of Names]
Memorial Erected May 1999 — — Map (db m39280) WM
To Those Who Served During
the Vietnam Conflict
December 22, 1961 - May 7, 1975
John Edwards [KIA]
James E. Hunsicker [MIA]
Randy L. Johnston [KIA]
Dervin J. Keisling [KIA]
Ronald E. Meckley [KIA]
Barry L. Moyer [KIA]
James H. . . . — — Map (db m39281) HM
In everlasting tribute to the
honor and glory achieved by
the brave men and women of
East Cocalico Township
who served their country in
World War II 1941-1945
[Following men died in service]
Harry Bates
Benjamin Firestone . . . — — Map (db m39283) HM
Pioneer Settler
Johann Eberhard Ream, born in Leimen, Germany on October 6, 1687 came to America with his family in 1717. They were the first white people in this area, having arrived here in 1723 or 4. He received two grants of land, 389 . . . — — Map (db m39274) HM
Settled around 1724 by Everhard Ream and founded as a town by his son Tobias Ream in 1760, originally called Zoar. In 1777, during the Revolutionary War, a field hospital was set up here for wounded soldiers from the Battle of Brandywine, some of . . . — — Map (db m156661) HM
This grinding bowl from East Cocalico
is placed to commemorate its maker,
The American Indian
and the boulder, three other local
figures, who lived abreast of the loftier
traditions of their time, light and race:
The Soldier of . . . — — Map (db m22440) HM