Erected by the Glen Alden Coal Co. in 1939, the breaker could process 7,000 tons of anthracite daily. It was among the first in the industry to utilize Menzies cones to separate coal from rock. An innovative aerial tramway disposed of waste . . . — — Map (db m188707) HM
Erected in honor of
the men and women of
Ashley
who served in
all wars
In grateful tribute toward
the living and the dead who
through their valiant efforts
and bitter sacrifice have
made America great is this
shrine so . . . — — Map (db m188704) WM
In 1906, a group of Polish families in Avoca founded the SS Peter and Paul Society committed with the task of establishing a Polish ethnic parish in Avoca. In 1909, a Polish church was erected at the corner of Main and Vine Streets. A larger . . . — — Map (db m151264) HM
Dedicated to
all the
men and women
of
Avoca
who served their country
★ ★ ★
Lest We Forget
[VFW and American Legion Emblems]
Dedicated Nov. 7, 1987 — — Map (db m150010) WM
Daniel R Romanko
Vietnam KIA [US Army] Sep 27 1965
Michael J Clifford
Vietnam KIA [US Navy] Jun 13 1967
From a Grateful Community — — Map (db m218659) WM
Those Who Gave Their All
★ Glenn Davis ★ Ralph Heckrote ★ Harvey Smith
★ William Drasher ★ Robert Morrow ★ Donald Stauffer
★ Charles Drumheller ★ Oscar Schaefer-W.W.I. ★ Ralph Smith . . . — — Map (db m214257) WM
Dedicated in honor and appreciation to
our War Veterans, MIAs, and POWs
past and present
Army Navy Air Force
Marine Coast Guard — — Map (db m214258) WM
The Sisters of Mercy established Luzerne County's first four-year institution of higher learning on nearly 100 acres of land on this site, purchased on behalf of the Sisters in 1914.
On August 14, 1924, 2,500 people witnessed the dedication of . . . — — Map (db m108343) HM
We witness to Mercy when we reverence the dignity
of each person, create a spirit of hospitality,
and pursue integrity of word and deed in our lives.
Catherine McAuley
Founder, Sisters of Mercy, 1831 — — Map (db m216527) HM
The names of the
heroic men and women of the
Holy Mother of Sorrows Congregation
P.N.C. Church Dupont, Pa.
who served in the Armed Forces
of our country during World War II
are indelibly inscribed in our hearts
«««« . . . — — Map (db m151572) WM
This stone symbolizes the
foundation on which this church
was built. Polish immigrants
unselfishly dedicated their
time and labor to establish
this parish in 1902. To this
day, their vision is sustained
by their descendants and by . . . — — Map (db m151571) HM
Let us hold
in honored memory
those men and women
of Dupont
who served our country
in all wars
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
Let none forget
they gave their all
and faltered not
when came the call . . . — — Map (db m124157) WM
Killed by the explosion of
the locomotive Virginia
in Scranton
Oct. 24, 1859
Aged 47 Yrs.
Be ye also ready for in such
an hour as ye think not
the Son of Man cometh.
Husband thou art gone and left me.
And the . . . — — Map (db m266825) HM
In honor of those laid to rest here,
especially those who have served their
country in the Armed Forces.
Dedicated this day August 19, 2006
This Eagle Scout Project was completed through the efforts
of Robert J. Dzieciol and . . . — — Map (db m259749) HM
Killed In Action · Saidor New Guinea
Buried Plot A Row 4 Grave 200
Fort McKinley U.S. Military Cemetery
Manila Philippine Islands — — Map (db m266830) WM
Dedicated to the
men and women of
Duryea
who served their country
in all wars
May 30, 1953
——————————————
Remembering all who died for . . . — — Map (db m150007) WM
The first American inhabitants migrated into this area as the last glaciers
receded 12,000 to 18,000 years ago. By the mid-18th century, Europeans
arrived and initially settled near Wilkes-Barre, PA. These later settlers were
mainly farmers from . . . — — Map (db m163543) HM
Forests
Industrial timbering cleared large swaths of
stable old-growth woodland. This type of
forest-clearing significantly changed the
character of the land by removing key
components of a stable ecosystem. These
new ecosystems . . . — — Map (db m163544) HM
These are the smallest and oldest of the miners homes at Eckley. With only a living room and kitchen/dining area on the first floor, and a sleeping loft above, the poorest families lived here.
Men who lived here with their families were . . . — — Map (db m228810) HM
The tree of liberty must be
refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots ant tyrants.
Thomas Jefferson
Dedicated to All United States Armed Forces
Eckley Miners' Village
July 2011 — — Map (db m196373) WM
The tree of liberty must be
refreshed from time to time with
the blood of patriots and tyrants
Thomas Jefferson
Dedicated to
All United States Armed Forges
Eckley Miners' Village
July 2011 — — Map (db m163542) WM
Honor and Remember
our LOCAL HEROES
in the U.S. Military
Killed in Action Wounded in Action POW/MIA
Active Duty/Combat Deployed Reserves/Retired — — Map (db m188683) HM
Dedicated
by the
People of Edwardsville
in honor of
those who served
so gallantly
in the Armed Forces
of the
United States of America — — Map (db m188681) WM
The British battle line was formed almost parallel with and a little north of this street by Major John Butler, the commander, and Sayenqueraghta, chief of the Senecas. After advancing in formation for a mile to about 100 yards south of the British . . . — — Map (db m56393) HM
May 29, 1917 Nov. 22, 1963
"In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted
the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink
from this responsibility; I welcome it." J.F.K.
"The . . . — — Map (db m169980) HM
Let us hold
in honored memory
those men and women
from Exeter, Pa.
who gave the
supreme sacrifice
for their country
in all wars
In memory of those who gave their lives in all wars
Dominick Carabino Michael Esposito Joseph . . . — — Map (db m124152) WM
In grateful recognition
of valor
dedicated to the
honor and memory of
our men and women of
Exeter Boro.
who served our country
in all wars — — Map (db m168836) WM
Named for the forty Connecticut settlers of 1769. Begun in 1770. The Wyoming Massacre followed its surrender to Maj. Butler's force of British, Tories, and Indians, July 4, 1779. — — Map (db m18850) HM
On the afternoon of Friday
June 23, 1972
the Susquehanna River
swollen by flood waters of
unprecedented height broke
through the dike at a point
120 yards south of this site.
The swirling water gouged a
four acre chasm out of the . . . — — Map (db m105296) HM
This church was erected
in the year 1804
It was restored in 1922
by the
Luzerne County Committee
of the
Pennsylvania Society
of
Colonial Dames of America . . . — — Map (db m105278) HM
Built on this site 1770. Named from the first forty pioneers, enlarged 1777, protected the inhabitants when the British and Indians invaded the settlement June 1778. From it July third 1778, the militia under Col. Zebulon Butler marched to the . . . — — Map (db m159380) HM
Son of
John and Rebecca Montanye Bird
Born Dec. 20, 1785
Served with great distinction in the Battle of Lake Erie. For leaving his command later to join army at New Orleans, was condemned, shot and buried at Erie, Nov. 10, 1814, but his . . . — — Map (db m105310) HM
"Barracks or huts were built along the walls within the fort for the shelter of the occupants: the roofs of these buildings served as a platform from which the garrison could defend the works; and the space in the center surrounded by the . . . — — Map (db m159383) HM
"And when I had asked the name of the river from the brakeman, and heard that it was called Susquehanna, the beauty of the name seemed to be part and parcel of the beauty of the land."
Robert Louis Stevenson, Across the Plains, . . . — — Map (db m159391) HM
"Wyoming is still not only a fruitful subject for the poet and the historian — affording an ample field of matter whereon to expatiate [to write at length] — but it is also a beautiful and splendid territory for the painter and the . . . — — Map (db m159392) HM
"And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, and it fell; and great was the fall of it."
Matthew 7:27
Some know them as levees and others call them dikes, but the large embankments along the . . . — — Map (db m159389) HM
This monument erected
by Wyoming Seminary in
memory of four presidents
of the school whose grave
sites were lost in the flood
of June 23, 1972
Rev. Reuben Nelson
President
1844 - 1862 1863 - 1872
Rev. Young C. Smith
President . . . — — Map (db m105302) HM
The first Slovak Evangelical Lutheran congregation in the Western Hemisphere was organized mainly by Michael Zemany, pioneer Slovak Lutheran. The first service was conducted on February 22, 1883. Present church building, remodeled later, was erected . . . — — Map (db m44189) HM
[Roll of Honored Dead]
Balasia, John R. Carroll, D. Thomas Gornecki, Charles J. Lewis, Fred K. McGowan, Thomas F. McHale, Paul J. Minnick, John Punshon, Peter W. Shelhamer, Kenneth C. Schesney, Frank S. Thomas, Daniel D. . . . — — Map (db m289129) WM
One of Pennsylvanias major recreational lakes. Benjamin Harvey encountered it in 1781. By the early 1900s it was a famous resort, reached by train and trolley. Its largest hotel, the Oneonta, was built in 1898 and burned in 1919. An amusement park . . . — — Map (db m46283) HM
World War II
1942 - 1945
9 Campaigns 3 Invasions
1942 — 1945
North Africa
Sicily Italy
France Germany
Austria
Korean War
1950 - 1953
——————————— . . . — — Map (db m118959) HM WM
Alvan Markle (1861-1931) and his wife, Mary D. Markle (1868-1945) bought their "Conyngham Pass Property" from the Lehigh Coal & Land Company in 1915. They commissioned a noted architect, John Russell Pope, to design their thirty-two room home . . . — — Map (db m157494) HM
A tribute to the
Heroes who saved
the nation in the
War for the Union
1861 — 1865
A memorial
unto all
generations.
Erected by the
People of Hazleton
and Vicinity
Sept. 25, A. D. 1885,
and of Independence, 110.
Under . . . — — Map (db m118994) WM
In memory
of
"Our Fathers"
who served
from
1861 — 65
by the
Pennsylvania
Department
Daughters of
Union Veterans
Dedicated
June 17, 1940
—————————
We Live in . . . — — Map (db m119003) WM
Honor Roll of
St. Josephs Parish
Rev. Leo Kroner, Pastor
———————
Killed in Action
*Salvick, John J.
*Saferanko, Andrew
———————
Kashak, J.J. . . . — — Map (db m44128) HM
Near here at Harwood, on Sept. 10, 1897, immigrant coal miners on strike began a march for higher wages and equal rights. Unarmed, they were fired upon at Lattimer by sheriff's deputies. Nineteen marchers--Polish, Slovak, and Lithuanian--were . . . — — Map (db m32151) HM
This memorial, presented by the members of Bacchus, has been erected in dedication to those courageous men and women who served their country in Operation Desert Storm, and to those who did not come back, for they gave their lives in bravery . . . — — Map (db m157491) WM
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Hazleton Pennsylvania First and only Tyrolean Roman Catholic congregation established in the United States. Founded October 7, 1905 by Rev. Lewis Luchi. — — Map (db m87511) HM
Organized in 1882 by the Rev. Ignatius Jascovich, pioneer Slovak Catholic priest, St. Joseph's is the oldest Slovak Roman Catholic parish in the Western Hemisphere. — — Map (db m44131) HM
In honor of the
Men and Women
who served in the
Armed Forces
W W I 1917 1918
W W II 1941 1945
Korea 1950 1955
Vietnam 1964 1975
This memorial gifted to
the City of Hazleton
and
Veterans of All Wars
by Mayor . . . — — Map (db m118953) WM
In memory of
the Men and Women
of the
Greater Hazleton Area
who served in
the Armed Forces of
this nation during the
World War of 1917-1918 — — Map (db m118961) WM
[Etching of former school]
In honor of
the Graduates and Classmates
of Hughestown School District
A financial contribution was made
toward this plaque by
The Alumni Association
and
Lois Heckman Pierce
A financial . . . — — Map (db m259731) HM
In memory of our boys who died that we may live
World War 2
William E. Marsh
John F. Smallcomb
Russell Brown
Patsy DeAmbrose
Michael G. Kelly
Patrick D. Williams
Thomas Naysmith
Frank DeMaio
R. Anthony DiToro . . . — — Map (db m252012) WM
(front)
This battery of
four three inch guns
is placed here
in loving memory of the
thirty-three men of the
109th Field Artillery BN,
mustered into federal service
5 September 1950,
killed in the wreck
of . . . — — Map (db m117045) WM
"The bridges have symbolized man's battle for commerce, growing and enlarging, always moving forward."
Constance Reynolds, "The Market Street Bridges at Wilkes-Barre, PA," lecture before the Wyoming Historical and Geological Society, 26 . . . — — Map (db m117155) HM
A soldier in the Battle of Wyoming, July 3, 1778. Converted on the same date at the mouth of Abraham's Creek, Forty Fort, while evading the enemy. While a fugitive he came under Methodist influence and returning to Wyoming Valley, continued his . . . — — Map (db m154473) HM
"It will save to the citizens tens of thousands of dollars that have heretofore been annually lost through interruption of communications by high water, and by removing provocation to profanity will make it much easier for sundry people to . . . — — Map (db m117138) HM
Was born on this site in 1830. Governor of Pennsylvania, 1879-83; first to serve four years under the State Constitution of 1873. Advocated correctional institutions for care of youthful offenders. Died in 1892. — — Map (db m68777) HM
The terrorist attacks on the United States of September 11, 2001 indelibly affected the final school year of the Class of 2002. In honor of their graduation, and in appreciation for the educational experience received at the school, parents and . . . — — Map (db m188686) HM
Founded Kingston Cake Company Blue Ribbon Bakery
that stood across the street and employed
thousands of Kingstonians over 30-plus years.
A first-generation American, Reuben Levy's philanthropy made
possible this playground in the hope . . . — — Map (db m251837) HM
"And when I had asked the name of the river from the brakeman, and heard that it was called Susquehanna, the beauty of the name seemed to be part and parcel of the beauty of the land."
Robert Louis Stevenson, Across the Plains, . . . — — Map (db m117137) HM
"And when I had asked the name of the river from the brakeman, and heard that it was called Susquehanna, the beauty of the name seemed to be part and parcel of the beauty of the land."
Robert Louis Stevenson, Across the Plains, . . . — — Map (db m117162) HM
"And when I had asked the name of the river from the brakeman, and heard that it was called Susquehanna, the beauty of the name seemed to be part and parcel of the beauty of the land."
Robert Louis Stevenson, Across the Plains, . . . — — Map (db m154475) HM
"This book of history stands as a symbol dedicated
to the men and women of Kingston, Pennsylvania, who
so honorably served our country to keep our nation free."
Veterans of
World War I
World War II
Korea
Vietnam
Persian Gulf . . . — — Map (db m105271) WM
In memory of those who gave
their lives in the service of
their country in World War II.
Lt. Joseph G. Azat 0-820195
Mar. 27, 1927—Oct. 5, 1944
14th and 10th Air Force 312th Wing
33rd Ftr. Grp. 58th Ftr. Sqd.
In recognition . . . — — Map (db m117141) WM
"[Fourty] years I worked with pick and drill
Down in the mines against my will,
The Coal King's slave, but now it's passed;
Thanks be to God I am free at last."
A miner's tombstone, in George Korson's
Minstrels of the Mine . . . — — Map (db m154565) HM
"And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, and it fell; and great was the fall of it."
Matthew 7:27
Some know them as levees and others call them dikes, but the large embankments along the . . . — — Map (db m117139) HM
"And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, and it fell; and great was the fall of it."
Matthew 7:27
Some know them as levees and others call them dikes, but the large embankments along the . . . — — Map (db m117161) HM
"And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, and it fell; and great was the fall of it."
Matthew 7:27
Some know them as levees and others call them dikes, but the large embankments along the . . . — — Map (db m154564) HM
This Indian path intersects here. It led from the Great Island (Lock Haven) past the Indian town of Muncy, and then it followed the gap between these mountains to join the Great Warriors Path at Shickshinny. This path was used by Count Zinzendorf in . . . — — Map (db m90614) HM
