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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
Adjacent to Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
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| | Founded about 1762 by John Rigbie and Co. Operated after 1781 by Michael Ege, noted ironmaster of the period. Ruins of the charcoal furnace still stand. — — Map (db m27002) HM |
| | Erected in loving memory of all veterans of Cumberland County Dedicated July 4, 1957 with a parade and ceremonies at this spot Built and presented to the veterans by The Boiling Springs Civic Improvement Committee — — Map (db m27000) HM |
| | An Underground Railroad agent from 1835 to 1847, when he was sued by a Maryland slave owner. He was ultimately fined $4,000 in 1852, in a case that drew wide attention. Kaufman had provided food and transportation to fugitive slaves passing through . . . — — Map (db m26999) HM |
| | Built by Michael Ege Sr.
1786
Memorial restored by
his descendants
1911
T.P. Ege — — Map (db m151407) HM |
| | Founded 1762
This blast iron furnace represented the start of industrial development in Pennsylvania
Daughters of American Colonists
Cymry Chapter
June 9, 1930 — — Map (db m151497) HM |
| | Medal of Honor SFC Randall Shughart U.S. Army Special Forces Sniper Newville, PA Cumberland County 1958 - 1993 Sergeant Shughart gave the supreme sacrifice during a rescue attempt of a downed helicoptor pilot in Somolia We proudly honor SFC . . . — — Map (db m120218) WM |
| | South Middleton Township is located on the southern side of the Cumberland Valley in the shadow of the South Mountain. The area’s natural beauty, rich farmland, abundant water resources, and historical and recreational assets have attracted . . . — — Map (db m151720) HM |
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The Appalachian National Scenic Trail is a public footpath that follows more than 2,100 miles of Appalachian Mountain ridge lines between Maine and Georgia. It was designed, constructed, and marked in the 1920s and 1930s by volunteer hiking . . . — — Map (db m120206) HM |
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The Boiling Springs Park opened in 1904 on the east side of the lake. It was a popular recreational destination until the park closed c. 1930. Most visitors arrived by trolley and came from throughout Cumberland County. Activities included . . . — — Map (db m120231) HM |
| | The iron works operated at this site starting (sic) in the 1760s and ended in 1895, when the new process for making iron superseded the charcoal method. Three successive families owned and managed the complex, the Eges, Ahis, and Butchers. This . . . — — Map (db m151584) HM |
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This seven-acre, man-made lake was created in the 1750s to power the iron works once located at the lower end. The lake is fed by about 30 natural springs clustered behind the tavern and at the upper end of the lake. The daily output is . . . — — Map (db m120211) HM |
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Remembering the founding members, known and unknown
of the Churchtown Church of God who are interred in this cemetery.
They include four veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic.
William B. - son of George M. & Mary A. Reed
Died Apr. . . . — — Map (db m120237) HM |
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Monroe Township history lives on
in this 300 year old American Sycamore Tree.
Its endurance reminds us of the lasting
contribution of Monroe Township citizens
to Pennsylvania and American history.
Presented by Chairman A.W. Castle, . . . — — Map (db m120239) HM |
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Camp Hill
Named from
adjoining camp ground
Founded
1756 — — Map (db m98970) HM |
| | The oldest church in the borough of Camp Hill. Congregation dates from 1833. Stone Building was erected in 1849 here on Church St. (later, 21st St.). Previously the Churches of God had conducted camp meetings on the wooded hill just beyond. — — Map (db m108703) HM |
| | Capt. William Hendricks led from nearby Cumberland County points a company of riflemen to Quebec, Canada. There they fought Dec. 31, 1775, at the side of Gen. Richard Montgomery. Hendricks was killed in action. — — Map (db m26954) HM |
| | Farthest advance of a body of Confederate troops toward Harrisburg. Southern units under General A. G. Jenkins of Ewell's Corps reached Oyster Point on June 28, 1863. On the next day defending militia faced them here in a skirmish in which both . . . — — Map (db m26520) HM |
| | A Former Camp Hill resident, “Doc” Goddard
served five governors in an unprecedented
career from 1955-1979 as Secretary of Forests
and Waters and the Department of Environmental
Resources. Goddard expanded the state park
system, . . . — — Map (db m94538) HM |
| | Present building erected in 1798 by a Reformed congregation. Half-interest in 1806 by a Lutheran congregation; in joint use until 1866. Kept in its original form; used annually by St. John's Lutheran. A half-mile away. — — Map (db m26956) HM |
| | Present building erected in 1798 by a Reformed congregation. Half-interest in 1806 by a Lutheran congregation; in joint use until 1866. Kept in its original form; used for special services. — — Map (db m26957) HM |
| | Legislator and official lived here in Lowther Manor on land conveyed by the Penns in 1771. At the state's 1787 convention to ratify the U.S. Constitution, Whitehill led the Anti-federalist minority; he presented amendments later embodied in the Bill . . . — — Map (db m26955) HM |
| | Dedicated to All Veterans
TSgt. Robert E. Schwab • Capt. Fredrick "Artie"Reid
Hm1 Harvey B. Lease • Charles E. Thomas Lt. Cdr.
Sea. II Howard A Miller • T Sgt George Mohnal US Army WWII
Pvt. Howard B. Gibney • Sgt. Edwin F. Hensel, Jr. . . . — — Map (db m98930) WM |
| | In the late days of 1863, Samuel Albright’s house and farm were used as a Confederate bivouac site and artillery position. In the 1860 Census, Samuel Albright was listed as born “about 1823” and living in what was then East Pennsboro . . . — — Map (db m94702) HM |
| | In the 1780's United Brethren circuit riders began preaching at the home of John Shopp located one half mile north of this site. A Meeting House was erected in the present cemetery in 1827 on land donated by John Shopp. The congregation built a new . . . — — Map (db m99048) HM |
| | Spearheading the Confederate advance on Harrisburg, Confederate General Albert G. Jenkins captured Mechanicsburg on the morning of Sunday, June 28, 1863. From there, Jenkins split his 1,200 man cavalry force—sending some 300-400 northward via . . . — — Map (db m94824) HM |
| | After an eventful two days of probing Harrisburg’s defenses, Confederate General Albert G. Jenkins had received the welcome orders to stand down. Lieutenant General Richard Ewell’s two Confederate infantry divisions currently in Carlisle, numbering . . . — — Map (db m94897) HM |
| | Confederate General’s Albert G. Jenkin’s trot towards Harrisburg was stalled as he neared Oyster’s Point, named for a tavern owned by the Oyster family at the junction of Carlisle Pike and Trindle Springs Road. In 1863, these two roads met to form a . . . — — Map (db m94676) HM |
| | In May 1866, the White Hall School for soldiers’ orphans opened in the 2100 block of Market Street in what is now Camp Hill. Within a year it had 121 boys and 80 girls under its roof, with a faculty of five and a staff of twelve. The students wore . . . — — Map (db m94677) HM |
| | Although taking unit mascots on campaigns and into action has been widespread throughout military history, the most notable in American history is most likely “Old Abe”, the war eagle. Purchased by a member of the future 8th Wisconsin . . . — — Map (db m103970) HM |
| | Soldiers of the Third Platoon, Charlie Company, Sixth Medium Tank Battalion, 24th Infantry Division received an urgent message on April 25, 1951. It was from the Rangers of the Eighth Ranger Company (Airborne) (code name Old Rose), who found . . . — — Map (db m104741) HM |
| | The Native American tribes of Pennsylvania and Ohio, who had long traded with the English, asked for Pennsylvania's help to prevent French incursions and trade abuses in the Ohio territory. The Pennsylvania Assembly voted to give aid to the tribes . . . — — Map (db m15793) HM |
| | The M102 howitzer was introduced in 1964 to replace the older M101A1 howitzer. Utilizing a lightweight aluminum carriage, the M102 could be easily airlifted by helicopter, dropped with airborne units, or pulled by a vehicle. The wishbone shaped . . . — — Map (db m104331) HM |
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44th Bomb Group (Heavy)
8th Air Force – U.S. Army Air Corps
Station 115, Shipdham, England
Sept. 1942 – May 1945
66th, 67th, 68th, 506th Squadrons
8000 personnel/344 combat missions
153 B-24s lost/330 Axis aircraft AC . . . — — Map (db m104821) WM |
| | 500 U.S. Soldiers of the Civil War are here Interred John Barney • John P. Beirne • John C. Biglow • William H. Brown John Conway • Albert D. Dailey • Charles David • John Driskell George Earlenbough • Marmaduke Foster • Soloman Francis John . . . — — Map (db m135200) WM |
| | U.S. Colored Troops, 54th & 55th Massachusetts Infantry Regiments and other Colored Civil War Soldiers buried here.
James Alexander; 127th Regt. Co. I ∙ L. James Bailey; 32nd Regt. Co. G ∙ John H. Barton; 7th Regt. Co. H ∙ J. . . . — — Map (db m84021) HM |
| | 80th Infantry
Blue Ridge Division
Only Moves Forward
A.E.F.
1917-1919
Artois-Picardy
Somme
St. Mihiel
Meuse-Argonne
Battle Deaths 1232
Casualties 5000
E.T.O.
1942-1946
Northern France
Ardennes
Rhineland
Central Europe
Battle Deaths . . . — — Map (db m104822) WM |
| | (Obverse)
88th Infantry
Blue Devil Division
The first all-draftee unit in WWII
WW-I
1917-1919
Alsace
KIA-12
WIA-66
WW-II
1942-1945
Rome-Arno
North Appennines
Po Valley
KIA-2937
WIA-8248
MIA-510
Dedicated by Northeastern Chapter . . . — — Map (db m104823) WM |
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In tribute to the men, women and children
who lost their lives in the worst terrorist
attack on American soil. We honor all the
fire, police, search & rescue dogs,
rescue personnel, and all others who
selflessly gave their lives and . . . — — Map (db m119979) WM |
| | Captain Daniel Cushing, 2nd U.S. Artillery, noted in his diary of 16 February 1813, that the men “placed one twelve pound cannon in the lower blockhouse. Gen. [William Henry] Harrison gave notice this evening that he expected to be attacked . . . — — Map (db m104888) HM |
| | While the German Army was often at the forefront of technological development during World War II, one area where they lacked consistency was in antitank weapons. The Germans copied designs from the Swiss and even re-engineered captured Russian . . . — — Map (db m105017) HM |
| | A Soldier Story:
The capture of the flag of the 11th Mississippi Infantry
17 September 1862
“Col. Dwight caught up our rebel flag.”
Capt. Charles F. Morse
Company B, 2nd Mass. Infantry — — Map (db m105013) HM |
| | In the Maryland Campaign of September 1862, the Hagerstown Turnpike, a privately built toll road, served as a valuable route for troop movements. The Turnpike possibly was a macadam road, constructed with layers of broken-down stones. The . . . — — Map (db m123137) HM |
| | As World War I progressed, German strategy took a defensive posture. While Allied trenches were designed for the purpose of launching attacks and raids, German trenches were developed with strongly prepares 2nd and 3rd tier defensive lines. These . . . — — Map (db m104325) HM |
| | The Army Medical Department that served in France was the best equipped and trained Medical Department up to that time. Trained enlisted aid men were attached to each company in a division and provided immediate care and evacuated the wounded to an . . . — — Map (db m104087) HM |
| | Site of house where Major Andre and Lieutenant Despard were held prisoners in 1776. Andre was executed as a spy in 1780. Despard was executed for high treason in 1803. — — Map (db m34698) HM |
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The helicopter evolved during World War II and while its military application was clear, the technology took time to advance to meet its expectations. By the end of WWII designs were being fielded and during the Korean War helicopters were . . . — — Map (db m104444) HM |
| | In memory of the officers nurses and enlisted men
Medical Department United States Army
who lost their lives during the World War
This tablet erected by their coworkers of the Medical Department — — Map (db m119417) WM |
| | Carlisle At War (center panel) After Confederate forces fired on Fort Sumter, South Carolina, in April 1861, the men of Carlisle responded to the national calls to put down the southern rebellion. Four companies of Pennsylvania infantry . . . — — Map (db m135169) HM WM |
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On this site, 277 W. Louther Street, from 1932 to 1963 lived the Brothers of Beta Pi Chapter of Kappa Sigma Fraternity.
Presented by the chapter's Alumni Association on
June 7, 2003
in honor of the chapter's 100th Anniversary
at . . . — — Map (db m53633) HM |
| | Among the earliest (c.1820) African American congregations located west of the Susquehanna River. The site of Underground Railroad activity. Abolitionists John Peck and John B. Vashon were members. A.M.E. national Bishops Daniel Payne and Wills . . . — — Map (db m40952) HM |
| | When 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry arrived at LZ X-Ray, the Soldiers fanned out to develop a defensive perimeter. One of those Soldiers was SP4 Bill Beck of Steelton, PA. He was a member of an M-60 machinegun crew of Weapons Squad, 3rd Platoon, Alpha . . . — — Map (db m104446) HM |
| | Home of Gen. Ephraim Blaine, Commissary General of Revolutionary Army, stood on this site. George Washington was a guest here, Oct. 4-11, 1794, while mustering an armed force to quell Whiskey Rebellion in Western Pennsylvania. — — Map (db m15855) HM |
| | Begun in 1794 by Colonel Ephraim Blaine – Indian trader, merchant, tavern-keeper, Sheriff, land speculator, and Commissary General of the Continental Army – the Blaine House is one of the finest examples of 18th century architecture . . . — — Map (db m153636) HM |
| | The First Colonel of the U.S. Army — — Map (db m16092) HM |
| | “General Gibbon, our commander, had just ordered Lieutenant Stewart to take his section about one hundred yards to the right of the Hagerstown Pike, in front of two straw stacks, when he beckoned me to follow. No sooner had we unlimbered, when . . . — — Map (db m123139) HM |
| | Founded in 1751 as the seat of Cumberland County. Hisoric old frontier town. Supplied a contingent for the first regiment of the Continental Army in 1775. March against the Whiskey Rebels began here, 1794. — — Map (db m16074) HM |
| | Founded in 1751 as the seat of Cumberland County. Historic old frontier town. Supplied a contingent for the first regiment of the Continental Army in 1775. March against the Whiskey Rebels began here, 1794. — — Map (db m30318) HM |
| | Founded in 1751 as the seat of Cumberland County. Historic old frontier town. Supplied a contingent for the first regiment of the Continental Army in 1775. March against the Whiskey Rebels began here, 1794. — — Map (db m35806) HM |
| | Founded in 1751 as the seat of Cumberland County. Historic old frontier town. Supplied a contingent for the first regiment of the Continental Army in 1775. March against the Whiskey Rebels began here, 1794. — — Map (db m82790) HM |
| | Second oldest army post in U.S. A powder magazine built by Hessian prisoners, 1777, survives. Burned by Confederates, July 1, 1863. Indian School, 1879-1918. Army Medical Field Service School, 1920-1946. — — Map (db m16073) HM |
| | Erected 1766
Burned March 24, 1845
Rebuilt 1845-1846
Contained the early
“Apprentices’ Library” — — Map (db m15859) HM |
| | Erected by Carlisle Civic Club
in memory of the men who lost
their lives in the First World War
1917 - 1918
——————————————
Jacob M. Bonner •
Abram DeWalt . . . — — Map (db m16084) WM |
| | First fort authorized by Pennsylvania. Laid out by Gov. Morris, July, 1755, “in the middle of this town,” on news of Braddock's defeat. Col. John Armstrong's headquarters till 1758. Called “Fort Lowther” by some later writers. — — Map (db m16075) HM |
| | Replica of Norman Castle, Carlisle, England. Erected 1754. Enlarged 1790. Rebuilt 1854. — — Map (db m35315) HM |
| | Erected by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in grateful appreciation of the services of these soldiers of the Revolutionary War who lie buried here.
Located and verified by The Cumberland County County Chapter of the D.A.R. — — Map (db m16093) HM |
| | Before the erection of Cumberland County - 1750 - this site was the intersection of the Indian trail leading from mountain to mountain across Groghan's Gap westward.
With the laying out of Carlisle in 1751 the square became the center of the . . . — — Map (db m15866) HM |
| | 1. Cumberland County, established in 1750, lost its first courthouse to fire in 1845. This Courthouse was built in 1846 and still bears the scars of a Civil War shelling on July 1, 1863.
2. Carlisle's long tradition of education began early, . . . — — Map (db m16094) HM |
| | In 1827, a German Reformed congregation built a stone church at this location. At the time, a Methodist congregation was housed in a church on Church Alley. The location was not ideal due to boisterous behavior in the alley during church services . . . — — Map (db m16080) HM |
| | One of baseball's great pitchers. Bender played for the Philadelphia Athletics from 1903-14, helping them to win 5 pennants and 3 world championships. After winning 212 games over 16 seasons and becoming one of the first World Series stars, he was . . . — — Map (db m30286) HM |
| | William F. Hale entered the Army in August 1972, and completed basic training at Fort Polk, Louisiana. He began his specialty training, Sergeant Missile Crewman at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, in January 1973. By 1991, after advancing through many training . . . — — Map (db m104802) HM |
| | Dedicated in honor of those men and women who served their country in the pursuit of freedom for all mankind — — Map (db m15858) WM |
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Cook House
Soldiers on Active campaigns were issued raw rations which they prepared themselves, usually over an open fire. While in winter quarters, company cooks prepared and served food from a log cook house. Food prepared by the cooks . . . — — Map (db m105015) HM |
| | During the American Civil War, the onset of winter weather brought much of the fighting to a close until Spring. Federal and Confederate troops erected winter quarters from forests and scavenged from structures. Construction styles varied and each . . . — — Map (db m105014) HM |
| | Joe Newsome, a Pennsylvania native, graduated from the Pennsylvania Military College in 1961 and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the US Army. During his 28-year career he served in a variety of units, including Field Artillery and . . . — — Map (db m104443) HM |
| | Robert Magaw, one of Carlisle's principal lawyers prior to the Revolution, lived here. Magaw joined Col. William Thompson's regiment in June 1775 as a Major. After service in Boston in 1776 he was promoted to Colonel in the 5th PA Battalion.
In . . . — — Map (db m15860) HM |
| | The end of the Second World War brought an alignment of the developed world behind each of the world’s two superpowers: The United States and the Soviet Union. The West’s struggle against the worldwide threat of Communism came to be called the Cold . . . — — Map (db m104798) HM |
| | Colonel Robert W. Black was born on June 15, 1926 in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He grew up on a farm between Carlisle and Gettysburg. He enlisted in the regular Army after High School, volunteered for the Airborne and completed Parachute and Glider . . . — — Map (db m104963) HM |
| | Early in the evening of July 1, 1863, Union Brig. General William F. "Baldy" Smith entered Carlisle from Bridgeport (Lemoyne) with 2,500 troops subsequent to the departure of Confederate infantry the prior day, only to find the town facing attack by . . . — — Map (db m135187) HM |
| | Multiple structures have stood on the spot of Coren Apartments, named for Captain Issac Coren, who began his Army career in Colonel Henry Knox's Continental Artillery Regiment. In January 1777, General George Washington named Coren commander of the . . . — — Map (db m119139) HM |
| | On April 25, 1951, The Eight Ranger Company (Airborne) found themselves heavily engaged with Chinese forces as they provided forward reconnaissance during the withdrawal of the 24th Infantry Division near a Korean terrain feature designated Hill . . . — — Map (db m104739) HM |
| | At the age of fifteen John D. LaWall enlisted in the 27th U.S. Volunteer Infantry. He returned home in 1901 and wrote a brief summary of his service during the Philippine Insurrection.
There is a time in the life of nearly every boy when he is . . . — — Map (db m103939) HM |
| | Formed January 27, 1750 from Lancaster County. Named for Cumberland County in England, it originally extended to Pennsylvania's western limits. Carlisle, county seat, was founded 1751. Crossed by major roads, county had a key role in westward . . . — — Map (db m15856) HM |
| | In honor of the soldiers of Cumberland County who fell in defense of the Union during the Great Rebellion. This monument is created by those who revere Patriotism and wish to perpetuate the Memory of the Brave Men, who aided in saving the Nation . . . — — Map (db m47312) HM |
| | The Hamilton Library Association was charterd in 1874, and this two-story brick building was erected in 1881 to house its collection. The library was made possible by a bequest of $2,000 from James Hamilton (1793-1873), a prominent Carlisle lawyer . . . — — Map (db m30830) HM |
| | The 8 Inch Howitzer was a large-caliber field artillery piece, which provided long-range fire support to Army combat units during World War II (where it was first fielded in 1944), the Korean War, Vietnam, and Cold War. Based on the British 8 Inch . . . — — Map (db m104738) HM |
| | Dr. Benjamin Rush envisioned a new type of education for post-Revolutionary America, a useful education in the liberal arts. Rush, with the assistance of Col. John Montgomery of Carlisle, founded Dickinson College to prepare an engaged citizenry . . . — — Map (db m16085) HM |
| | On Saturday, June 27th, 1863, the infantry division of Major General Robert F. Rodes of the 2d Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia, Confederate States of America, Lieutenant General Richard S. Ewell commanding, took possession of Carlisle, with . . . — — Map (db m152512) HM |
| | Oldest law school in Pennsylvania; founded in 1834 by the Honorable John Reed, eminent jurist, and author of "Pennsylvania Blackstone." Andrew Curtin, Civil War Governor, was one of earliest graduates. — — Map (db m30320) HM |
| | Before the war, the student body of Dickinson College was fairly evenly divided between Northern and Southern students, and thus the college was represented by soldiers on both sides of the conflict. The split is reflected in an autograph book in . . . — — Map (db m35162) HM |
| | These three buildings are the three oldest structures on campus. Together they form Dickinson’s Historic Triangle.
West College, “Old West”, to your left
West College was designed in 1803 by Benjamin Latrobe, the architect . . . — — Map (db m152465) HM |
| | Entering this gateway to Dickinson College, you can see the statue of the college's founder, Dr. Benjamin Rush (1745-1813). The bronze statue, which was erected in 2004, is a replica of a statue unveiled 100 years earlier at the Navy's Bureau of . . . — — Map (db m82795) HM |
| | This statue is a replica of a bronze sculpture of Dickenson College founder Dr. Benjamin Rush that stands of the grounds of the U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery in Washington, D.C. The original statue by Roland Hinton Perry was a gift to . . . — — Map (db m152379) HM |
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Named for the dragoon units stationed at Carlisle Barracks and the Dragoons who trained at its Cavalry School of Practice during the school’s tenure of operation from 1838 to 1861. — — Map (db m120198) HM |
| | Promised by a sergeant that he would only play a drum during recruiting duty. Jarvis Hanks of the 11th U.S. Infantry, who at 14 years of age, would beat his drum at one of the most formative moments of Army history. Combining communication and . . . — — Map (db m104886) HM |
| | This grand three-story Federal-style house “was by far the most expensive private house ever built in Carlisle,” wrote James Hamilton, Jr. in the 1870s. It was planned and built, c. 1811, by Judge Thomas Duncan's wife as a dwelling for . . . — — Map (db m19457) HM |
| | “We went to war because our country asked us to go, because our new president… ordered us to go, but more importantly because we saw it as our duty to go.”
Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore, USA (Ret.)
“We Were Soldiers Once… . . . — — Map (db m104563) HM |
| | This square was set apart by the Penns, in 1751, for the Church of England; in continuous use since that time by St. John's Episcopal Church. In 1752, the first church building was erected. — — Map (db m15789) HM |
| | Following the close of the fighting around LZ X-Ray, The NVA forces disengaged and disappeared into the surrounding foliage. Us commanders began to remove their troops from the field primarily by helicopter. Because of the extensive air traffic the . . . — — Map (db m104447) HM |
| | Many of the early settlers of Pennsylvania were Scots-Irish who brought with them their Presbyterian faith. By the early 1730's they were settling the Cumberland Valley, including the fertile land near the Conodoguinet Creek. In 1734, Presbyterians . . . — — Map (db m30296) HM |
| | Oldest public building in Carlisle; erection begun, 1757. Here colonists met in 1774 to declare for independence, and George Washington worshipped, 1794. Congregation organized at Meeting House Springs in 1734. — — Map (db m122382) HM |
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