Norman Gasbarro | September 10, 2012
The community of Ravine can be located by heading north out of Pine Grove, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, on Route 125, toward Exit 104 of I-81. On the west side of the road is a memorial dedicated primarily to those students of Ravine School District who served in World War II. At the top of the […]
Norman Gasbarro | August 31, 2012
The largest, single monument honoring a Civil War-era personage in Pennsylvania, is not a stone temple on the Gettysburg battlefield but is a bridge between Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Named the “Walt Whitman Bridge” when it opened in 1957, it is today one of the largest suspension bridges on the east coast of the United […]
Norman Gasbarro | August 11, 2012
The Halifax United Methodist Church Cemetery is located at the corner of Rise Street and Wind Hill Drive within the Borough of Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. It is easily located for those coming into Halifax via Harrisburg Road (Route 147/225), turn left at Adams Drive, which becomes Rise Street, and the cemetery is on the […]
Norman Gasbarro | August 10, 2012
As mentioned in the post yesterday, a monument in the Hoffman Church Cemetery recognizes veterans of the Revolutionary War who are known to be buried in the cemetery or who are believed to be buried somewhere in the cemetery. The monument is located in one of the oldest cemeteries in the Lykens Valley area can […]
Norman Gasbarro | August 9, 2012
One of the oldest churches and cemeteries in the Lykens Valley area can be found on the Crossroads near Route 25 in Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. It is St. Peter’s Church, also known as the Hoffman Church. According to early records, the church was founded in 1771 as a German Reformed congregation, but no […]
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