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Wiconisco All Wars Memorial

| July 30, 2011

The All Wars Memorial in Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, is located on the south side Main Street in Wiconisco, near Calvary United Methodist Church and the Calvary United Methodist Church Cemetery. The centerpiece of the memorial is a large marble marker on which is inscribed the dedication: In Memory of the Men and Women of […]

71st Pennsylvania Infantry – Pennsylvania Memorial at Gettysburg

| July 29, 2011

(Part 53 of an ongoing series on the Battle of Gettysburg).  Around the base of the Pennsylvania Memorial at Gettysburg are a series of plaques which, by regiment and company, note the names of every soldier who was present at the Battle of Gettysburg.  This post will present the plaque recognizing the men who served […]

6th Pennsylvania Cavalry – Pennsylvania Memorial at Gettysburg

| July 28, 2011

(Part 52 of an ongoing series on the Battle of Gettysburg).  Around the base of the Pennsylvania Memorial at Gettysburg are a series of plaques which, by regiment and company, note the names of every soldier who was present at the Battle of Gettysburg.  This post will present the plaque recognizing the men who served […]

Southern Mansions – The Orton Plantation

| July 25, 2011

In the Lower Cape Fear area of North Carolina is a mansion and plantation with a direct connection to the Civil War and to the Lykens Valley area.  The painting shown above was completed in the 1970s by Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, artist Leah [Radel] Weaver. Leah Weaver began painting shortly after she married Ned […]

Williamstown All Wars Memorial

| July 24, 2011

The All Wars Memorial in Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, is located on Market Street in the center of Williamstown on the site of a former theater.  It is across the street from the Shuttlesworth-Raddel-Shammo American Legion Post Number 239 of Williamstown, Pennsylvania, which sponsored the memorial. The centerpiece of the memorial is a marble marker […]