Norman Gasbarro | December 10, 2010
A monument was erected in the Borough of Lykens to honor the veterans from the Lykens and Wiconisco area who fought in the Civil War. This monument is located on North Second Street in Lykens.. Traveling into Lykens from either direction on Route 209, turn north at Market Street and proceed to North Second Street. […]
Norman Gasbarro | December 9, 2010
A church building and cemetery may be found on north Center Street in Gratz that looks much as it did in the Civil War period, 1861-1865. From a history of the Simeon United Lutheran Church, Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, we read the following: A small number of Lutheran and Reformed people united in the year […]
Norman Gasbarro | December 5, 2010
Along many of the lesser-traveled roads and bi-ways of the Lykens Valley are a fair number of small cemeteries. These cemeteries once were family burial plots on family land or were grave yards aside churches that have long ceased to exist. They are not marked by signs, or are not easily accessible. Previously mentioned was […]
Norman Gasbarro | December 4, 2010
Across from the Civil War Soldier Monument in West Park, Market Square, Millersburg, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania, is the All Wars Veterans Monument. A bronze plaque rests on a polished stone base. Chiseled in stone are the words: Duty, Honor, Country. The plaque reads: Dedicated to all veterans of all wars, Men and women who bravely […]
Norman Gasbarro | December 3, 2010
Standing proudly, polished and clean, in West Park of Market Square in Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, is the Civil War Soldier Monument. West Park is dedicated to the veterans from the Millersburg and Upper Paxton Township area, but the Civil War monument is the only one that recognizes the veterans of a single war – […]
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