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Tower City, Porter, and Rush Township Veterans Memorial

| December 30, 2010

The Tower City Borough, Porter Township and Rush Township Veterans Memorial is located at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church Cemetery which is located along Route 209 in Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The memorial consists of a wall of names of those who served in all of America’s wars, a patio of commemorative bricks provided by […]

Old Soldiers Ousted from Pottsville Armory

| November 28, 2010

Imagine how many times this must have happened throughout the country?  “State officials… oust… Gowen Post G.A.R. from its headquarters in State Armory.  The Civil War veterans, who have extensive relics and records have no place to go….  The room occupied by the veterans is needed by the two military units just organized and there […]