97th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers Memorial

(East Side):

Erected by the Surviving Members of the Ninety Seventh Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers to the Memory of Its Dead. Dedicated October 29, 1887

(North Side):

Field and Staff Officers at the organization of the Regiment, Colonel Henry R. Guss, ...

Desegregation of Pennsylvania Schools

An event here in September 1880 led to the end of segregation by race in the state's public schools. At the South Ward schools, Elias Allen tried unsuccessfully to enroll his two children. He appealed to the Crawford County Court ...

Pennsylvania Railroad Shops

The PRR built its first repair facilities here in 1850 and opened its first track to Altoona during the same year. By 1925, Altoona was home to the nation's largest concentration of railroad shops, with 16,500 people employed in several ...

27th Pennsylvania Volunteers

(Front):

27th Pa

Vol's

27th Reg't. Pa. Vol.

1st Brigade

2d Division

11th Corps

July 1st, 2nd, 3d

1863

(Back):

Mustered in

May 5th

1861

Marker is at the intersection of Coster Avenue and North Stratton Street, on the right when traveling east on Coster Avenue.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Pennsylvania Engine Co. No. 2

January 14, 1861

Fire Company formed June 18, 1860 as Eureka Hose No.2 with 34 volunteers. Name changed in August of that year to ‘Pennsylvania Engine’. Construction money raised in 1859 by popular subscription and a grand ball staged by the ...

63rd Pennsylvania Infantry

Second Battle of Manassas

August 29, 1862

5:30 p.m.

1st Brigade (Robinson), First Division (Kearny)

Third Corps (Heintzelman),

Army of the Potomac, USA

63rd Pennsylvania Infantry

Col. Alexander Hays

“As the word “Charge!” rang out, we dashed forward with gleaming bayonets and loud yells on the enemy. It ...

Battery B, First Pennsylvania Light Artillery

Artillery Brigade, First Corps

(Front):Cooper's

Battery B

First Pennsylvania Light Artillery,

(Penn'a Reserve Vol. Corps.)

Artillery Brigade, First Corps.

Present at Gettysburg, 114 Officers and Men.

Killed 3 Wounded 9.

Ammunition expended: (4 guns) 1050 Rounds.

(Left):Positions:July 1, 1863: Battery arrived at 12 m; Took position and was engaged ...

Pennsylvania

Founded 1681 by William Penn as a Quaker Commonwealth. Birthplace of The Declaration of Independence and The Constitution of the United States.

Marker is on National Pike (U.S. 40) near the Maryland state line, on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy ...

The Pennsylvania Turnpike

Shortly after the Pennsylvania Turnpike opened in 1941, Snyder's Gateway Inn was one of the first businesses to appear. Merle and Marian Snyder opened the restaurant shortly before World War II began and eventually supplied fuel to the military convoys. ...

Pennsylvania

Founded 1681 by William Penn

as a Quaker Commonwealth.

Birthplace of

The Declaration of Independence

and

The Constitution of

the United States.

Marker is at the intersection of Bridge Street and Central Avenue, on the left when traveling east ...