Father Junipero Serra

1713 – 1784

Dedicated to the Memory of

Father Junipero Serra

1713 - 1784

the first Franciscan missionary

to whom California owes an

everlasting tribute – he brought

civilization to our land and in deed

and character he deserves a foremost

place in the history of our state

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Father John D. Kempf Veterans Memorial

To all veterans

in honor [of]

Father John D. Kempf

National Chaplain of the

American Legion 1982 - 1983

Marker is at the intersection of Chestnut Street and 4th Street, on the left when traveling north on Chestnut Street.

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1999 Father's Day Fire

(side 1)

June 20, 1999 – Father’s Day – was disrupted by a blaze that destroyed seven buildings on the west side of Main Street in downtown Iola under a gorgeous blue-sky and calm weather. More than 200 firefighters from Iola, ...

Father Rocco Petrarca

The Italian Community gratefully remembers

Father Rocco Petrarca

Pastor of

St. John the Baptist Church

from 1913 to 1948

“Flos Memoriae Lapide Perennior”

Marker is at the intersection of Hamlet Street and Cedar Alley, on the left when traveling south on Hamlet Street.

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Reverend Father Alexander Cestelli / Chiesta Italiana di San Gio

Side A: Reverend Father Alexander Cestelli

The National Italian Catholic parish of Saint John the Baptist was founded in October 1896 by the Reverend Father Alexander Cestelli, D.D. Father Cestelli was born in Fiesole, Italy and came to America in 1888 ...

Father Divine Birthplace

Middle Lane

Father Divine was an influential and charismatic religious leader and founder of the International Peace Mission Movement.

Father Divine was born in 1879 on Middle Lane as George Baker, Jr. and attended the Rockville and Jerusalem M.E. Church. He later ...

Father Damien

The Reverend Joseph Damien De Veuster, SS. CC.

Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. —John 15:13

Born a farmer’s son at Tremeloo, Belgium, January 3, 1840. Damien joined the Missionary Congregation ...

National Historic Landmark - Father Flanagan's Boys' Home

(The Original "Boys Town")

Boys Town was founded as a home and school for homeless, abandoned, neglected or otherwise underprivileged boys, regardless of color or creed, by Father Edward J. Flanagan (1886-1948) on December 10, 1917. The first Father Flanagan's Boy's ...

To our Valiant Fathers

To our Heroic Mothers

To our Valiant Fathers:

- Champions of Reconciliation with Justice,of Union Manhood,of Peace with Honor;they fought with Faithfulness,and suffered in silence.

To our Heroic Mothers:-

spartan in Devotion,Teuton in Sacrifice,in Patience Superior to eityer,and in Modesty and Grace Matchless ...

Father Caspar Rehrl / St. John the Baptist Parish

Father Caspar Rehrl

A priest, missionary, teacher, founder of churches and schools, and organizer of parishes, Father Rehrl was born in Salzburg, Austria, in 1809. He became a mission­ary to North America, arriving in the new diocese of Milwaukee in the ...