Dough Boy World War Memorial - Fallsington, PA
N 40° 11.121 W 074° 49.128
18T E 515425 N 4448345
Quick Description: This World War Memorial is located at the heart of this preserved, 200 year old Quaker village. For lack of a better description, it's on the town green @ the intersection of S. Main, Main & Tyburn Streets.
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 11/21/2009 10:18:02 PM
Waymark Code: WM7Q9J
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Long Description:
This memorial resides in the middle of the
historic district. It sits in front of the Gambrel House. Its
location and appearance is fairly typical of a World War memorial
one might find in a small town that has gone unchanged for
centuries. One might very well imagine the towns people coming out
to this patch of land for Memorial Day, Flag Day and other
important holidays of remembrance for collective quiet mediation,
prayer and song. It is ironic given the peace loving nature of
Quakers, and their well-known objection to war, there should be not
one but two war memorials in town with a lot of names.
This memorial features a soldier at attention on
a pedestal. The soldier is dressed in full military uniform with a
duffle bag in back of him. There is a nice brick path which leads
off to it. The section of land it is on is, I would imagine, the
"center of town". On this patch of grass, with the memorial in the
center, is a black, rope chain which cordons off the area. There
are four evergreens at every corner of memorial square.
The front of the memorial, that is the part in
front of the Gambrel House has the following inscription on it:
Erected by the citizens of Falls Township to
commemorate the patriotic services of these men & women in the
World War 1917 - 1919.
Underneath the inscription is a list of 10 names with stars after
them. Presumably, these are the townspeople who died in the
War.
On the left side is another list, this one
containing 21 names, with no stars next to any of them. On the
right side, another 21 names, also with no stars.