Bradford County Veterans Memorial Park - Towanda, PA
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N 41° 45.700 W 076° 26.563
18T E 380071 N 4624320
This is an elaborate memorial at a major crossroad in Towanda.
Waymark Code: WMRT2N
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 08/01/2016
Views: 1
This is a memorial with several elements, statues, benches, flags, a wall, dedicated bricks, stones for the services, emblems for services, several long quotes.
Type of Memorial: Multi-War Memorial
Wars mentioned (Multi-war only):
WWI
WWII
Korea
Vietnam
In Honor Of: Constructed by patriotic volunteers specifically to honor the veterans of our local communities.
Marker Text:
"And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. Isaiah 2:4 KJV"
Who Put it Here?: The Borough of Towanda with various financing including a PA/DCNR grant
Description of Memorial:
This memorial has statues of a tree with veterans composing the trunk. There is also a statue of a soldier carrying another soldier. There are angels with scrolls with lists of names. There are stones for each of the services listing wars and battles. There is a wall with several plaques including emblems for the different services and a plaque with a quote from Isaiah. There are several black benches donated by various organizations. There are flags behind the wall. There is a POW stone.
Date of dedication: Not listed
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