Hannastown Community Honor Roll - Hannastown, Pennsylvania - Non-Specific Veteran Memorials on Waymarking.com

According to Wikipedia, (visit link) "Hannastown is an unincorporated community and important historical and archaeological site located in Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. Although the village is not tracked by the Census Bureau, it has been assigned the ZIP code 15635.

The village was founded in 1773 as the seat of the newly created Westmoreland County, and was known at the time as "Hanna's Town". It was located along Forbes Road, the main route into the Ohio Country from eastern Pennsylvania, and named for Robert Hanna, an early settler whose tavern also served as Westmoreland County's first courthouse. Hannastown was settled primarily by Irish and Scotch-Irish, though the surrounding area was mostly Pennsylvania Dutch.

On July 13, 1782, in one of the final actions of the American Revolutionary War, the settlement was destroyed by a force of The King's 8th Regiment out of Fort Niagara "The King's, or 8th Regiment - Detroit Garrison" and British-allied American Indians led by Guyasuta. The county government was moved to Newtown, which later became known as Greensburg. The village was rebuilt, but after Forbes Road was rerouted through Greensburg, the settlement grew little, and eventually most of it became farmland.

There are two tablets at this memorial, one for World Wars I and II and the other for the Korean and Vietnam Conflcts. They are essentially the same as they list the veterans from the Hannstown Community in each."

Type of Memorial: Multi-War Memorial Wars mentioned (Multi-war only): World War I World War II Korean Conflict Vietnam Conflict In Honor Of: The Citizens and Residents of Hannastown Marker Text: Left Marker: In Honor Of The Citizens of Hannastown who served our country in World Wars I & II And In Memory of the Honored Dead World War I (List of servicemembers) World War II (List of Servicemembers) Right Tablet: In Honor and Memory of the Residents of Hannastown who served our country during the Korean and Vietnam Conflicts Who Put it Here?: Citizens and Residents of Hannastown Description of Memorial: A memorial in the town parking lot accessed down a stone walkway and has two monuments, one at left for World Wars I and II and the other at right for the Korean and Vietnam Conflicts. Date of dedication: Not listed

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