PA Turnpike - Waterfall, PA
N 40° 03.500 W 078° 04.896
17T E 748920 N 4438313
This marker is at the Sideling Hill Service Plaza, at mile marker 172
Waymark Code: WM1525A
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 09/30/2021
Views: 4
The Service Plaza serves both Westbound and Eastbound traffic on the Pennsylvania turnpike. The marker is outside the building housing the restaurants and facilities.
The markers read:
BLUE STAR
MEMORIAL HIGHWAY
A tribute to the Armed Forces
that have defended the
United States of America
sponsored by
Chambersburg Garden Club
in cooperation with
The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
and
The Garden Club Federation of Pennsylvania
Blue Star Memorial Highway
Following World War II, the Natioal Council
of State Garden Clubs designated certain
national roads as "Blue Star Memorial
Highway," as a living memorial to "all those
who have served or will serve in the nation's
armed forces," through planting aisles of
flowering trees and shrubs. The Pennsylvania
Turnpike, from Carlisle to Irwin, was so
designated as part of the first transcontinential
Blue Star Highway and our plantings of
flowering Dogwood trees are evident along
this segment of the Turnpike.
P.T.C. Historical and Heritage Commission1990
Complete list of Garden Clubs and Organizations that placed this marker:
Chambersburg Garden Club
in cooperation with
The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
and
The Garden Club Federation of Pennsylvania
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