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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29DM_w-henry-crumling_Wrightsville-PA.html
"Hen" served as President of the Wrightsville Cemetery Association from Oct. 12, 1954 to the time of his death on March 5, 2000. It was through his efforts that major improvements were made to this cemetery. He received the Outstanding Cemeterians…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29DK_veterans-memorial-a-war-memorial_Wrightsville-PA.html
Citizens of this community
who served their country
in World War II
1941-45
[Died in service]
Donald S. Crumbling · Jack A. Jasper
Citizens of this community
who served their country
in the following wars
Korea · Viet …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29DC_world-war-memorial-a-war-memorial_Wrightsville-PA.html
In honor of
our boys who served their country
in the World War
These made the supreme sacrifice
☆ Wilton H. Abel ☆
☆ David E. Poff ☆
☆ George H. Leithiser ☆
"Greater love hath no man than this
That a m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29D3_veterans-memorial-a-war-memorial_Wrightsville-PA.html
Let us pause, pray and honor
all those who have served our country
Dedicated May 31, 1999
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29CN_road-of-remembrance-a-war-memorial_Wrightsville-PA.html
This highway for twenty five miles westward
across York County was planted with trees
by the People of the County
and dedicated by them to be forever a
Road of
Remembrance
in honor of
Their Sons and Daughters
who served in the World War
…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLS9_wrightsvilles-lime-kilns_Wrightsville-PA.html
Lime Kilns such as these were used for burning limestone and turning it into lime. The lime was used for fertilizer, white-wash, plaster, and deodorant for outhouses. Quarried limestone was also used along with coal and iron ore to make pig iron i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML9U_hosting-the-invader_Wrightsville-PA.html
Four decades after the Civil War, the June 1863 fire at Wrightsville still loomed in Confederate General John Brown Gordon's memory. "The Union Troops stationed at Wrightsville had," he wrote, "after their retreat across it, fired the bridge which…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML9T_the-river-a-corridor-and-a-barrier_Wrightsville-PA.html
Although the Susquehanna has long been a north-south transportation corridor, it was an impediment to east-west traffic. As early as the seventeenth century,ferries emerged at various points along the river to overcome this barrier. John Wright, a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML9L_burning-the-wrightsville-bridge_Wrightsville-PA.html
By late June 1863, the Confederate Army had invaded Pennsylvania. After capturing York, the Rebels planned to take the state capital, Harrisburg, and possibly Philadelphia. To get there, they would need to cross the Susquehanna River at Wrightsvil…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML9J_veterans-memorial-bridge_Wrightsville-PA.html
(North Side):Dedicated in honorof theSons and Daughtersof Lancaster and YorkCounties, Pennsylvaniawho have served in the warsof their country(South Side):Columbia-Wrightsville BridgeBuilt by Lancaster-York IntercountyBridge Commission
Lancaster…