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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BOZ_veterans-memorial-a-war-memorial_Wilkes-Barre-PA.html
Dedicated to
all the men and women
of
Plains Township
who honorably served
their country
[Dedicated] November 11, 2015
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PCH_rev-joseph-murgas_Wilkes-Barre-PA.html
Pioneer in development of overland wireless telegraphy. In 1898 he began his experiments on these grounds. His first public transmission of sound was made here on Nov. 23, 1905. Pastor, artist, biologist, and a supporter of Slovak aspirations, he …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV3W_edward-a-walsh-1881-1959_Wilkes-Barre-PA.html
Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, 1946. As a pitcher for the Chicago White Sox, "Big Ed" Walsh averaged 24 victories a year during a seven-year span, 1906-12. He twice pitched over 400 innings in a single season. In 1908, he won 40 games, p…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC84_franz-kline-1910-1962_Wilkes-Barre-PA.html
This Abstract Expressionist painter, born in Wilkes-Barre, helped establish the international reputation of American artists in the 1950's. Kline's "Action Painting" is noted for bold, emotionally charged brushstrokes and non-representational subj…