Lest We Forget - Memorial Day

An Index Of Stories & Photos Of Those Who Didn't Make It Home

And A Closer Look At Some Of The Memorials Erected For them.

Find A List Of  This Years Memorial Day Events By Town

https://susquehannavalley.blogspot.com/2024/05/memorial-day-parades-ceremonies.html

Here's a look at various history and stories related to Memorial Day, in our area:

Remembering Early Memorial Days 

 Photos and stories from our local towns events

On May 28th 1946, The Valley flooded, severely.  In all of the stories I read, Memorial Day Services went on as planned - serious flooding did not stop the ceremonies.  In Lewisburg, a radio station mistakenly announced they had been cancelled, but the residents showed up anyway (and the ceremony had never been cancelled)

Nurse Helen Fairchild, for whom the Watsontown Bridge is named, grew up in Allenwood, and died while serving as a nurse in France during the first world war.

Wallace Fetzer  When Milton gave one of their own, in World War I

Lt. Roland Ritter When Muncy Gave One Of Their Own in World War I

The History Of Wearing Poppies For Remembrance Day

Five Local Boys Were Killed by One Shell, in 1918

When 18 Local Boys Were Brought Home For Burial, 1947

The 18 From The Sunbury Area Who Gave Their Lives in World War I

Remembering Those Lost In World War I Montour County Pa

Building Memorial Park In Danville Pa & The Monuments there

Remembering Those Lost In World War II Montour County Pa

Two Soldiers Monuments - One in Jersey Shore, and one in McElhattan, are fashioned from columns from the original Pennsylvania Capitol, which was destroyed by fire in 1897. Three  of those columns are now in North Central Pa.  

https://susquehannavalley.blogspot.com/2019/05/the-capitol-columns-where-are-they-now.html

The Memorial To The 19 Who Gave Their Lives In WWI & WW2 from the Watsontown Area

The Memorial To The 6  From Montgomery Who Died in WW1

The Fox-Knapp Memorial Milton Pa

 Remembering The Maine. In 1898, more than 200 Navy Crew Men & Officers died when a ship exploded off the banks of Cuba.  The explosion triggered the start of the Spanish American War.  When the ship was pulled up from the Ocean Floor in 1912, parts were sent to both Danville, and Scranton, to be used in Memorials.

The Civil War Memorial At The Stone Church Cemetery

The Soldiers Monument In Lewisburg Pa Dedicated July 4th 1901

The Soldiers Monument Montgomery PA

Medal of Honor Recipient

George H. Ramer of Lewisburg, Killed in Action in Korea, 1951

Capt. Simon Cool

The Marker Along The Rail Trail

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Each year before Memorial Day, the Rotary Club fills the field in front of Country Cupboard with flags.

• . When The Soldiers Were Welcomed Home, 1919
• When Sunbury Welcomed The Soldiers Home
• The 1919 Sunbury Victory Welcome Home Supplement
• Where The Dead Were Buried, Milton Pa (Find lists of many veterans burials)

A Plaque at Milton High School lists the students who gave their lives in World War II

In May 1910, the Miltonian published a list of veterans of the civil war who died in Milton "since Memorial Day 1909".

The names included: Murray, Robinault, Walton, Bradford, Snyder, Gharret, Fetter, Denius, Haag, Hailstock, Krebs, Nees, & Hunt.

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More local history and stories from the Central Susquehanna Valley

https://susquehannavalley.blogspot.com/p/history.html