Note: Over the next several days leading up to the Memorial Day Parade this Sunday afternoon, Parkesburg Today will feature several post's on our town's two memorials, the VFW post, our very own uncle Sam and of course the parade itself.
By Gerry Treadway
Parkesburg’s World War I Memorial at the intersection of Main Street and Strasburg Road was dedicated July 4th, 1924.
Erected by the Haubert – Paul VFW Post 431 on the site of the former horse watering fountain, the memorial enshrines the names of the hundred or so local service members who served in the war.
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Parkesburg VFW Vice Commander Bob McMinn places a wreath on the monument at the start of the 2009 Memorial Day parade and services. |
The parade flowed through town led by the Parkesburg High School Band with many local political, fraternal, business and church groups participating.
Today the monument serves as the starting point of Parkesburg’s current Memorial Day parade and memorial service.
Here is the original copy of the article that appeared in the Coatesville Record on July 5th, 1924 describing the memorial's dedication.
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2 comments:
Miss Audrey Hostetter, who is mentioned on page 1 as having been "Miss Liberty," lived in retirement at 437 First Avenue as Mrs. Samuel Moffitt. She was a retired languages professor from Pierce Junior College in Philadelphia. I mowed their yard weekly from 1973 until 1979.
I have a number of photos of Mr Cromleigh,s float on the dedication day.I found the negatives in his carriage house in 1974 when I purchased it.He was proud of his 1928 Buick which he also decorated for the parade and he was proud of how fast it would go when driving on river drive in Harrisburg where he had relatives.His father was a Andersonville civil war survivor and started the hardware store in what is now Roccos restaurant. The monument was cleaned and polished back in the early 1980s by Gene Alteries brother from California. I was working on Main street and he saw the condition of the placque and asked me to help him get it repaired.He corresponded with my mother and I knew he wrote the book Darby,s Raiders. Thia was used for the movie of the same name.He also produced many WWII documentaries that are still shown on the history channel.He told me about his war experiences as a special forces soldier.
Jeffrey Hery
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