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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26YP_dedicated-to-those-in-northwestern-pa-wounded-in-all-wars-a-war-memorial_Erie-PA.html
Combat Wounded Veterans 1782 Military Order of The Purple Heart 1932 My stone is red for the blood they shed. The medal I bear is my country's way to show they care. If I could be seen by all mankind maybe peace will come in my lifet…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26YO_northwest-pa-purple-heart-memorial_Erie-PA.html
In February 1932, Gen. Douglas MacArthur, then-Army Chief of Staff, announced that the War Department was reviving Gen. George Washington's badge of military merit as a new decoration: the Purple Heart. Since then, more than one million Americans …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26YN_horace-greeley_Erie-PA.html
Herein resided during the years of 1830-1831 Horace Greeley printer, editor and founder of the New York Tribune "Go west, young man, go west"
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26YM_freshwater-fishing-capital_Erie-PA.html
Peak Catches Blue Pike - 1931 - 3,600,000 lbs. Lake Whitefish - 1946 - 8,300,000 lbs. Lake Herring - 1949 - 6,700,000 lbs. Pound netting (Drawing shows pound net from above) - Placing standing nets in shallow water that funnel fish into a sm…
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Dobbins Landing Timeline 1995 Bicentennial Tower built to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Erie. 1986 Public Dock renamed Dobbins Landing in honor of pioneer mariner Daniel Dobbins. 1926 Nicholson Ferry to Port Dover begins operation…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26YK_fort-de-la-presqu-ile_Erie-PA.html
A French Frontier Fort Fort de la Presqu'ile was the first in a proposed line of forts that would guard a route to the Mississippi. The lofty goal for 1753 was to build four ports, Presqu'ile, le Boeuf, Machault, and Duquesne. By the late summer …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26YI_perry-200-commemoration_Erie-PA.html
[Front:] Don't Give Up the Ship September 10, 1813 American Squadron Lawrence Niagara Caledonia Ariel Somers Trippe Porcupine Tigress Scorpion "We have met the enemy and they are ours — two ships, two brigs, one schooner…
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Dedicated to those men and women who so gallantly served their country during the Korean War 1950 - 1953 [Left side:] Erie County Korean Veterans Killed In Action ACKERMAN, Robert Charles AMES, William H. BALDWIN, William Charles BENT…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26YE_erie-steam-bakery_Erie-PA.html
Bakery began in 1842 at 5th & Sassafras. In 1873 moved west of here (E. 4th St. Parking Lot). By 1888 considered "the oldest, largest, most perfectly equipped establishment of the kind in Pennsylvania." Using steam in baking process, it was known …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26YD_historic-erie-flagpole_Erie-PA.html
This steel Flagpole was first installed in 1938 at the SE corner of E. 6th & French Sts. by Erie Insurance Co-Founder and President H. O. Hirt when Erie moved its Home Office to the historic C. F. Adams Building (now Erie Insurance Heritage Center…
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