Private Floyd Clouse, Alto Reste, Altoona I finished paying my respects to the Medal of Honor recipient Harry Harr and made my way back to the vehicle. Although I have distant relations buried in Alto Reste Cemetery, this was the first time I had ever stopped to visit the sacred grounds. Note: more about the … Continue reading In the Line of Duty: Private Floyd Clouse
Grave of Marion "Sam" Cree, Mapleton Over the years I have made numerous trips up the Thousand Steps Trail, which is located in Jacks Narrows between Mapleton and Mount Union, and every trip has been a new learning experience. On this particular trip it wasn’t history or geology I was learning, but a piece of … Continue reading Sam Cree’s “God Bless America”
The Blair Mausoleum, Lewisburg “Where’s the next grave at?” mom asked as I crawled back in the vehicle. I had finished visiting the grave of Civil War casualty Colonel James Cameron, who died during the First Battle of Bull Run. Note: More about Colonel Cameron can be found here: Colonel James Cameron. “We’re headed to … Continue reading Walter “Heavy” Blair
Grave of James Cameron, Lewisburg Too often when I go wandering about cemeteries, I have a certain set of graves I’m in search of and I allow myself time to seek out those graves and rarely allow myself extra time to wander about the cemetery to study other stones. This time was different. This was … Continue reading Colonel James Cameron
The resting place of Howard Richard Kauffman, Lewisburg Lewisburg Cemetery was one that I had become familiar with over the last two years – every time I thought I had visited all the notable buried resting within the borders of the cemetery, I discovered another grave or two I wanted to visit. I had stopped … Continue reading Richard Kauffman’s Bizarre Baseball Behavior
Memorial for Fort Norris stands along Route 209 I had left the monument remembering the Wechquetank Moravian Mission at Gilbert and headed westward om Route 209 towards Lehighton. I had gone a short distance when I spotted the granite marker on the southside of the road and if it had not been for the familiar … Continue reading Fort Norris
