Veterans & remembrance
Explore this record →A Monument, a Charity Fund, and a Veterans’ Community
Shamokin’s Civil War veterans joined public remembrance with practical support and community organizing.
Newspaper coverage: 1868–1890
Shamokin Stories collection
From the Newspapers
Stories of Shamokin drawn from the newspapers of their day.
Veterans & remembranceExplore this record →Service, Ships, and Remembrance
Shamokin’s military history includes naval namesakes and remembrance, an Army medical depot in 1941–42, and the neighborhood work of a wartime Red Cross campaign.
Newspaper coverage: 1942–1950
Veterans & remembranceExplore this record →The Work of Remembering
Monument dedications made headlines, while upkeep and later commemorations kept remembrance part of public life.
Newspaper coverage: 1871–1938
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Veterans Fill the Town
Shamokin prepared lights and lodging for the Grand Army of the Republic’s state encampment in February 1890.
Newspaper coverage: 1878–1890