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.
Shamokin Stories collection
Stories
Reviewed accounts of Shamokin’s people, industries, neighborhoods, institutions, and public life.
Veterans & remembranceExplore this record →Service, Ships, and Remembrance
Two Navy vessels named Shamokin, the service of local people, wartime honor rolls, murals, monuments, and civic memorials connect the city to military history at sea and at home.
Veterans & remembranceExplore this record →Shamokin and Coal Township Remember Service
A wartime Victory Report preserves separate forms of remembrance for Shamokin Borough and Coal Township, including a joint Gold Star Honor Roll and community sections for Brady, Coal Run, and Boydtown.
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The Work of Remembering
Monument dedications made headlines, while upkeep and later commemorations kept remembrance part of public life.
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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.