Delaware Cemetery Veterans Memorial
Delaware Township, Pike County, Pennsylvania
Marker Inscription
In Memory of All Veterans Dedicated by Tilghman - Angle - Smith American Legion Post No. 851 Dingman's Ferry PA., 1982
The Story
This memorial stands in the Delaware Cemetery near Dingman's Ferry, a Delaware River hamlet in Pennsylvania's Pike County that grew up around one of the region's early ferry crossings. It was raised in 1982 by American Legion Post No. 851 — part of the veterans' organization chartered by Congress in 1919 in the wake of World War I — whose posts are customarily named for local servicemen, here Tilghman, Angle, and Smith. Rather than marking a single battle or soldier, the stone deliberately gathers 'all veterans' under one dedication, the kind of collective remembrance found in small-town cemeteries across America.
Why it matters
Community war memorials like this one turn a cemetery into civic ground, honoring military service not through the fame of generals but through the quiet, shared gratitude of the townspeople who lived alongside those who served.
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- · Tilghman
- · Angle
- · Smith
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