Lest We Forget |
North Front St, at Cumberland St.
Harrisburg/ Dauphin
PA USA
| A uniformed World War I soldier in a charging position, going "over the top" stands atop a stone boulder. He wears a helmet and holds his rifle on his proper right side, thrust forward at the ready. |
Single figure -- soldier
Brick
2
5
Mr. and Mrs. E.J. Stackpole, Sr.
Private
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PA000995
Soldier sons, living and dead
STACKPOLE GIVES MONUMENT TO HARRISBURG GRATEFUL PUBLISHER SHOWS APPRECIATION OF RETURN OF SONS FROM WORLD WAR BY ERECTING STATUE WHICH WAS UNVEILED ARMISTICE DAY With the unveiling of the bronze figure of an American doughboy as part of the Armistice celebration Saturday, Harrisburg, Pa. received from Mr. and Mrs. E.J. Stackpole the city's first war memorial. Mr. Stackpole, president of the Telegraph Printing Company and editor-in-chief of the Telegraph had two sons in the war and it is as a visible token of gratitude of himself and Mrs. Stackpole for their return that the monument was presented, as coming from the
