Annual Memorial Day services at Soldiers and Sailors Monument at Penn Square. Gerald Sullenberger, Robert Patterson, Thomas McFadden and Jerry Byers place wreaths at the base of the monument. Last time of placing werats at the statue. Decided hereafter to place one wreat at the base of the monument facing North Queen Street.
Scene through Penn Square showing modern street lighting, circa 1940s. Note Chritmas decorations on the Watt and Shand building. Old City Hall is to the left.
Provenance
Gift of David Towle. See MG-747 Papers of Mayor Kendig Bare.
Two carte de visite images glued to notebook paper. Photo at top is Lillie Moore, at bottom is Julia Moore. The two were sisters and teachers at the Mount Joy Soldiers' Orphans Home in the early 1870's. Their father, John Moore, was steward of the Mount Joy Soldiers' Orphans Home.
Provenance
From the Sixteeners information file in the LCHS Library.
