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Monuments

49 verified public monuments across Pottsville and Schuylkill County — war and veterans memorials, commemorative sculpture, and mining and industrial memorials, spanning the 1850s to the present. Each entry is confirmed extant, geo-located, and cited to independent sources.

Ashland

• Mothers' Memorial (Whistler's Mother in Bronze) — Commemorative statue, September 4, 1938
  Dedicated September 4, 1938 in Ashland, the Mothers' Memorial is an eight-foot bronze reproduction of Whistler's 'Portrait of the Painter's Mother,' erected by the Ashland Boys' Association to honor all mothers.
• Ashland Veterans Memorial (All Wars Memorial) — War memorial (all wars), 1974
  The Ashland Veterans Memorial, dedicated in 1974, is an all-wars monument inscribed 'In grateful tribute to the sons and daughters of Ashland who served in all wars.' It replaced a wooden 1944 honor roll.
• Veterans Memorial Park (American Legion Post 434, Ashland) — Veterans memorial park, 2017
  A small memorial park erected in 2017 on the grounds of Ashland's American Legion Post 434, honoring all those who served, a short walk from the borough's other Centre Street memorials.

Coaldale

• Coaldale Civil War, Spanish-American War & World War I Memorial Column — War memorial (multi-war granite column), 1933
  The oldest of Coaldale's veterans monuments, a 1933 granite column honoring Civil War, Spanish-American War, and World War I service, now the centerpiece around which the Veterans Memorial Garden was built.
• Coaldale Women's Memorial Garden — Commemorative memorial garden, Begun 2009; granite mural panels through 2014
  A memorial garden in Coaldale dedicated to all women — servicewomen, mothers, wives, and nurses — featuring a black-granite wishing well embossed with murals and a Gold Star Mother Walk of Honor.
• Coaldale Veterans Memorial Garden — Veterans memorial park with sculpture, WWII Memorial Wall in place by 2010; garden begun c. 2009
  A fenced, lighted memorial garden behind Coaldale Borough Hall, centered on a World War II Memorial Wall bearing 1,355 names, with a bronze Battlefield Cross and columns for later conflicts.

Cressona

• Cressona American Legion Plaza (War Memorial) — War memorial plaza
  A war memorial plaza at Cressona's American Legion Stanley Dengler Post 286, the endpoint of the borough's annual Memorial Day parade and veterans-remembrance ceremony.

Frackville

• Frackville American Legion Veterans Memorial (1990) — All-wars veterans memorial, 1990
  A 1990 granite monument outside Frackville's American Legion Post 398, inscribed to honor veterans of all wars, erected by the Post 398 Ladies Auxiliary.
• Frackville American Legion Family Veterans Memorial — Veterans memorial (engraved granite)
  A granite memorial beside the 1990 monument at Frackville's American Legion Post 398, dedicated to all who serve, with panels from the Ladies Auxiliary and the Sons of the American Legion.

Girardville

• Corporal Patrick H. Monaghan Medal of Honor Monument — Civil War Medal of Honor grave monument, June 12, 2021
  A monument and revitalized gravestone in Girardville honoring Civil War Medal of Honor recipient Cpl. Patrick H. Monaghan of the 48th Pennsylvania Infantry, dedicated June 12, 2021.

Gordon

• Gordon World War Honor Roll (1914–1918) — World War I honor roll, 1982 (present stone; honor roll originally funded by World War I–era subscribers)
  An honor-roll monument at Gordon's municipal building listing 52 residents who served in World War I; the present stone was erected in 1982 by AMVETS Post 44.
• Gordon AMVETS Post 44 War Memorial ("Lest We Forget") — War memorial (WWII / Korea / Vietnam)
  A granite war memorial at Gordon's municipal building, dedicated by AMVETS Post 44 to those who served in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam under the heading 'Lest We Forget.'
• Gordon Public School Monument — Commemorative monument (education heritage)
  A stone monument at Gordon's municipal building bearing a bas-relief of the former Gordon Public School, dedicated 'In Honor of All Dedicated Teachers.'
• Gordon Veterans Flag Memorial — Veterans flag memorial
  A flagpole memorial at Gordon's municipal building whose marker reads 'Flag being flown in honor of All Veterans,' completing the borough's veterans memorial grouping.

Mahanoy City

• Mahanoy City War Memorial (Veterans Memorial Wall) — War memorial with M-60 tank display, May 24, 1998; rebuilt and rededicated November 9, 2025
  A war memorial in Mahanoy City honoring the Mahanoy Area's service in all wars, featuring a U.S. Army M-60 tank; first dedicated May 24, 1998 and rebuilt as a Veterans Memorial Wall in 2025.
• Molly Maguire Memorial (Molly Maguire Historical Park) — Commemorative bronze sculpture, June 21, 2002
  A larger-than-life bronze in Mahanoy City of a hooded, bound man awaiting execution, commemorating the Molly Maguires; sculpted by Zenos Frudakis and dedicated June 21, 2002.

McAdoo

• McAdoo Veterans Memorial (VFW Post 6708) — Veterans/war memorial
  A memorial at McAdoo's VFW Post 6708 honoring all veterans who served in all wars, set in a Veterans and Firefighters Memorial Park with branch-emblem paver walkways.

Middleport

• Middleport War Memorial Park — War/veterans memorial
  Middleport's designated War Memorial Park along its Route 209 corridor, confirmed by the borough's landmarks record; its dedication date and inscription are not documented.

Minersville

• Coal Miners' Statue (Minersville Miners' Monument) — Mining commemorative statue, June 28, 1997
  A 1997 bronze statue near Minersville honoring the anthracite miners of Schuylkill County — past, present, and future — and the many men and boys who died in the mines.
• Minersville Veterans Memorial Park / War Memorial — War/veterans memorial and memorial park, November 11, 2019 (park; the War Memorial marker predates it)
  A Minersville war memorial honoring all Minersville-area veterans who served, referencing World War II, Korea, and Vietnam; its surrounding Veterans Memorial Park was dedicated November 11, 2019.

New Ringgold

• New Ringgold World War II Honor Roll — World War II honor roll
  A stone honor roll in New Ringgold naming 38 local sons and daughters who served in World War II, erected by two Odd Fellows lodges on Hughes Street.

Orwigsburg

• Orwigsburg Revolutionary War Memorial — Revolutionary War memorial, 1954
  A 1954 memorial in Orwigsburg 'in memory of those who served during the Revolutionary War,' erected by the Fort Lebanon Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
• Orwigsburg Veterans Memorial — Veterans/war memorial, 1989 (adjacent flagpole)
  A memorial in the Market Street median in Orwigsburg to area men and women who served in war and peace, with POW/MIA and Armed Forces medallions; its adjacent flagpole dates to 1989.

Palo Alto

• Palo Alto War Memorial — War/veterans memorial wall
  A memorial wall in Palo Alto dedicated to borough citizens who served, listing those who died in service, across from Borough Hall on East Bacon Street.

Pine Grove

• Pine Grove Veterans Memorial (VFW Post 3432 "All Wars") — Multi-war veterans memorial, May 30, 1984
  A 1984 stone monument on Pine Grove's main street with plaques and bronze flag holders for each American war, including a G.A.R. star for the Civil War, at the former site of Jacob Gunkel's Tavern.
• M60A3 Main Battle Tank Display (Pine Grove) — Military hardware memorial display
  A preserved M60A3 main battle tank displayed as a static memorial and educational exhibit near the Pennsylvania National Guard Military Museum in Pine Grove.

Pine Grove Township

• Jacobs Church Pioneer and Revolutionary War Memorial — Revolutionary War / pioneer burial-ground memorial
  A memorial at the Jacobs (Zion) Church burial ground in Pine Grove Township marking early settlers and Revolutionary War soldiers of the 5th Battalion, Berks County Militia.

Port Carbon

• Mother Allison Monument — Civil War commemorative monument, July 4, 1908
  A 1908 Civil War monument atop the grave of Agnes Allison in Port Carbon, a Scottish immigrant who lost all four of her soldier sons in Union service; erected by the Allison Post, G.A.R.
• Veterans of Port Carbon Memorial — Multi-war veterans memorial, September 5, 1999
  A 1999 memorial in Port Carbon's Veterans Park honoring all Port Carbon veterans from the Civil War through Desert Storm.
• Anthracite Region Veterans Memorial (Port Carbon) — Veterans memorial
  A Port Carbon memorial dedicated to all Anthracite Region veterans, in a small memorial cluster on Fifth Street alongside the borough's Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
• Vietnam Veterans Memorial (John M. Cappella Memorial, Port Carbon) — War memorial with military hardware
  A Port Carbon memorial to Vietnam War veterans, dedicated in memory of John M. Cappella, whose grounds include a static tank and a UH-1 'Huey' helicopter display.

Pottsville

• Henry Clay Monument — Commemorative statue & column, July 4, 1855
  Dedicated July 4, 1855, the Henry Clay Monument in Pottsville was the first monument to Henry Clay in the United States, and its cast-iron statue is regarded as the first monumental cast-iron sculpture made in America.
• Soldiers' & Sailors' Monument (Schuylkill County Civil War Monument) — Civil War memorial, October 1, 1891
  Dedicated October 1, 1891 at the center of Garfield Square in Pottsville, the Soldiers' & Sailors' Monument is Schuylkill County's principal Civil War memorial — a granite column with four life-size bronze service figures.
• John Pott Memorial — Civic memorial, 1897
  The rough-hewn granite memorial in downtown Pottsville honoring John Pott, the ironmaster who founded the town — erected 1897 at Centre and Arch streets, inscribed 'John Pott, who founded Pottsville in the year 1806.'
• Spanish War Veterans Memorial ("The Hiker") — Spanish–American War memorial, September 5, 1927
  At the east end of Garfield Square in Pottsville stands "The Hiker" — a Gorham bronze casting of Theo Alice Ruggles Kitson's nationally reproduced Spanish-American War figure, unveiled on Labor Day, September 5, 1927.
• Veterans Memorial (Pottsville Joint Veterans Council, 1986) — War memorial (all wars), May 1986
  The 1986 Veterans Memorial honors all who served in the 20th century's wars and names Sgt. Frederick W. Schaeffer, the first Pottsville soldier killed in Vietnam. It was relocated from Garfield Square to Gen. Joulwan Park in 2007.
• Congressional Medal of Honor Memorial — War memorial (Medal of Honor roster), November 10, 2007
  Dedicated November 10, 2007 at Gen. George A. Joulwan Park in Pottsville, this granite roster monument lists the fifteen Schuylkill County servicemen known to have received the Medal of Honor, from the Indian Wars through World War II.
• Discovery Park — Commemorative park, May 8, 2025
  Discovery Park (2025): Megan Price's 2½-story firefighting mural, 1829–2018, on the old "Market Street House" hotel corner in downtown Pottsville — a children's park honoring the city's fire companies and the late Mayor Terry Reiley.

Saint Clair

• Saint Clair Veterans Memorial Stadium — Memorial athletic stadium (WWII veterans), September 18, 1950
  A memorial athletic stadium in Saint Clair, dedicated September 18, 1950 as a living memorial to local veterans, built on a reclaimed mining culm-bank site.
• Vice Admiral Joel Thompson Boone Memorial — Commemorative marker (Medal of Honor recipient)
  A marker in Admiral Boone Park, Saint Clair, honoring St. Clair-born Vice Admiral Joel T. Boone, U.S. Navy, a Medal of Honor recipient and physician to three presidents.

Schuylkill Haven

• War and Veterans Memorial (Schuylkill Haven) — War/veterans memorial (multi-conflict), May 27, 1991
  A multi-conflict war memorial in Schuylkill Haven's Bubeck Park, dedicated May 27, 1991, listing area natives who died from the Mexican–American War through Vietnam.

Shenandoah

• Pennsylvania Anthracite Miners Memorial (Shenandoah) — Mining commemorative bronze bas-relief, September 15, 1996
  A three-panel bronze bas-relief in Shenandoah's Girard Park by sculptor Zenos Frudakis, dedicated September 15, 1996, honoring the anthracite coal miners of the Upper Schuylkill region.
• Corporal Anthony P. Damato Memorial Mural — Commemorative mural, Begun June 2009; completed December 2011
  A roughly 150-foot commemorative mural on Shenandoah's American Legion Post 792, painted 2009–2011 by local high school students, depicting Medal of Honor recipient Cpl. Anthony P. Damato.
• Corporal Anthony P. Damato Memorial Marker — Medal of Honor memorial marker
  A Medal of Honor memorial marker in Shenandoah honoring Cpl. Anthony P. Damato, a Shenandoah-born Marine who smothered a grenade to save two comrades on Eniwetok in 1944.

Tamaqua

• Odd Fellows Cemetery Soldier's Circle & Civil War Monument (Tamaqua) — Civil War memorial, 1870
  The 1870 Civil War monument at the heart of Tamaqua's Odd Fellows Cemetery, still the site of the borough's annual Memorial Day service and a contributing resource in the Tamaqua Historic District.
• Anthracite Railroader Memorial (Tamaqua) — Commemorative memorial (railroading)
  A memorial in Tamaqua beside the borough's historic train station, dedicated to the railroaders who worked the anthracite-region rail lines and mines.

Tower City

• Tower City, Porter & Rush Townships Veterans Memorial — War/veterans memorial (multi-conflict honor wall)
  A wall-style veterans memorial at St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery honoring veterans of every American war from the Revolution onward, serving Tower City Borough and Porter and Rush Townships.

Tremont

• Robert C. "Pete" Wiscount Veteran's Memorial Park (Tremont) — War/veterans memorial park, August 12, 2006
  A memorial park on Tremont's Main Street, dedicated August 12, 2006, honoring all from the Tremont area who served, on the former Tremont Hardware site.

West Brunswick Township

• World War II Memorial (West Brunswick & Deer Lake) — War memorial (WWII honor roll)
  A World War II honor roll along Route 61 honoring the West Brunswick and Deer Lake men and women who served, naming seven killed in action atop a roll of more than 100 service members.

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