Commemorative mural · Dedicated Begun June 2009; completed December 2011
Corporal Anthony P. Damato Memorial Mural
- Location
- North exterior wall, American Legion Post 792, 116 N. Main Street, Shenandoah, PA
- Dedicated
- Begun June 2009; completed December 2011
- Designer / maker
- Shenandoah Valley Jr./Sr. High School students, with artist Martin Braukus
- Status
- Extant
- Coordinates
- 40.82195, -76.20178 · Open in Maps · Verified location
The Corporal Anthony P. Damato Memorial Mural covers the north exterior wall of American Legion Post 792 in Shenandoah — a large multi-year work reported at roughly 150 feet long. It was painted 2009–2011 by Shenandoah Valley Junior/Senior High School students with the local artist Martin Braukus.
The mural depicts Cpl. Anthony P. Damato and his Medal of Honor action, and is Shenandoah’s principal large-scale visual tribute to him, adjacent to the memorial marker at the same post.
Sources
- Corporal Anthony P. Damato, a War Memorial — Historical Marker Database (HMDB) m191054
License: reference - Anthony P. Damato — Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA-4.0
Frequently asked
- How big is the Damato mural, and who painted it?
- It is a large mural — reported at roughly 150 feet long and up to about 30 feet high — painted 2009–2011 by Shenandoah Valley Junior/Senior High School students with the local artist Martin Braukus.
- What does it depict?
- Cpl. Anthony P. Damato and his Medal of Honor action, on the north wall of the American Legion post that bears his name — Shenandoah's principal large-scale visual tribute to him.