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Civil War Medal of Honor grave monument · Dedicated June 12, 2021

Corporal Patrick H. Monaghan Medal of Honor Monument

Location
St. Joseph's Cemetery, West Mahanoy Avenue (Route 54), Girardville, PA
Dedicated
June 12, 2021
Designer / maker
Congressional Medal of Honor Society marker; project by AOH Jack Kehoe Div. 1 & American Legion Post 309
Status
Extant
Coordinates
40.79308, -76.28763 · Open in Maps · Approximate location
Approximate — a Find a Grave coordinate for the grave monument within St. Joseph's Cemetery (the parish's ~3-acre parcel); it locates the cemetery, not the individual grave, and no historical-marker GPS was found.

In St. Joseph’s Cemetery, Girardville, a monument and a revitalized gravestone honor Corporal Patrick H. Monaghan (1843–1917), a Medal of Honor recipient of the Civil War. Monaghan, of Company F, 48th Pennsylvania Infantry, earned the medal for recapturing the colors of the 7th New York Heavy Artillery near Petersburg on June 17, 1864. Irish-born, he later served as superintendent of Girardville’s schools.

Dedication

The monument was dedicated on June 12, 2021, with a procession, a 21-gun salute, and Taps. It was the culmination of a volunteer effort begun in 2018 — led by the Ancient Order of Hibernians’ Jack Kehoe Division 1 and American Legion Post 309 — to reclaim and restore the then-abandoned cemetery, with the grave marker supplied through the Congressional Medal of Honor Society.

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Frequently asked

Who was Patrick H. Monaghan?
Cpl. Patrick H. Monaghan (1843–1917), Company F, 48th Pennsylvania Infantry, received the Medal of Honor for recapturing the colors of the 7th New York Heavy Artillery near Petersburg on June 17, 1864. Irish-born, he later served as superintendent of Girardville's schools.
When was the monument dedicated?
On June 12, 2021, with a procession, a 21-gun salute, and Taps — capping a volunteer effort begun in 2018 to reclaim the then-abandoned St. Joseph's Cemetery.

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