Historical Marker

28th Division Shrine

Boal Ave., (Bus. US 322) at PA Military Museum, just NW of Boalsburg Pk., Boalsburg · Boalsburg · Centre

Inscription

Dedicated to heroic dead of Pennsylvania's famed 28th in two world wars. The Division was created Sept., 1917. The Shrine was founded by Col. Theodore Boal and made a State memorial in 1932.

Location

AddressBoal Ave., (Bus. US 322) at PA Military Museum, just NW of Boalsburg Pk., Boalsburg

CityBoalsburg

CountyCentre

StatePennsylvania

Coordinates40.780170, -77.797390

Sources

Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission

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