Update on Civil War Monument in Murrysville

Civil War Monument
Sardis Methodist Church, Westmoreland County, PA, photo date 1971

This Monument was taken in 1971 and I sent my sister, Karen to it today to see what is written on it because I can't read what is written.

She did get what was written on it, which is on the FMY photos website. (it won't copy and paste pretty here.) link is here . You can see what was written on one side. She did say that on the other side there are names of the people from the Sardis community that were in the Civil War. This is part of a cemetary in Sardis PA.

All photos are hosted at Smugmug.

Wood Church, Civil War monument

Bethel Presbyterian Church
Indiana county, PA
Photo Date: 1971

This photo which was taken by Fred Yenerall in 1971 is one of many Wood Churches that he took.


Civil War monument 1971

This cool Civil War monument was found at a Wood Church Cemetery in Westmoreland county, PA, so he not only took photos of the churches, he took photos of unique headstones in the cemetery itself at the churches. Since I am unable to read what is written on this, I am sending my sister who lives just a few miles away to get another photo of it, if it's still standing to see what is written on it.
All photos are from the Fred Yenerall Collection, and can be seen here.

Knox / Valley Forge Covered Bridge

Knox / Valley Forge Covered Bridge 38-15-15

Chester County, PA

Photo Date 1965

This bridge was built in 1865, and has been restored in 1996. Its 66 feet long, and was crossed by soldiers during the Civil War. the Fred Yenerall Collection. It is still standing in Chester County, Pennsylvania. There are 2 photos of this bridge in the collection at this time.

This is the same bridge, taken in 1980. While the collection does have more of this bridge, we just haven't had time to restore them yet. While doing some research for these photos, I came across this article::

Bridge closed: roof damage in 2006 http://www.dot.state.pa.us/Penndot/Districts/District6/D6Media.nsf/0/1729b1f317ecfbf085257185005baf52?OpenDocument it was closed for a few days due to damage on the roof, according to the article

"The bridge apparently was struck by a vehicle that exceeded the bridge’s posted
10-foot height restriction; the height restriction sign itself was also knocked
down."

This bridge was even marked on the front with the height limit of 10 foot limit, but still was damaged.