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42-07368. Boalsburg is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Harris Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the State College, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 3,722 at the 2010 census. [3] The village claims to be the birthplace of Memorial Day.
December 12, 1977. Boalsburg Historic District is a national historic district located in the village of Boalsburg in Harris Township Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. The district includes 140 contributing buildings in the central business district and surrounding residential areas of Boalsburg. The district is characterized by a ...
Designated NRHP. December 1978, 4. ( 4-12-1978) Boal Mansion is a historic home located at Boalsburg, Harris Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania. The original pioneer cabin was built in 1809 and was a simple -story stone house. It was incorporated as the kitchen and kitchen hall when the house was expanded. The expansion is a two-story stone ...
Hill House (Boalsburg, Pennsylvania) / 40.77278°N 77.79528°W / 40.77278; -77.79528. Hill House, also known as the Col. James Johnston House, is an historic home which is located in Boalsburg, Harris Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.
9 miles (14 km) east of Philipsburg on Pennsylvania Route 504. 40°54′57″N 78°03′46″W. / 40.915833°N 78.062778°W / 40.915833; -78.062778 ( Black Moshannon State Park Day Use District) Rush Township. 11. Black Moshannon State Park Family Cabin District. Black Moshannon State Park Family Cabin District.
On July 4, 1864, ladies decorated soldiers' graves according to local historians in Boalsburg, Pennsylvania. Boalsburg promotes itself as the birthplace of Memorial Day. However, no published reference to this event has been found earlier than the printing of the History of the 148th Pennsylvania Volunteers in 1904.
The 28th Infantry Division ("Keystone") [1] is a unit of the Army National Guard and is the oldest division-sized unit in the Department of Defense. [2] Some of the units of the division can trace their lineage to Benjamin Franklin's battalion, The Pennsylvania Associators (1747–1777). [3] The division was officially established in 1879 and ...
Tussey Mountain. / 40.21000°N 78.33222°W / 40.21000; -78.33222. Tussey Mountain is a stratigraphic ridge in central Pennsylvania, United States, trending east of the Bald Eagle, Brush, Dunning and Evitts Mountain ridges. Its southern foot just crosses the Mason–Dixon line near Flintstone, Maryland, running north 130 km (80 mi) to ...