In the early 1900s, this picnic area of white oak trees was known as Snyder's Grove. Today, Morrisons Cove Memorial Park is owned by the residents of Morrisons Cove and operated by a board of directors from all of the Cove municipalities. Dedicated to the soldiers and sailors of Morrisons Cove, the park includes military memorabilia tied to local service and remembrance. Gray stone from the Gettysburg battlefield forms the bottom row supporting the entrance dedication monument and commemorates more than 980 Morrisons Cove men who served in the Civil War. A sandstone from the 1754 Pennsylvania Fort Necessity stands before two ship anchors from the Philadelphia Naval Yard, one bearing the inscription "Mech. Div. Panama Canal 8696." The anchors are joined by a link forged from 1777 pig iron from Valley Forge to represent the Cove's unknown soldiers, and eight pillars with connecting chain from the cruiser U.S.S. Denver containing 109 links surround the monument, each link representing a Cove soldier who died in service. The current metal flagpole replaced an original 30-foot wooden pole made from the mast of the World War I destroyer U.S.S. Fanning. Along Walnut Street, twenty-four stone pillars hold 100-pound cannon balls from the Watervliet Arsenal in New York and are connected by anchor chain from the Norfolk Naval Yards with 1249 links, each representing a Cove soldier who returned home from war. A World War I artillery 4.7-inch field piece and a 75 millimeter gun from the Aberdeen Arsenal in Maryland were once displayed there until they were turned in and melted down for the World War II war effort. A bell from the destroyer U.S.S. James K. Paulding stands at the Johnson Memorial picnic shelter along Dilling Street across from the swimming pool; the shelter honors Doctor Charles N. Johnson, who was instrumental in securing many of these items, and the bell sits atop an eight-foot marker displaying stones he collected from across the U.S. The youth baseball field along Dilling Street was dedicated in honor of Army veteran Gary D. Frye, and a drinking fountain there was given in memory of Timothy E. Perry, who gave his life in Vietnam on February 27, 1967. In 1934, Roy Hess laid the native stone entrance using gray stone from Gettysburg, and Doctor Johnson designed and financed the native stone and anchor fence. In 1979, the original facility was razed and the present recreation complex was erected. Snyder's Grove had originally been owned by Major Theophilus Snyder, and his daughter Mary Ashcom sold the property to the community in 1921. A building program from 1946 to 1948 added a kitchen and dining hall for 300 people, four bowling alleys, pool tables, shuffleboards, a large stage, and an auditorium seating 1,200 that could also be used for roller skating. The Harshberger Memorial Pool was built and dedicated on May 30, 1968. Additional acreage purchased in 1922 was used to build a ball diamond in 1948, with lumber from park trees used for bleachers and other park buildings. The park was established both to honor the valor and heroic deeds of Morrisons Cove soldiers and sailors from all wars in which the United States participated and to provide a public center for civic and moral instruction, recreation, amusement, and athletic sports for the people of the Cove.