War Hero Memorial Pinery

The Bloomsburg State Normal School Class of 1919 dedicated this memorial to sixteen former students—fifteen soldiers and a nurse—who died during World War I. It originally included sixteen trees arranged in the shape of a six-pointed star, one for each of the fallen. By the twenty-first century, only eight trees, a flagpole, and a boulder remained. In the spring of 2002, students from the History Department and their friends began raising money to restore it. BU Artisans planted new trees and added sixteen bronze name plaques to a newly designed brick deck shaped like a six-pointed star. Two larger plaques were placed on the exterior walls of Schuylkill Dorm because the building's location made it impossible to replant those trees. The restoration was made possible by the commitment of Bloomsburg University students, faculty, staff, administrators, and friends, and it was rededicated on April 25, 2003, with the words, Let No Soldiers be Forgotten.

Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania · United States