2025 Visit Johnstown Visitors Guide - Flipbook - Page 33
Soldiers and Sailors Monument – Ebensburg
GRANDVIEW CEMETERY
801 Millcreek Rd., Johnstown, PA 15905
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One of Pennsylvania’s largest cemeteries,
Grandview Cemetery is also the resting
place to a number of military heroes.
Notable landmarks include: Grand Army
of the Republic Memorial, gravesite of
World War II Fighter Ace, Boyd D. “Buzz”
Wagner, Private Gerald Horner statue,
and the George W. Reed gravesite.
SANDYVALE MEMORIAL GARDENS
80 Hickory St., Johnstown, PA 15902
sandyvalememorialgardens.org
Sandyvale Memorial Gardens is a lush
haven of open and inviting green
space that links more than 200 years of
Johnstown’s history with 21st century
education, recreation, community service
and arts opportunities. Anchored by a
combined greenhouse and conservatory,
indoor and outdoor classroom areas
and an open-air performance venue,
the Garden celebrates the passion
and foresight of those who were once
buried here – young heroes of the
American Revolution and the Civil War,
abolitionists who led freedom seekers
through the Underground Railroad,
determined pioneers who settled 19th
century Johnstown, founding fathers
and first families and the generations
of immigrants who followed to fuel the
nation’s industrial revolution.
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SGT. MICHAEL STRANK
MEMORIAL PARK
1149 Main St., (Franklin Borough), Johnstown, PA 15909
Sergeant Michael Strank was born in
present day Slovakia on Nov. 10, 1919.
His family moved to Franklin, PA, minutes
from Downtown Johnstown when he
was two years old. In 1939, he enlisted
in the United States Marine Corps and
in 1942 he was promoted to Sergeant.
Sergeant Strank participated in the
Northern Solomons Campaign in 19431944. After a brief leave, he participated
in the Battle of Iwo Jima. Here, he and
five other Marines raised the American
Flag on Mount Suribachi. The moment
was photographed by Associated Press
photographer, Joe Rosenthal. It has been
recognized as the most reproduced
photograph and most recognized image
in the history of the world.
Twin Rocks Veterans Memorial
