Civil War trail ready to deploy
By Joseph Cress, Sentinel Reporter, May 12, 2008
Last updated: Monday, May 12, 2008 2:17 PM EDT
Through July 4, the state Department of Transportation (Pennsylvania) plans to install directional signs along key roads guiding motorists to town centers where future wayside markers will be located, said Mike Perry, executive director of the Army Heritage Center Foundation in Middlesex Township. Local residents could expect to see signs along routes 11, 34, 174 and 641, each sporting the Civil War trail logo -- a gold outline of the Keystone State with a blue kepi, an infantry cap worn by Union soldiers.
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Last updated: Monday, May 12, 2008 2:17 PM EDT
Through July 4, the state Department of Transportation (Pennsylvania) plans to install directional signs along key roads guiding motorists to town centers where future wayside markers will be located, said Mike Perry, executive director of the Army Heritage Center Foundation in Middlesex Township. Local residents could expect to see signs along routes 11, 34, 174 and 641, each sporting the Civil War trail logo -- a gold outline of the Keystone State with a blue kepi, an infantry cap worn by Union soldiers.
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