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Columbus Chapel
Columbus Chapel
They were certified as authentic by the Vatican in the 12th century.
What are the fragments of the True Cross?
It is the title of Lorann Jacobs' sculpture in the cemetery.
What is "The Three Women?"
Nationally, it lasts for one minute at 3:00pm on Memorial Day.
What is the "Moment of Silence?"
It was originally called the King's Highway and Pitt Street.
What is Main Street?
His grave was decorated by his mother after he was killed in Gettysburg fifteen months earlier.
Who was Amos Myers?
They are believed to have been used by Christopher Columbus on his voyages to the New World.
What are his Explorer's Cross and Trunk?
It houses the oldest pipe organ in Centre County.
What is St. John's United Church of Christ?
Internationally, white chrysanthemums are the flowers most widely associated with these emotions.
What are grief and mourning?
In 1862, the German Reformed Congregation built a new church on Miller Street, known today as.
What is Church Street?
He died of typhoid fever while serving as a surgeon in a military hospital in Annapolis a month earlier.
Who was Dr. Reuben Hunter?
He married the niece of Victoria Montalvo Colon, a Columbus descendant.
Who was Colonel Theodore Davis Boal?
This alley is believed to be named for its collection of human waste.
What is Chambers Alley.
It originated from the practice of emptying a ship's guns when entering a foreign port when ships had three rows of seven cannons.
What is a "twenty-one-gun salute?"
The German Reformed Congregation built a parsonage on Morris Street, known today as.
What is Academy Street.
She decorated her father's grave who died in Annapolis a month earlier.
Who was Emma Hunter?
She was the niece of Victoria Montalvo Colon, a Columbus descendant.
Who was Matilde de la Garde Boal?
The "middle door" between 209/211 East Main Street, a door that leads nowhere, is believed to have been used to hide weapons, or these.
What are run-away slaves?
This practice of leaving empty space at the top of a mast to represent a deceased ship-mate originated with the British Navy.
What is "flying a flag at half-staff?"
Goose Street was named for the gaggle of geese that resided there.
What is Pine Street?
She decorated her son's grave after he was killed in Gettysburg fifteen months earlier.
Who was Elizabeth Myers?
Collectively, they represent the strongest link to the Columbus family in the country.
What are the Columbus Family Papers?
The Boalsburg water system began with two public pumps, one just outside Duffy's Boalsburg Tavern and the other here.
What is outside Wolfe's Tavern.
The practice of wearing this flower to honor veterans originated with the poem "In Flanders Fields" by John McCrae, May 3, 1915.
What is the poppy?
Formerly Branch Road, it leads to the Boal Mansion from between the churches.
What was Old Boalsburg Road.
As a fifteen-year-old, she helped her friend (Emma Hunter) distribute flowers to the graves of war veterans.
Who was Sophie Keller?