Answering the Call: Erie County, Pennsylvania in World War One, is built on the committee s research of the roughly 200 men each with connections to Erie County who died in the war, as well as the various contributions made by Erie County residents.
The committee will launch the 176-page book Tuesday at the Erie County Historical Society, at the Watson Curtze Mansion, 356 W. 6th St., from 5-7 p.m. The public is invited. Face masks are required.
The book includes biographies, a list of more than 2,300 Erie County men and women who served during the war, as well as chapters on the local infantry units of the 28th Division and the local machine gun battalion of the 80th Division.
Answering the call : WWI Centennial Committee to launch book on Erie s war effort A.J. Rao, Erie Times-News
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The Erie County World War One Centennial Committee for the past three years has set out to honor residents whose service and sacrifice a century ago helped win the Great War.
While a memorial placed in Erie County Veterans Memorial Park in 2019 was arguably the group s crowning achievement, a new book, which pools research on Erie County s role in the war, is perhaps their most significant work. Answering the Call: Erie County, Pennsylvania in World War One, is built on the committee s research of the roughly 200 men each with connections to Erie County who died in the war, as well as the various contributions made by Erie County residents.