53 Pa. Stat. § 13624

Current through Pa Acts 2024-53, 2024-56 through 2024-92
Section 13624 - Purpose and plans of halls

Such memorial hall shall be in honor of the soldiers, sailors, and marines from said county, who served in the Army or Navy of the United States in the War of the Rebellion, the Spanish-American War, the Philippine Insurrection, the War with Germany and Austria, and all other wars in which the United States has been or may hereafter be engaged. Such memorial halls shall each contain one large assembly room or auditorium for public meetings of the soldiers, sailors, and marines of such county, which may be used also for other public meetings and patriotic gatherings by the consent of the board of control herein provided for. Such memorial hall shall also contain rooms for meetings of posts of the Grand Army of the Republic, encampments of the Union Veteran Legion, commanderies of the Loyal Legion, camps of Sons of Veterans, Women's Relief Corps, Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic, chapters of the Daughters of the Revolution, organizations of the Spanish-American War and Philippine Insurrection, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the American Legion, the Italian American War Veterans of the United States, Incorporated, and organizations of veterans of all other wars in which the United States has been or may be engaged, and also rooms for the county historical society and for such committees of public defense and welfare as may be created by the State or as may be approved by the board of control hereinafter provided for. Such memorial halls shall also provide room for the display and preservation of relics and trophies of all wars in which the United States has been or may be engaged, photographs, paintings, and portraits, busts, and statues of the soldiers, sailors, and marines of the said counties, and mural tablets, upon which shall be inscribed the names of such soldiers, sailors, and marines. Such memorial halls shall also contain waiting and rest rooms with lavatories attached.

53 P.S. § 13624

1921, March 17, P.L. 32, No. 15, § 4. Amended 1925, April 6, P.L. 154, § 1; 1959, Aug. 12, P.L. 695, § 1; 1961 June 19, P.L. 460, § 1.