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Originally Posted by arc2q
I was in Gettysburg, PA a few weeks ago and saw a memorial plaque along the road for Eddie Plank as well as a restaurant named in his honor called Gettysburg Eddie's. It does seem an awful lot of the pre-war players were from Pennsylvania.
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Andy, the Plank plaque is on the property of Gettysburg College and two of the houses he lived in were down the street.
I was at the dedication of the PA State historical plaque.
His car dealership building is still standing and is a couple of blocks away from the plaque.
He's buried at Evergreen Cemetery which was in operation during Gettysburg's battle in 1863 and saw plenty of action.
General Hancock and his troops fought in there. Plank is buried in the civilian section. The soldiers section is across the street from the Eddie Plank restaurant. I was there w/ friends on Friday.