{"id":403956,"date":"2025-11-25T16:22:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T16:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/403956\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T16:22:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T16:22:14","slug":"90-year-old-devotes-decades-to-preserving-the-wissahickon-war-memorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/403956\/","title":{"rendered":"90-year-old devotes decades to preserving the Wissahickon War Memorial"},"content":{"rendered":"

ByMatteo Iadonisi \"Localish<\/p>\n

Tuesday, November 25, 2025 4:11PM<\/p>\n

\"90-year-old<\/p>\n

90-year-old Phil Moyer has devoted decades to caring for the Wissahickon War Memorial in his Philadelphia neighborhood.<\/p>\n

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania — Phil Moyer recalls being 4 years old when the Wissahickon War Memorial took root at the corner of Rochelle Avenue and Sumac Street.<\/p>\n

That was in 1939.<\/p>\n

In 2025, he can be found there cutting grass and polishing plaques. It’s nothing new for the 90-year-old who has dedicated decades to growing and maintaining the memorial.<\/p>\n

It has become a community affair, with many neighbors joining Moyer in his efforts to keep the memorial tidy.<\/p>\n

Moyer is not a veteran himself, but the monuments remind him of his many friends who served in the military. Although they have since passed on, he remembers their dedication to the community.<\/p>\n

He has no plans to stop caring for the street corner that has brought so much peace and comfort to the neighborhood over the years.<\/p>\n

To learn more and get involved, visit this webpage<\/a> or contact the Wissahickon Interested Citizens Association at parks@wissahickon.us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ByMatteo Iadonisi Tuesday, November 25, 2025 4:11PM 90-year-old Phil Moyer has devoted decades to caring for the Wissahickon…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":403957,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5132],"tags":[190879,5229,190880,190881,1802,1448,2830,190882,1311,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,190878],"class_list":{"0":"post-403956","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia","8":"tag-90-year-old","9":"tag-america","10":"tag-cares","11":"tag-devotes-decades","12":"tag-military","13":"tag-pa","14":"tag-pennsylvania","15":"tag-phil-moyer","16":"tag-philadelphia","17":"tag-united-states","18":"tag-united-states-of-america","19":"tag-unitedstates","20":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","21":"tag-us","22":"tag-usa","23":"tag-wissahickon-war-memorial"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115611262405412868","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=403956"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403956\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/403957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=403956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=403956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=403956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}