Peach Street Club

The 313th Machine Gun Battalion reunions were typically held at the Club located at 1921 Peach Street in Erie, PA.  The majority of the photos here came from Fred C. DeVore, a mechanic attached to A company during the Great War.

Local & Family History  

The opportunity to honor my Grandfather and his Battalion comes with immense pride. I am grateful that I can honor their service 100 years later to educate and inspire other people to look for the WWI stories in their family. With over 4 million men and women serving, you are certain to find that story.   

 

It would be impossible to reflect on Pittsburgh’s involvement in the Great War without including a bit of history surrounding Thomas Francis Enright, one of the first Americans to be killed during the war. Enright was born and raised in the Bloomfield neighborhood of Pittsburgh, joined the Army prior to the United States’ involvement in the war, got out of the Army, but then re-enlisted when the United States declared war with Germany. Enright was killed on November 3, 1917, along with two fellow soldiers of Company F, 16th Infantry Regiment, First Division; James B. Gresham from Evansville, Indiana, and Merle D. Hay from Glidden, Iowa. These three men were the first Americans to be killed in the Great War.