Freedom Hill Redoubt

Late-War Protection

Small batteries called redoubts were constructed during the Civil War as part of the outer defensive lines that encircled Washington, D.C. Late in the war, the one in front of you was built here on Freedom Hill (according to ...

Defending Freedom

I never saw such fighting done as was done the negro regiment…The question that negroes will fight is settled; besides they make better soldiers in every respect than any troops I have ever had under my command. ~General Blunt after ...

Celebration of Freedom Memorial

To Honor Those Who Serve

Liberty For All

[Representative Memorials]

In honor of George F. Austin

for service in the Navy aboard

USS Estes AGC 12

Flag Ship supporting the invasions of

Iwo Jima and Okinawa

witnessing the flag raising on Mt. Surabachi

Rita Sweeney Austin

You gave your lives ...

National Historic Landmark - Freedom Tower

The Freedom Tower is considered the Ellis Island of the South for its role during a twelve year period between 1962 and 1974, as the Cuban Assistance Center, offering nationally sanctioned relief to the Cuban refugees who sought political asylum ...

Four Freedoms Park

In the heart of the Madison historic district is the Four Freedoms Park. Erected in 1909 by the United Daughters of the Confederacy, a Confederate monument is located in Confederate Square in Four Freedoms Park. A plaque placed on the ...

Civil Rights Freedom Riders

On Mother's Day, May 14, 1961, a group of black and white CORE youth on a "Freedom Ride" from Washington, D.C. to New Orleans arrived by bus at the Birmingham Greyhound terminal.

They were riding through the deep south to ...

Operation Iraqi Freedom - War Memorial

Vigo County Indiana

[ Front ]

Operation Iraqi Freedom

Killed In Action

From Vigo County

[ Obverse ]

Kyle W. Childress

Courtesy hmdb.org

Freedom of Assembly

With freedom from slavery came freedom of assembly – particularly to worship, evidenced by the early establishment of the first independent black congregation in 1865. African-American churches, such as Calvary Baptist (1883), were the primary civic and cultural arenas for ...

The Freedom Tree

With the vision of universal freedom

for all mankind

this tree is dedicated to

1Lt. Mark Peterson

and all

Prisoners of War

and

Missing in Action

Marker is at the intersection of 6th Street NW and Paige Avenue, on the right when traveling north on 6th Street NW. ...

The Freedom Tree

With the vision of universal freedom

for all mankind

this tree is dedicated to

Capt. Alan Trent

and all

Prisoners of War

and

Missing in Action

Marker is at the intersection of 6th Street NW and Paige Avenue, on the right when traveling north on 6th Street NW. ...