United States Air Force Security Police

In Peace and War

To the men and women of the Air

Security Police and Forces,

from the Wright Brothers

to the Space Shuttles

You have not failed your God

your family or your country.

The Defenders

Designed by Eleftherios Karkadoulias

SC 2000 Cincinnati, Ohio

Creed of A Security Policeman

I ...

United States Navy Pre-Flight School

Between 1942 and 1945, the Navy operated a Pre-Flight School on the University of Georgia campus. As one of only five such schools in the nation, the program trained approximately 20,000 cadets in the skills needed as combat pilots in ...

United States Space Shuttle Challenger

28 January 1986

[Obverse]:

In grateful and loving tribute to the brave crew of the United States Space Shuttle Challenger.

28 January 1986

Francis R. (Dick) Scobee

Commander

Washington

May 19, 1939

Michael J. Smith

Pilot

North Carolina

April 30, 1945

Ronald E. McNair

Mission Specialist

South Carolina

October 21, 1950

Ellison S. Onizuka

Mission Specialist

Hawaii

June 24, ...

United States Space Shuttle Columbia

1 February 2003

[Obverse:]

Brown. Clark. Chawla. Anderson. Ramon. Husband. McCool.

STS 107

In memory of the crew of

United States Space Shuttle Columbia

1 February 2003.

[Reverse:]

In memory of the crew of the United States Space Shuttle Columbia, 1 February 2003.

[captions beneath crew's picture:]

Mission Specialist, David ...

First United States Air Meet

About one half mile southeast of this spot, on Dominguez Hill in historic Rancho San Pedro, the first Air Meet in the United States was held during January 10-20, 1910. Subsequently, this area has evolved into one of the world's ...

Bank of the United States

Second national bank opened branch in 1818 in Fayetteville. Bank operated, 1820-1835, in house one block east.

Marker is at the intersection of Gillespie Street and Halliday Street, on the right when traveling north on Gillespie Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Site of First Ski Tow in the United States

Woodstock, Vermont

In January, 1934, on this pasture hill of Clinton Gilbert’s farm an endless-rope tow, powered by a Model “T” Ford engine, hauled skiers uphill for the first time.

This ingenious contraption launched a new era in winter sports.

Marker is on ...

Site of the United States Fort Harmar

Built 1785

Garrisoned by U.S. troops 1785 to 1790

Headquarters 1786 and 1788 of

Gen. Josiah Harmar of PA.

General-in-Chief U.S.A.

Marker is at the intersection of Fort Street and Fort Square, on the right when traveling north on Fort Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Memorial to the "Start Westward of the United States"

Sculpted for Marietta's Sesquicentennial by Gutzon Borglum

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Dedicated July 1938 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt as a tribute to those farsighted pioneers who journeyed here from New England in 1788 and established Marietta as the first permanent settlement in the Northwest ...

The First Public Children's Playground in the United States

The first public children's playground in the United States was established here in 1887 by gift funds received from the Sharon bequest. The east expansion and rehabilitation work of 1977 were funded by Walter and Elise Haas, by Walter ...