In Grateful Recognition to All Veterans

who preserved the freedom won by America's first veterans that are buried here. 1776 - 1999

Marker is at the intersection of E. Main Street and Elm Street, on the right when traveling east on E. Main Street.

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PRR Class D78F Dining Car No. 4468

"You had to be a waiter - a good one - to work in the Dining Department. You worked 16 and 17 hours a day. Half the time we had to sleep in the dining car."

- James Corbett, Dining Car ...

In Memory of 110 Soldiers of the Continental Army

Who died in the Lititz Military Hospital between December 19, 1777 and August 28, 1778 and are buried here.

Marker is at the intersection of E. Main Street and Elm Street, on the right on E. Main Street.

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Colleton County Confederate Soldiers

Colleton County

In Memory Of Our

Confederate Soldiers

Who Here Gave Their Lives

In Defense Of

A Righteous Cause

Feb. 3 and 4, 1865

Marker can be reached from Rivers Bridge State Park near SC-S-5-8.

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F-100D "Super Sabre"

Manufactured by North American Aviation

Specifications:

Span: 38ft 10in

Length: 54ft 2in

Height: 16ft 2in

Weight: 38,048lbs max

Armament:

Four M-39 20mm cannons

Seven hard points to carry ordinance:

42x 2.75in rockets 7,500lbs of bombs

Four air to air AIM-9 missiles

2 Bullpup missiles Nuclear centerline

Engine:

One Pratt & Whitney J57P21A - ...

F-84F "Thunderstreak"

Manufactured by Republic Aircraft Corp

Specifications:

Span: 33ft 7in Length: 43ft 5in

Height: 15ft 0in Weight: 27,000lbs max

Armament:

Six .50 caliber machine-guns

Carried an arrangement of ordinance:

32x 5in rockets 6,000lbs of bombs

2x 11.5in / 16x 5in / 24x 5in rockets

2 each 1000lb bombs and 18x ...

Landing of Oglethorpe and the Colonists

James Edward Oglethorpe, the founder of Georgia, landed with the original colonists, about 114 in number, at the foot of this bluff on February 1 (February 12, new style), 1733. The site where he pitched his tent is marked by ...

Fort Albany

Immediately to the northwest stood Fort Albany, a bastioned earthwork built in May 1861 to command the approach to the Long Bridge by way of the Columbia Turnpike. It had a perimeter of 429 yards and emplacements for 12 guns. ...

Fort Scott

Historical Site

Defenses of Washington

1861-1865

Fort Scott

Here stood a detached lunette constructed in May, 1861, to guard the south flank of the defenses of Washington and named for General Winfield Scott, then General-in-Chief of the Army. It was ...

Birthplace of the Army Chemical Corps

Soon after the United States entered the First World War in 1917, the American University’s offer of its campus and buildings for war work was accepted.

The permanent buildings and part of campus were turned over to the Bureau of ...