Fox Chase and Rockledge World War Memorial

In honor

of

the men and women

of Fox Chase

who served their

country and humanity

in the World War

April 6, 1917 - Nov. 11, 1918

These memorials

were

erected by the citizens

of Fox Chase and Rockledge

under the auspices

of

the Fox Chase Branch

of the Emergency Aid

of

Pennsylvania

Nov. 11, 1921

Roll of Honor

Greater ...

Home of Conrad Beissel

1691 - 1768

Founder and superintendent of the

Ephrata Cloister. Conrad Beissel was one

of America's earliest composers of hymns

and anthems, organizer and teacher of

the cloister singing school and publisher

of America's first book of original

compositions, Turtel-Taube, 1747.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Old Odd Fellows Plot

The Independent Order of Odd Fellows

They were an order that inscribed upon their banners, “Visit the sick, relieve the distressed, and bury the dead.”

“To the benevolent – If there is any of that commodity called charity in this community, we ...

First Flight to Break the Sound Barrier

X-1 Loading Pit

The Bell X-1 was loaded into its B-29 Launch

Aircraft from this Pit on

October 14, 1947

Captain Charles E. "Chuck" Yeager

Piloted the Airplane to Mach 1.06 (700 mph)

Marker is on West Lancaster Boulevard.

Courtesy hmdb.org

United Confederate Veterans

Camp Hardee No. 39

(front):

United Confederate Veterans

Camp Hardee No. 39

Camp Hardee No. 39 was organized as a camp of the United Confederate Veterans on August 7, 1891. This cemetery plot was acquired by the camp to provide a final resting place ...

State of Kansas Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Dedicated July 4, 1987

Dedicated to those who gave the

ultimate sacrifice for their country

This memorial built by major corporate sponsors including

Coors Brewing Company

The Kansas Coors Distributors Association

and many families and individuals who made this memorial possible

Maintained by

Kansas Operation Memorial

Vietman Veterans of ...

The 17 Doctors of the 1850 Sacramento Cholera Epidemic

In Memory of the 17 Doctors who died while caring for victims of the 1850 Cholera Epidemic in Sacramento

[Left Column

Dr. W. Carpenter (Age 26), Dr. Horatio Cobb (Age 30), Dr. R.S. Girard (Age 35), Dr. Pliney P. Green (age 41), ...

Wounding of Jackson

Just 1.7 miles west, on this road (then the Orange Plank Road), Lt. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson was wounded by "friendly fire" about 9:30 P.M. on 2 May 1863 during the Battle of Chancellorsville. Having brilliantly executed a flanking ...

Municipal Ferry Building - Maritime Museum

Municipal Ferry Building – 1941

linked San Pedro and

Terminal Island

Maritime Museum since 1979

Declared

Historio-Cultural Monument No. 146

by the

Cultural Heritage Commission

Cultural Affairs Department

City of Los Angeles

Marker is at the intersection of Sampson ...

Refuge from Horror

The arrival of contending armies in December 1862 forced thousands of residents to leave Fredericksburg. Most fled into the countryside, bound for homes or churches in Spotsylvania County. One Confederate officer remembered seeing old women, children with dolls, and mothers ...