American Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor, Inc.

This memorial honors the thousands of American prisoners of war who died on death marches, worked details or perished in transit to slave labor camps in Japan.

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Copper for the Statue of Liberty

This stone from the mine that produced the copper in the Statue of Liberty was brought with the sailing ship "Sorlandet" as a gift to the United States of America from the citizens of Karmov, Norway.

July 4, 1986

Marker can be ...

Henry Shelton Sanford

Grove and Experimental Gardens

In this vicinity Henry Shelton Sanford, pioneer citrus grower, established the St. Gertrude grove in 1871. There, and at his Belair grove and experimental gardens, he advanced the industry through development of some 140 types of citrus. ...

National Historic Landmark - Fort Snelling

This historical ground was a pivotal place in the development of the Northwest. With the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861, Fort Snelling expanded its limestone walls into this area, formerly a part of the U.S. Indian Agency and ...

Third Battle of Winchester

A Gathering of Future Leaders

The Third Battle of Winchester, fought here on September 19, 1864, was a proving ground for several men on both sides who shaped post-war America. They included two future presidents, two senators, a state governor, and ...

Taliaferro County World Wars Memorial

In sacred memory of the men

of Taliaferro County who

made the supreme sacrifice

World War I

Roy Dozier

World War II

L.A. Cason

Henry C. Simons

Roger W. Gunn

Charles Roberts

On fames eternal camping ground, their silent tents are spread and glory guards with solemn round the bivouac ...

Hori Midwife House

My grandmother kept her patients in the house for five days. My mother cooked the meals and grandmother would serve them. My mother was a very good cook. My dad taught her how; he’d learned to cook while working as ...

Fort Lowry-Camp Byron

Located two miles N.E. on Rappahannock River at Lowry’s Point was a Confederate eight gun “water battery” constructed in 1861. Here at Dunnsville was located Camp Byron, home of Company F (Essex Light Dragoons), Ninth Cavalry, C.S.A.; the company moved ...

Margaret Caldwell Fox

Born: Mission Santa Clara, February 12, 1847

Died: Saratoga, April 1, 1865

First child born to Anglo-American overland emigrants in Santa Clara County.

Marker can be reached from Curtner Avenue, on the right when traveling east.

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Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients

State of Ohio, Fairfield County

United States of America

Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients

State of Ohio, Fairfield County

Civil War

Davidson, Andrew - Asst. Surgeon - Mississippi 1863

Dorsey, Daniel Allen - 1st Lt. - Georgia 1862

Gregg, Joseph Olds - Captain - Virginia 1864

McDonald, John ...