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Fredericksburg Roll of Honor

Fredericksburg

Roll of Honor

1917 World War 1918

A grateful tribute to all who returned

Co. K. 2nd Inf. VA. N. G. 116th Inf 29th Div.

3rd VA Coast Artillery

80th Division

Army, Navy, Marine Corps

A tearful triumph to those who sleep

Urban F. Bass Guy R. Hall

John ...

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Brig. Gen. Henry Little

A Native of Maryland, Confederate Brigadier General Lewis Henry Little (1817-1862) was the son of a long~time U.S. congressman and a former U.S. Army officer. As a Confederate general, Little was given command of Missouri troops and headed a division ...

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Fredericksburg Campaign

December 13, 1862. The blue columns of the Army of the Potomac deployed here in the Canal Ditch valley, along the route of present Kenmore Avenue. Then with drums beating and flags flying, the long battle lines advanced towards Marye’s ...

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Ybor City's First Fire Station

1888

The Mirta Hook and Ladder Volunteer Fire Station was established on this site. The station was named in honor of the youngest daughter of Don Vicente Martinez Ybor, founder of Ybor City. Capt. Frank Puglisi headed the fire fighters. Volunteer ...

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Harbor Vigilance

1944 - 1945

From this camouflaged concrete observation post, Army and Navy personnel kept a round-the-clock vigil to protect Charleston Harbor. Built in 1944, this fortified underground installation housed the combined activities of the Navy's Harbor Entrance Control Post (HECP) ...

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The King's Highway / Coleman Boulevard

(Front):

In the 1700s, the King's Highway began in Virginia and wound down the coast through the Carolinas. The section of road that passed through Mount Pleasant became one of the first coastal roadways serving as a colonial post road ...

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Bok Kai Temple

Dedicated March 21, 1880, this building replaced the first temple built nearby in the early 1850s. It has been a Chinese community project since 1866, serving as a meeting hall, court, school, and place of worship. In this 'Palace of ...

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Third Battle of Winchester

September 19, 1864

Lieutenant General Jubal Early’s Shenandoah Valley Campaign began in June of 1864. Until the Third Battle of Winchester on September 19, he more than fulfilled General Lee’s hopes that the great success of 1862 could be repeated in ...

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Honor Court to Brigadier General Lachlan McIntosh

Honor Court to

Brigadier General Lachlan McIntosh

A General charged with the Safety of

George Washington,

the Commander in Chief of the

Continental Army at Valley Forge 1777-78

A Native of Georgia in Command of the

“Life Guard” Virginians

and ...

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Bryson Stagecoach Stop

John T. Bryson (d. 1894) and his wife Amelia (d. 1897), prominent early settlers of the Liberty Hill community, constructed this home in the 1850s. Built on a frame of notched and fitted hewn cedar logs and featuring chimneys of ...

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