State of Ohio Pearl Harbor Survivors

Remember Pearl Harbor

Memorial to all State of Ohio

Pearl Harbor Survivors

0755 • 7 Dec 41

In Memorium

Dedicated 16 Sep 94

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Building the Funkstown Bridge

“The turnpike bridge at Funkstown is the only one...which seems to belong to a town” —Helen Ashe Hays, The Antietam and its Bridges

This bridge, finished in 1823, is perhaps the oldest one over Antietam Creek. Irish immigrant laborers made up ...

Navigators and Observers

In memory of all Navigators and

Observers, past and present who

served their country to secure

peace and security for all

Dedicated 14 Oct. 1994

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Battery Rodgers

Historical Site

Defenses of Washington

1861-1865

Battery Rodgers

Here stood Battery Rodgers, built in 1863 to prevent enemy ships from passing up the Potomac River. The battery had a perimeter of 30 yards and mounted five 200 pounder Parrott guns and one 15-inch Rodman. ...

Boot Hill Kiosk

[The Boot Hill Kiosk contains 5 panels each dealing with an aspect of the history of Boot Hill.]

[Panel 1]

Boot Hill Chronicles

1803 – The United States buys land from France known as the Louisiana Purchase including the future state of Nebraska

1813 ...

Funkstown Bridge No. 2

This bridge over Antietam Creek at Funkstown was built in 1833 by George Weaver for $1,800. At this site was Shafer’s Mill where flour was ground. The most notable feature of this bridge is the graduated size of its three ...

484th Bombardment Group

Commanding Officer Colonel William B. Keese

The 484th Bombardment Group (Heavy) comprised of the 824th, 825th, 826th, 827th Squadrons, assigned to the 49th Bombardment Wing, 15th Air Force, flew the B-24 Liberator Bomber in 208 Combat Missions from April 1944 to ...

Battle of Cloyd's Mountain

Just to the west took place the Battle of Cloyd's Mountain, May 9, 1864. The Union General Crook, raiding to destroy the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad (N.&W.), met and repulsed General A. G. Jenkins, who was mortally wounded.

Marker is at ...

Battle of Cloyd’s Mountain

In April 1864 Grant ordered Brig. Gen. George Crook to cut the Virginia & Tennessee RR in Southwest Virginia. Near Cloyd’s Mountain, five miles north of Dublin, on 9 May Crook battled Confederate defenders commanded by Brig. Gen. Albert G. ...

Baltimore Street

Funkstown’s Link to the Chesapeake

When the National Road was completed through Funkstown in 1823, a rush of “stagecoaches and wagon teams, droves of cattle, teamsters and travelers” flooded through the town. Although Baltimore was seventy miles to the east, the ...