The Crawfords Memorial

(Left)

Herbert Boyd (H.B.) Crawford

U.S. Navy

Honorably Discharged

April 8, 1946

During World War II with Japan

his back was broken & both

legs were paralyzed when his

cargo ship was torpedoed

(Right)

Mabel Garvin Tarver Crawford

U.S. Navy

Honorably Discharged

May 6, 1945

Presented the Exceptional Award

By The National Security ...

Circle of Life

For the Plains Indian, the sacred hoop was the all-encompassing symbol of the entire world, with one half of the circle representing the physical realm, the other the spiritual. Equally significant was the number four. The four quadrants of the ...

Dave Stratford 1945 – 2001

This is dedicated to Dave Stratford & his contributions to the Emergency Medical Services, without which many lives would have been lost. For 22 years, Dave worked everything from the ambulance to the O.R., from EMT to Paramedic. He recruited ...

The Power of X-Ray Vision

Ed C. Jerman

A pioneer in the field of X-ray technology, Ed C. Jerman (1865-1936), developed the "Jerman static machine," used by doctors as a source of power for various electrical treatments, and the only machine on the market large enough ...

First Line of Defense

This Stone Marks

The Line of Earthworks

In First Line of Defense

1812 - 1815

Marker can be reached from York Boulevard north of Dundurn Street North.

Courtesy hmdb.org

In Memory of the Lumberjack

They were fallers, buckers, swampers, barkers, skidders, snipers, doggers, greasers, bull punchers, skinners, hook tenders, choker setters, rigging slingers, high climbers, donkey men, whistle punks, river pigs, and more. Once they were lumberjacks, as unique and hardy a legion as ...

Alpharetta First United Methodist Church

circa 1834

The Methodist Church was part of the Forsyth Circuit of the Cherokee District. Methodist camp meetings were held near this spot in the early 1830s, and there was a meeting house as early as 1834. On April 1, 1871, ...

Keeper of the Plains

Kiowa-Comanche artist Blackbear Bosin donated his famous work, the "Keeper of the Plains," to the citizens of Wichita in May of 1974. The Keeper of the Plains stands at the confluence of the rivers were his ancestors camped. With his ...

Gold Star Families

Spouses • Children • Parents • Siblings

In Memory Of Our Loved Ones

You Will Never Be Forgotten

Freedom Is Not Free

Dedicated Nov. 2003

Courtesy hmdb.org

Battle of Stoney Creek 1813

On June 5, 1813, an invading United States army of about 3,000 men, commanded by Brigadier - General John Chandler, camped in this vicinity. That evening some 700 British regulars of the 8th and 49th Regiments, under the command of ...