Father Edouard Gerard

Founder First Catholic Church in Phoenix, 1881

The first priest ordained in Arizona, Father Edouard Gerard, attended the Catholic people of Phoenix from Florence, Arizona, where he was the pastor of the Church of the Assumption from 1877 to 1885. For ...

Fifth Fighter Squadron

Fifty Second Fighter Group

106 Aerial Victories Flying

British Spitfires & P-51 Mustangs

Europe • Africa • Mediterranean Theaters

1942 - 1945

Two Distinguished Unit Citations

Twelve Battle Honors

Dedicated 1987 in memory of all

“Spitten Kittens”

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Cooley's Bridge

Front: The original Cooley's Bridge, built across the Saluda River in 1835-36 to replace a ferry, stood about 150 yds. above the present bridge over S.C. Hwy. 247. It was built for Hiram Cooley (ca. 1796-1864), a cotton planter who ...

Confederate Dead

Here rest 34 Confederate soldiers, all of whom died in the Confederate hospitals located in Thomaston. These men came from seven of the Confederate states. Only six are “unknown” graves. Hospitals located here were the Newsom, Frank Ramsey and several ...

Baruch Home

On this site stood the birthplace and boyhood home of Bernard M. Baruch (1870-1965), financier, philanthropist, and adviser to presidents. He was instrumental in establishing the Camden Hospital, with opened in 1913, as a tribute to his father, Dr. Simon ...

Second Brigade

Third Division - Cavalry Corps

Army of the Potomac

Cavalry Corps Third Division

Second Brigade

Brig. Gen. George A. Custer

1st. 5th. 6th. 7th (10 cos.) Michigan Cavalry

June 30 Skirmished with Major Gen. Stuart's Cavalry at Hanover supported Battery ...

Donaldson Air Force Base / Captain John O. Donaldson

Donaldson Air Force Base

Greenville Army Air Base opened on this site in 1942 and trained B-25 bomber crews during World War II. Emphasizing air transport after 1945 and renamed Donaldson Air Force Base in 1951. It was the home ...

Danville (Illinois) National Cemetery

War Memorial

In memory of the men who offered their lives in defense of their Country.

Marker can be reached from Blue Star Highway south of Main Street (Route 136).

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Canal Farm Inn

This original San Joaquin Valley Ranch headquarters of California pioneer and cattle baron Henry Miller (1827-1916), was established in 1873. His farsighted planning, development in the 1870’s of a vast gravity irrigation system, and the founding of Los Banos (1889) ...

Soldiers' Memorial

Erected by the state of Connecticut in loving and grateful memory of her sons who offered their lives that the Union should not perish 1861-1865

Marker can be reached from Ella T Grasso Boulevard.

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