Casimir Pulaski

Polish volunteer, commanded cavalry detachment helping to cover Washington's retreat from Brandywine, Sept. 11, 1777. As brigadier general, served Sept. 1777 - March 1778 as first overall commander of the Continental Army's cavalry. He was mortally wounded at the siege ...

Major John Pelham

Was born here ?

Commanded Horse Artillery of

Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.

Killed at Kelly’s Ford, Va.

March 17, 1863

Styled “The Gallant Pelham”

By Robert E. Lee

Marker is on U.S. 431, on the right when traveling north.

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Batteries C & F, Pennsylvania Independent Light Artillery

C & F

Indp't Penn'a

Artillery

Position occuped

Indp't Pa. Art'y F

Hampton's Battery

July 3rd A.D. 1863

Organized at Pittsburg Pa

Oct. 8th 1861

Mustered out of United States Service

June 24th 1865

On this field the following members ...

Bethlehem World War II Memorial

Erected by the people of

the town of Bethlehem

to commemorate the patriotism

and loyalty of those who served

their country during World War II

* Peter S. SprouleClifford Adams • Leon W. Banks • Thomas C. Bate, Jr. ...

Parker Memorial Baptist Church

On July 3, 1887, a congregation of 45 people met at the Opera House on Noble Street to organize a new church. Originally called Second Baptist Church, the name soon was changed to Twelfth Street Baptist Church.

In 1889, it became ...

Colorado State Veterans Memorial

Dedicated by the people of Colorado in gratitude and respect for the men and women who have proudly served and sacrificed in our nation’s armed forces.

Marker can be reached from Lincoln Street.

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Battle of Brandywine

On Sept. 11, 1777, an American force of about 11,000 men, commanded by Washington, attempted to halt a British advance into Pennsylvania. The Americans were defeated near Chadds Ford on Brandywine Creek by approximately 18,000 British and Hessian troops under ...

Battery A, 1st New Jersey Artillery

(Front):Battery A, 1. N.J. Art.

From its position in

reserves s.w. of Powers'

Hill Galloped into action

at 3 p.m. July 3, 1863.

Fired 120 rounds shrapnel

at Pickett's column and

80 shell at a battery

in left front

Erected by the

State of New Jersey 1888

Hexamer's New Jersey

Battery

commanded ...

Little Brown Church

Little Brown Church

in the dell

Fort Montgomery

United Methodist Church

First church in the area

Established 1830

Orange and Rockland Utilities

Marker is at the intersection of U.S. 9W and Tonneson Road, on the right when traveling north on U.S. 9W.

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Disappearance of Albert J. Fountain and his son Henry

Albert Jennings Fountain was a Civil War veteran, New Mexico legislator and prominent lawyer. On February 1, 1896, Fountain and his eight-year-old son, Henry, were traveling home to Mesilla from Lincoln. They carried grand jury indictments against cattle rustlers. Both ...