Bowdoin College War Memorial

• Honored Here Are All Bowdoin Generations Who Served When Our Country Called and Those Who Fell •

World War II [Honored Dead]

Korea [Honored Dead]

Vietnam [Honored Dead]

I hear even now the infinite fierce chorus,

The cries of agony, the endless groan.

Which, ...

Bowdoin College World War Memorial

Dedicated to the

Sons of Bowdoin

who in

the World War

offered their lives

and services for

their country

and for Freedom

1914 - 1918

[Roll of Honored Dead]

Breve tempus aetatis

satis longum est

ad bene honesteque

vivendum

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Colonel Ben Cleveland

1738 - 1806

Colonel Ben Cleveland

1738 - 1806

Wilkes County Militia

Marker is on Bridge Street, on the left when traveling north.

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The Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary Under the Title of the Imm

(Saint Mary’s Church)

Church and surrounding buildings are on land once owned by Charles Carroll of Carrollton (1737 – 1832) only Catholic to sign the Declaration of Independence and last signer to die. At rear is Carroll Manor, built c.1730, his ...

North Wilkesboro Speedway

Pioneer NASCAR dirt track. Built 1946; paved in 1958. Hosted sanctioned events, 1949-96. 5/8 mile oval 3 mi. W.

Marker is on Speeway Road (Old US 421) 0.1 miles north of U.S. 421, on the right when traveling north.

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Barnett Brothers Circus, 1929 ~ 1945 / Bennett Brothers Circus,

Front

This site was the winter quarters of the Barnett Brothers Circus, briefly known as the Wallace Brothers Circus, from 1929 through 1945. Founded by Ray W. Rogers (1889 ~ 1946), the circus was one of the first to travel by ...

Billy and Ma Sunday

Evangelist William "Billy" Sunday and his wife Helen "Ma" Sunday owned this farm, 1899-1913, and spent their summers here. Ma was born on the farm. Billy was born in Ames, Iowa, in 1862. He played outfield for Chicago and other ...

Battle of Milton

On March 20, 1863, a brigade of Union infantry took a position on this ridge and held off repeated attacks by General John H. Morgan's Confederate cavalry. The 1500 Federals, under the command of Colonel Hall, inflicted heavy casualties on ...

Robinson Memorial Gate

In Memory of

Franklin C. Robinson

of the class of 1873 for thirty six

years teacher of Bowdoin men

and in Memory of his wife

Ella Maria Tucker Robinson

Marker is at the intersection of Maine Street and Bath Road (Maine Route 24), on the left ...

Las Moras Masonic Lodge Building

(First County Courthouse)

Built in 1878-1879 to serve as the first county-owned courthouse for Kinney County, this structure served that purpose for thirty-two years. In 1911 it became the headquarters of the Las Moras Masonic Lodge, which was chartered in 1876. ...