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Darby Field

Darby Field

Named in honor of

Brigadier General William O. Darby, U.S.Army

Killed in action

1945

Erected June 1979

By his West Point classmates, USMA 1933

And the William O. Darby Ranger Memorial Foundation

To honor his leadership and courage as

Ranger Force founder and commander

And his inspiration to ...

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The Velodrome Story

24 Acres and a Vision

The Valley Preferred Cycling Center, the most celebrated velodrome in modern American cycling history, traces its roots to the dream of one inspired visionary and its legendary success to the dreams of countless champions who began ...

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Portola Trail

Spanish colonization of California began in 1769 with the expedition of Don Gaspar de Portolá from Mexico. With Captain Don Fernando Rivera v Moncada, Lieutenant Don Pedro Fages, Sgt. José Francisco Ortega, and Fathers Juan Crespí and Francisco Gómez, he ...

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Louis Caterino

No. 1 Boater       No. 1 Friend

Lou, fond of saying, “Just Relax,” had great concern for others. He often helped boaters in distress and could be seen retrieving broken-away docks. God saw fit to take him, but ...

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Mary Powell Bell

 

This bell, cast by the Meneely Bell Foundry in West Troy, New York, in 1861, came from the famous steamboat Mary Powell which operated on the Hudson River from 1861 to 1917. The Mary Powell ran between Rondout/Kingston and ...

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Sections of the “Old Stone Road”

 

          These two grooved sections of bluestone were once part of the “Stone Road” which was installed on the dirt roads that ran from the bluestone quarries in the Catskills, not far from Kingston, to ...

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Crescent Park Looff Carousel

Has been designated a National Historic Landmark

This site possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America

1987

National Parks Service

United States Department of the Interior

Marker is on Bullocks Point Ave., on the right when traveling north. ...

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Enlisted Men

Both Union Soldiers training at Ft. Warren and Confederate prisoners of war were quartered along this side of the fort, often in adjoining rooms. his area also contained a schoolroom, 1900-volume library, and a chapel which was used almost daily ...

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Alfred Johnson and John B. Morin

Erected in Honor of

Alfred Johnson, U.S.N.

and

John B. Morin, U.S.M.C.

The first from Attleboro

to die in action

World War II

November 15, 1942

In the South Pacific area

December 15, 1942

On Guadalcanal Island

Dedicated to their memory by their fellow citizens

November 7th 1943

Marker is at ...

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Home of Clara Pendleton Blanchard

1843-1931

For 40 years Clara sailed, first with her father at age nine, then with her husband, Captain William Blanchard, aboard 13 vessels in all. She enjoyed one of the longest documented lives at sea and sailed to all parts of ...

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