Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II

The 23D Tactical Fighter Wing accepted its first A-10 Thunderbolt II in December 1980. Nicknamed the warthog by its pilots, the A-10 was designed to provide close air support for ground forces. One of the most advanced features of the ...

Pomona Water Power Plant

The first hydroelectric installation in California for long-distance transmission of alternating current at high voltage was built in 1892 on San Antonio Creek below this spot by the San Antonio Light and Power Company organized by Dr. Cyrus Grandison Baldwin, ...

Elon University

Founded Elon College by the Christian Church in 1889. Coeducational. Burned in 1923; rebuilt 1923 - 26.

Marker is on North Williamson Avenue near West Haggard Avenue.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Lyons Station

This site was the location of a combination store, post office, telegraph office, tavern, and stage depot accommodating travelers during the Kern River gold rush in the early 1850s. A regular stop for Butterfield and other early California stage lines, ...

Sconnelltown

Cornwallis stopped here in 1777

Cornwallis’ division of the British Army halted here September 11, 1777, on its march to the Battlefield of Brandywine

Marker is at the intersection of Birmingham Road and Squire Drive, on the right when traveling ...

Franconia

“Frankhonia Farm” was situated on 191 acres purchased in 1859 by Alexandria merchant and businessman William Fowle from Joseph Broders of Oak Grove Farm. His son, Robert Rollins Fowle, sold 18 acres to the Alexandria & Fredericksburg Railway Company in ...

Site of the Larned House

Established by Henry Booth 1873

Marker is at the intersection of Broadway (U.S. 56) and 4th Street, on the right when traveling south on Broadway.

Courtesy hmdb.org

North American F-86 Sabre

The Flying Tigers flew the F-86, one of the first swept-wing jet fighters, in the early 1950s. Known as the 23rd Fighter Interceptor Group, the unit provided air defense for the Northeastern United States while stationed at Presque Isle AFB, ...

St. Mary Louise Hospital

55 North R Street, Virginia City, NV

The grounds were formally known as Van Bokkelen’s Beer Garden. General Jacob Van Bokkelen was commander of the Virginia City National guard, was killed in a dynamite explosion in his hardware store on ...

VFW 155mm Howitzer

Veterans of Foreign Wars

Post 9086   Torrington, CT.

155mm Howitzer

Presented to the

City of Torrington

All Veterans Memorial

1995

[ lower plaque ]

M114A2   Howitzer, Medium

Towed   155mm Cannon

Max Range:   30, 000 Meters

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