1st Sergeant Elmer J. Burr

1st Sergeant Elmer J. Burr was fatally wounded December 24, 1942 on the island of New Guinea. Burr covered an enemy grenade with his body to save his commanding officer and others. He died December 25 Christmas Day 1942.

Marker can ...

Alameda Terminus of the 1st Transcontinental Railroad

[Center and Main Marker:]

This plaque marks the terminus of the First Transcontinental Passenger train that started in New York City and terminated at Alameda Point Pier On September 6, 1869.

Erected by the U.S. Naval Air Station, Alameda in cooperation ...

51st Indiana Infantry

Garfield's Brigade - Wood's Division

(Front):51st Regiment

Infantry

commanded by

Col. Abel D. Streight,

20th Brigade - Gen. Garfield

6th Division - Gen. Wood

Army of the Ohio

Indiana

(Back):51st Infantry

commanded by

Col. Able D. Streight

This regiment was detailed by Brigadier General James A. Garfield at Savannah, Tennessee, to guard ...

In memory of 1st Lt. Jerome A. Volk

Lt. Volk was the first Wisconsin Air National Guard pilot killed in the Korean Conflict. Jerome Volk was born March 17, 1925, and attended Rufus King High School in Milwaukee. Volk enlisted, went to pilot training, and was commissioned during ...

The 1st Rhode Island Regiment and the Battle of Rhode Island

The 1st Rhode Island Regiment of the Continental Line

1775 – 1783

The war for American Independence was a long and arduous struggle that demanded much of the American people. Rhode Island responded to those demands with patriotic fervor, enduring the ...

81st Ohio Infantry

McArthur's Brigade - W.H.L. Wallace's Division

(front)

Ohio

81st Infantry

Commanded by

Col. Thomas Morton

McArthur's (2d) Brigade

W.H.L. Wallace's (2d) Division

Army of the Tennessee

(back)

This regiment guarded Snake Creek bridge during forenoon April 6, 1862; assisted in repelling enemy's advance at army's extreme right after noon; by ...

The 1st Hussars

To the everlasting memory

of the members of

THE 1ST HUSSARS

both the living and the dead, who together with

other Canadian and Allied servicemen

participated in the glorious campaign of 1944-1945

that led to the liberation of the Netherlands.

Presented by:

The Grateful Dutch Canadians of London

May ...

21st Regt. Conn. Vol.

1862 - 1865

Erected Sept. 5, 1898

by the State of Connecticut

in honor of

her

Citizen Soldiers

Marker is at the intersection of Broad Street and Hempstead Street, on the left when traveling west on Broad Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The 81st Infantry Division

Here trained

For Victory

Under

Desert Skies

The

81st Infantry

Division

The Wildcats

1943

In Memoriam

Privates

Robert J Vilella

Paul M. West

Earl S. Smith

James J. DeCarlo

Lynn Ramsey

Clyde B. Slayton

Arden W. Bridges

Courtesy hmdb.org

1st Ohio Sharpshooters

Headquarters of General George H. Thomas

1st Ohio Sharpshooters.

Headquarters Gen. George H. Thomas.

Capt. Gershom M. Barber.

Nov. 23, 1863.This command served at the Headquarters of the Army of the Cumberland.

It was composed of the Fifth Independent Company, Lieut. William N. Watson; the ...