C-7 "Caribou"

First flown by the Army in the 1960s,

the C-7 was used to provide logistic

support, particularly in Vietnam. Used

to support airborne training through

the 1970s. This aircraft was used by

the U.S. Army Parachute Demonstration

Team, the Golden Knights.

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450th Bombardment Group (H)

In honor of those who served with the

450th Bombardment Group (H)

1943 - Manduria, Italy - 1945 W.W.II

Squadrons

720th - 721st - 722nd - 723rd

"The Cottontails"

Distinguished Unit Citations

Regensburg Feb 25th 1944

Ploesti Apr 5th 1944

1505 men of the 450th Group were

killed or missing ...

North Sassafras Parish

(Episcopal)

Established by Act of Assembly in 1692. The first vestry met January 10, 1693 in the Court House at Ordinary Point. The Parish Church was “dedicated to the honor of Saint Stephen”, March 25, 1706. Rebuilt 1737, 1823 and 1873.

Marker ...

Tryon Mountain

Landmark on Cherokee boundary, negotiated by Gov. William Tryon and Cherokee Chief, 1776. Elevation 3,231 feet.

Marker is at the intersection of Skyuka Road and Lynn Street (North Carolina Route 108) on Skyuka Road.

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Fort Hunt Park

Welcome to Fort Hunt Park. The concrete platform in front of you, Battery Mount Vernon, once held a set of heavy guns designed to protect Washington, D.C. from naval attack. In 1885, Secretary of War William C. Endicott chaired a ...

Albany Path Ska-Nek-Ta-De

Trail Through Open Pines

Wagon, Stagecoach and

Military Road. Now State

St. and Route 5 to Albany

Marker is on State Street (New York Route 5) just south of Stanford Ave., on the right when traveling east.

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Historic Cedarburg

The source of Cedarburg’s vigor from its birth as a village in 1845 was the power-producing creek that the Irish and German immigrants found here. After building five dams and five mills, the life of the community flowed along the ...

Washington Avenue Historic District / Historic District Architec

(Double sided marker)

Washington Avenue Historic District

Even before Cedarburg incorporated in 1885, the community thrived with mills, shops, hotels, churches and residences, many of which remain in Cedarburg’s commercial center as part of the Washington Avenue Historic District. The District is ...

Beyond What You See Today

In addition to its use as a coastal defense during the Spanish-American War, Fort Hunt served further military purposes in later years. During World War II, the military transported enemy prisoners here in unmarked, windowless buses, literally "keeping them in ...

Cherry Grove

Ancestral home of the DeVeazie (Veazey) family; patented to John Veazey circa 1670. His descendant, Colonel Thomas Ward Veazey defended Duffy’s Fort, Fredericktown, from the British fleet May 5, 1813, and served as Governor of Maryland, 1836–1839. He is buried ...