Battle of Rhode Island   1778

During the American Revolution the British strategy focused on controlling American ports and blockading the coast. Because of Newport’s significance as a deep-water port and as a center of trade, British forces landed in Newport in December of 1776 to ...

Edgewater World War I Monument

* Farrell J.P. • * Murphy M. • * Regan W. • * Weir G.H. • Zaikowski A. • Allen Jack • Adams H. • Aarons S.M. • Burns Leroy • Bernhardt W. • Buckley Leo • Bobat S. ...

Hamilton Plantation

In 1800 James Hamilton, with his partner John Couper, purchased land at Gascoigne Bluff. Under Hamilton’s stewardship, Hamilton Plantation became one of the major St. Simons producers of long-staple cotton. After Hamilton moved to Philadelphia, management oversight was carried out ...

Edgewater Vietnam Veterans Monument

Lest We Forget

This Memorial

Is Dedicated To

The Residents

Of The Borough

Of Edgewater

Who Served

In Defense Of

Our Country

During The

Period Of The

Southeast

Asian Conflict

May 28, 1973

In Memory Of

Edward Breen • Timothy Daly • Kevin Kennedy • ...

St. Anne Catholic Church

(Front text)

Members of the Catholic Church of

St.Lawrence laid the cornerstone of

the Catholic Church of St. Anne here

in 1909 next to St. Joseph's Academy

(1862-1929). St. Anne's is an early Gothic

revival structure, with a cruciform

floor plan. For the past several decades

the parish ...

Edgewater Veterans Memorial

For Whom The Bell Tolls

This Bell is Dedicated to All

Veterans of Edgewater

Who Served Their Country

Honorably in Time Of

War & Peace

1983

Marker can be reached from River Road near Glenwood Avenue, on the left when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The 526th Armored Infantry Battalion

World War II

In honored memory of those soldiers of the battalion who trained here at Camp Bouse and gave their lives in combat to preserve the freedom of the United States and to set the Peoples of Europe free.

Headquarters Company

Donald ...

Edgewater World War II Memorial

In Memory of the Men Of

Edgewater, N.J.

Who Gave Their Lives

For Their Country

In World War II

Paul O. Allen • William E. Barber • William J. Conway • John J. Delaney • John F. Eager • Robert M. English • Benjamin L. ...

National Soldiers Home

The Wisconsin Soldiers’ Home Association was formed in 1864 by a coalition of women’s charitable organizations led by Lydia Hewitt, Hannah Vedder, and Mrs. E. L. Buttrick of Milwaukee. The Association raised funds to endow a hospital where sick and ...

Battle of Missionary Ridge

Without orders, the Federals charged up the mountain

On the morning of November 25, 1863, Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's Union army began its attack against Gen. Braxton Bragg's Confederates who occupied this ridge and the slopes below. After unsuccessful attacks ...