New Cumberland

Near New Cumberland, George Chapman settled, about 1783, and built an Indian fort. Here are graves of the Chapmans, Gregorys, Graftons, and other pioneer families. Pughtown, settled about 1810, was the first county seat.

Marker is on Ridge Avenue (West Virginia ...

The Battle of the Bulge

December 16, 1944 - January 25, 1945

Veterans of the Battle of the Bulge, Ardennes

Dedicated to the Gallant and Victorious Men and Women of the United States Army who participated in The Battle of the Bulge

This enormous and intensive battle, the ...

85th Medical Battalion Avenue

Soldiers of the 85th Med Bn are recognized for their dedication and service while at Fort Meade. The Battalion's campaigns include Rhineland and Central Europe during WWII and Southwest Asia in 1991. In September 1992, the Battalion was transferred to ...

The Double Six

The Double Six Sandwich Shop is where the watermen meet at 3:00 AM for "smokes and coffee" before heading down to the docks to the day's work.

Named for the game of Dominos, the shop is open for sandwiches year-round, and ...

Walter Hershel Beech

1891~1950

Born in Pulaski, in 1891, Walter Herschel Beech was an aviation pioneer. In 1924 he helped to establish the Travel Air Manufacturing Company in Wichita, Kansas. By 1929 the company was the world's largest producer of commercial aircraft. In 1932, ...

Cadott Hub and Spoke Factory

In 1880, Captain Ellery Clark of DePere, Wisconsin moved his hub and spoke factory to Cadott. Clark had been a steam boat operator moving logs on the Fox River. He was drawn to the Cadott area because of the high ...

General Daniel Butterfield Statue

Sakura Park

Daniel Butterfield (1831-1901) was born October 31, 1831. His father John was a leader in the express mail business, and helped found the American Express Company. Butterfield graduated from Union College in 1849, and became a merchant in ...

Hood's Corps at Battle of Ruff's Mill

When Johnston’s forces [CS] withdrew from Kennesaw Mtn., July 3, 1864, they occupied a double line of field works extending from Smyrna S. W. to Nickajack Creek at Dodgen's Mill, more or less along this, the old Concord Road.

Hood’s Corps ...

Savannah's Liberty Ships and the Atlantic Bridge

Before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor brought the United States into World War II, President Roosevelt and Congress authorized a ship building program to construct a fleet of transport vessels that could carry American supplies to England. The design ...

Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Building

God gave us sons

we gave them to our country

and our country gave them back to God

This building is erected by the

citizens of Menasha in sacred memory

of those from our city who gave their

lives in the service of our country.

1928

Marker is ...