Patton's Headquarters

Fort George G. Meade

In 1917, Captain George S. Patton, Jr., sailed to France to join the staff of General John J. Pershing.

In November of that year he was detailed to the Tank Corps and attended the course at the French ...

RI Pilots of Brenton Reef Pilot Station

In memory of Rhode Island State licensed pilots serving the Brenton Reef Pilot Station located 4 miles due south.

Capt. John J. Neary, Jr. Serving 1955 – 1997

Capt. Walter H. Fricke Serving 1971 – 1989

Capt. Carl T. Ohrn Serving 1972 – ...

Maj. Gen. Ralph H. Van Deman

In honored memory of Maj. Gen. Ralph H. Van Deman, father of modern U.S. Military Intelligence. Born September 3, 1865. Died January 22, 1952.

On the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Corps of Intelligence Police - the U.S. Army's ...

Captain Jefferson Hunt, Soldier, Pioneer, Churchman

Born January 20, 1804 in Kentucky - Died May 11, 1879 in Idaho

Charles Jefferson Hunt served in the Mormon Battalion as Captain of Company “A” and as assistant executive officer. In it’s historic march from Council Bluffs, Iowa to San ...

Historic Battery Park & Castle Clinton

Exploring Downtown

From early Dutch times the tip of Manhattan was fortified with the batteries of guns from which the Battery takes its name – first at the 17th-century Fort Amsterdam on the Custom House site, then at Castle Clinton. ...

Eau Gallie Public Library

This library is the second oldest library in Brevard County. It was founded by the members of the Avilah Club in 1898. Its first location was in the Eau Gallie Post Office (See marker on Highland Avenue.)

The Eau Gallie ...

Lt. Col. Lemuel Penn and the Civil Rights Act

On the night of July 11, 1964 three African-American World War II veterans returning home following training at Ft. Benning, Georgia were noticed in Athens by local members of the Ku Klux Klan. The officers were followed to the nearby ...

Porterville

Porterville was settled by the members of the Porter Family. Sanford Porter Jr., while on duty as a scout in the winter of 1857-58, rode into a canyon so rocky and difficult to travel that he named it Hardscrabble. Here ...

Liberty Poles

Here in the ancient commons of the city, where before the time of our national independence five liberty poles were successively set up, this flag pole of 1921 is placed in grateful remembrance of all lovers of our country who ...

W.C. Trout and the Counter-Balanced Pumping Unit

The son of an early industrial engineer, W.C. Trout (1874-1947) came to Lufkin in 1905 and joined Lufkin Foundry & Machine Co. as a shareholder and company secretary. Already a successful inventor, Trout led the diversification of the shop from ...