Lexington Ship Memorial

Dedicated to

the memory of

those who served

aboard a ship

named

Lexington

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April 18, 1988

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The Lexington Lions Club

U.S.S. Lexington CV-16 Association

1st Lexington

16 Gun Brigantine

Originally the merchantman “Wild Duck”. Purchased by Continental Congress in March, 1776 and renamed in honor of the courageous Lexington Minutemen, ...

Tipp City Veterans Memorial

In Honor of All Who Serve

“Day is done

Gone the sun

From the hills

From the lakes

From the sky

All is well

Safely rest

God is nigh”

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street (Ohio Route 571) ...

William Hooper

One of North Carolina's three signers of the Declaration of Independence. Home was here.

Marker is on North 3rd Street (U.S. 74) 0.1 miles south of Princess Street, on the right when traveling south.

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1953 Gas Explosion

On January 27, 1953, an explosion caused

by a natural gas leak killed ten people

and destroyed five buildings on the

northern half of this block. The five

buildings destroyed were Platt's Drug Store,

the Jones Electric Company (the site of

the explosion), R.W. McCreary's, the

Diana ...

The Greatest Sacrifice / Prelude to Gettysburg

The price of war is devastation. Franklin County paid the price when its county seat, Chambersburg, was burned to the ground in 1864. Invaded in 1862, 1863, and 1864 by Confederate forces, Franklin County has the distinction of suffering more ...

Central Park and The Kohl Pumphouse

The site of the Central Park is possibly the sole surviving example of the late nineteenth century estates once so numerous on the Peninsula.

Charles B. Polhemus, Director of the San Francisco & San Jose Railroad and founder of Central San ...

Putnam County World War Memorial Clock

To Those That Served

Lest We Forget

In memory

of all

veterans

who served

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street (U.S. 224) and Hickory Street, on the left when traveling east on Main Street.

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Ross's Battery Camp

Hurlbut's Division

U.S.

Camp of

Ross' Battery,

(2d Michigan), Hurlbut's (4th) Div.,

Army of the Tennessee.

First position in line of battle April 6, 1862, was 7/8 mile south, at south side of Peach Orchard.

Marker can be reached from Cavalry Road 0 miles west of ...

Putnam County Veterans Memorial

[ Two Sided Memorial ]

( Facing East )

-§-(Veterans of Foreign Wars Crest)-§-

To Those Who Served

( Facing West )

-§-(American Legion Crest)-§-

To Those Who Served

Marker is on South Cemetery Road (County Route 50 W) south of Veterans Memorial Highway, on the left. ...

Harrisonville Road (Prospect)

This was the main road to Harrisonville. Fagan’s Confederate Division was posted here at noon on Oct.23, 1864. At daylight that day Gen. Price’s huge wagon train moved south on this road. After his defeat at Byram’s Ford Gen. Marmaduke ...