Sumter Vietnam Memorial

The men of Sumter County who gave their lives in Vietnam

Terry Lynn Anton; Robert Cain, Jr.; Herbert Hugo Cato, III; Charles Clark; Wyman Byrd Coleman; John Hughie Geddings; Charles Jack Girard; David Nathaniel Green. Jr.; Adherene Louis Haines; Leland Emanuel ...

Charles James Munnerlyn / “Refuge”

1822 ~ 1898

(Side 1):

Charles James Munnerlyn 1822 ~ 1898

As a delegate to the Georgia Convention at Milledgeville, he voted for secession. After the start of the Civil War, he volunteered as a private. When his health failed he returned home ...

Dyer County / Lauderdale County

(obverse)

Dyer County

Established 1823; named in honor of

Colonel Robert Henry Dyer

who served valiantly under General Andrew Jackson in the Natchez Expedition, the Creek War, War of 1812, - including the decisive battle of New Orleans, - and the Seminole War, 1818.

(reverse)

Lauderdale ...

Sumter World War II Monument

Dedicated to the Memory of the men of Sumter County who made the supreme sacrifice 1941 ~ 1945

(Along the Base of the monument)

World War II

Erected by the Grateful Citizens of Sumter County 1949

Marker is on North Main Street, on the ...

Sacred

Marker on front side of statue

Sacred

Shown in halter competition, Sacred has earned multiple AQHA World Champion and Reserve World Champion titles. The 1995 chestnut mare also has won the All American Quarter Horse Congress multiple times and has earned AQHA ...

Dash for Cash

and Jerry Nicodemus

Marker on left side of statue

Dash for Cash

By Rocket Wrangler out of Find a Buyer (TB), Dash for Cash combined speed, athletic ability, conformation, intelligence and a good disposition. Foaled in 1973, the stallion started 25 races finishing ...

Major General George L. Mabry, Jr. Veterans Memorial Park

Center Monument

In remembrance of those who paid the supreme sacrifice that we may remain a free people

Left front pedestal

Major General George L. Mabry, Jr. Veterans Memorial Park

Dedicated May 28, 1990

Maj. Gen. George L. Mabry, Jr., U.S. Army (Retired), was born ...

Refrigerator

February 23, 1988 - February 19, 1999

The mighty "Fridge" chilled rivals while he embodied greatness and captured hearts. The first to break the $2 million mark in earnings, he won the Champion of Champions (GI) a record three consecutive times. ...

Thomas Cree Homesite

First Tree

After serving as a teamster in the Civil War (1861-65), Thadium (Thomas) B. Cree worked for the Union Pacific Railroad. In 1888 he and his wife came to the High Plains. They acquired this land and, with no trees ...

"abounds with Beaver"

The U.S. Army expedition led by Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark journeyed up the Missouri River and passed through this area on July 9, 1804.

That evening, Clark wrote in his journal: “…passed the mouth of Creek on the L. ...