353rd Fighter Group

And Support Units

Dedicated to the members of

the 353rd Fighter Group and

Support Units that served at

Gox Hill, Metfield and Raydon

Airdromes, England, 1943 - 1945.

Fighter Sqdns.

350th LH

351st YJ

352nd SX

Aircraft P-47's - P-51's

Dedicated 11 Nov. 88

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The Odd Fellows Hall

Vacaville

The Independent Order of Odd Fellows (I.O.O.F.,) Vacaville Lodge No. 83, re-built this structure of brick and cast-iron columns in 1889. The previous two building burned in 1877 and 1884. The earthquake of 1892 seriously damaged the front of the ...

Battle of Petersburg

25 April 1781

On 25 Apr. 1781, American Brig. Gen. Peter Muhlenberg’s Virginia militia fell back west from Blandford, under heavy British fire, to a prepared line of defense here along the crest of this hill. This second line of Virginia ...

Battle of Petersburg

25 April 1781

On 25 Apr. 1781, American Brig. Gen. Peter Muhlenberg formed his first line of 500 Virginia militia here to meet the British. The line extended along East Street from the Appomattox River to present-day Washington Street and consisted ...

“Lest We Forget That Peace Has a Price”

In memorial to our Marines of the Multi-National Peacekeeping Force, Lebanon – 1983.

West Virginia — Semper Fidelis

Cpl. Mecot Camara, Hinton • Lcpl. Russell Cyzick, Star City • HM2 Marion E. Kees, Martinsburg • Lcpl. David Cosner, Elkins • Cpl. Timothy ...

Battle of Petersburg

25 April 1781

To the west stood East Hill (Bollingbrook), home of the widow Mary Marshall Tabb Bolling. After the 25 Apr. 1781 Battle of Petersburg, British Maj. Gen. William Phillips and Brig. Gen. Benedict Arnold located their headquarters at the ...

I.O.O.F. Building

I.O.O.F. Building

Erected 1892

Colusa Heritage Marker 2

May 6, 1977

Marker is at the intersection of Fifth Street and Market Street on Fifth Street.

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First Rural Free Delivery Route

For many years the National Grange and other organizations interested in the welfare of citizens residing in rural areas advocated the establishment of rural free delivery of mail. In October 1896, the Post Office Department introduced experimental rural delivery in ...

Martinez-Benicia Ferry

"Gateway to the Gold Fields"

Founded by Dr. Robert Semple in 1847, the Martinez-Benicia ferry was the first established and longest operating ferry service in the S.F. Bay Area. In 1850 Oliver Coffin took over the operation and with his brothers ...

James Danforth Quayle

On August 19,1988, this beautiful court house square was host to 12,500 residents and visitors gathered to witness the first rally of the successful presidential campaign of George Herbert Walker Bush and Huntington's favorite son and 44th Vice President of ...