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Replica of the Statue of Liberty

With the faith and courage of

their forefathers who made

possible the freedom of these

United States

The Boy Scouts of America

dedicate this copy of the

Statue of Liberty as a pledge

of everlasting fidelity and

and loyalty

40th Anniversary Crusade to

stengthen the arm of liberty

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City of Richmond Bicentennial

On July 2, 1782, the people of Richmond gathered near this site to elect twelve citizens and constitute their first city government, known as the Common Hall. The next day, the Richmond Common Council held its first meeting on the ...

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Marion 1150 Dragline Bucket

In the 1950's the Pierce, South Agnew and Morton mines utilized a Marion 1150 Dragline to strip off the glacial till from above the iron ore body. This stripping bucket was on that Hanna Mining Company dragline. Several of the ...

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Eugene J. Bullard, 1895-1961 / World’s First Black Combat Aviato

Eugene J. Bullard, 1895 - 1961

Bullard grew up in a small shotgun style house near this site. His father, William, was a laborer for the W. C. Bradley Company. Eugene completed the fifth grade at the 28th Street School. Shaken ...

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Gettysburg Campaign

Gen. Robert E. Lee reached Chambersburg June 26, 1863. Hearing June 28 that Union troops under Gen. Joseph Hooker had crossed the Potomac to Frederick, he decided to unite his forces at Cashtown; and left the city by this road.

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Capture of Boonville

To commemorate the battles

June 17th. and Sept. 13th. 1861

and capture of Boonville

Oct. 16, 1864

See marker four blocks south

Monument Committee G.A.R.

C. C. Bell, Commander

F. J. Boller, Quartermaster.

1931

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street (Missouri Route 5/87) and Court Street, on ...

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Naval Assault at Drewry’s Bluff

On May 15, 1862 a small federal fleet including the ironclads, the Monitor, the Galena, and three wooden war ships sailed up the James River to try to enter the Confederate capital at Richmond. Their efforts were blocked at Drewry’s ...

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Osborne Landing

Captain John Smith’s Adventures on the James

The Arrohateck Indians lived along the James River north of the Appomattox. They met Smith and his comrades on their initial journey up the James, paddling out to meet the English on a small ...

China Burma India Hump Aircrews

In memory of those United States

and Allied personnel who flew the

Himalayas in the China Burma India theater in World War II

Courtesy hmdb.org

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Gettysburg Campaign

On June 26, 1863, Gen. R.S. Ewell, with orders to take Harrisburg, marched his army by this road toward Carlisle, which he reached next day. On June 29, he was ordered to rejoin Lee's army at Cashtown.

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