27th Fighter Bomber Group

A-36 Invader • P-47 Thunderbolt

Five Presidential Citations • 1941 - 1945

Invasions • 1943 - 1945

Sicily, Italy and Southern France

Battle Stars

Sicily • Naples-Foggia • Anzio

Rome-Arno • Northern Appenines • Southern France

Northern France • Rhineland-Central Europe

Dedicated Oct 1991

Courtesy hmdb.org

Battery Decatur and Disappearing Guns

American coastal defenses were modernized from the 1890s to 1910 with the development of the Endicott System. Emphasis in military tactics shifted the masonry fortifications to more effective weapons based on rifled steel guns, improved breech-loading systems, better propellants (gunpowder), ...

322nd Bomb Group (M)

449th-450th-451st-452nd & HQs. Sqdns.

1942 - 1945

England-France-Belgium-Germany

Distinguished Unit Citation

ETO Medal & Six Battle Stars

To those who flew the B-26

To those who kept them flying

To those we left behind.

“I've trod the high untrespassed

sanctity of space, put out my hand

and touched the face ...

466th Bombardment Group (H) Memorial Tree

Dedicated to

the 333 members

who lost their lives

while serving in WWII

Flew 231 combat mission

from Attlebridge, England

333 Killed, 171 POW's,

8 Evaded, 27 Interned.

First mission 22 Mar. 1944

Last mission 25 April 1945

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St. James, Goose Creek Chapel of Ease / Bethlehem Baptist Church

Marker Front:

St. James, Goose Creek Chapel of Ease

One of two chapels of ease for St. James, Goose Creek Parish stood here on the road to Moncks Corner, about 7 miles from the 1719 parish church. The chapel of ease was ...

First Baptist Church

This congregation, founded in 1794 and long known as Antipedo Baptist Church, was the first separate Baptist congregation in Georgetown. Baptists had worshipped in the area as early as 1710, sharing the Black Mingo Meeting House with Presbyterians and later ...

The Petersburg Railroad

The Petersburg Railroad, sometimes called the Weldon Railroad, united Petersburg with Weldon, North Carolina. It was one of the first railroads in America, beginning operations in 1833. It carried vast amounts of cargo and passengers to and from Petersburg before ...

Wheeling Hospital

Chartered March 12, 1850, oldest hospital in state, thru efforts of Dr. S.P. Hullihen, Bishop Whelan and Sisteres of Saint Joseph. Had several locations before moving to this site in 1856. Served as Civil War Army hospital, Nov. 1864 - ...

Pike's Peak

Has been designated a Registered National Historic Landmark under the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935 this site possesses exceptional value in commemorating and illustrating the history of the United States. US Department of the Interior, ...

James C. Roberts Municipal Complex

Named in Honor of Jimmy Roberts for his meritorious service to the citizens of Gray as Mayor from May 1972 until Dec. 1993. The son of Corbin and Sara Greene Roberts. He was born and educated in Jones Co. He ...