The Spirit of the American Doughboy

Erected 1927 by

Francis M. Dodge

Wilbert M. Allen

and other citizens

in grateful recognition

of the patriotic service

rendered by

Fountain County

men and women

during the World War

1917–1918

Marker is on South Perry Street, on the left when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

James Babson Farm

James Babson

Farm

Granted by Special Town Act December 23, 1658

James and his mother Isabel were the first Babsons to reach America, arriving in 1632.

James' father died on shipboard while crossong.

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Town records show that Isabel was a very active ...

Republic F-105D Thunderchief

This aircraft, of a type used extensively in Southeast Asia air operations, is dedicated to all the courageous airmen who gave their lives in honor during that conflict.

Marker is at the intersection of McDill Blvd. and Brookley Ave., on ...

The Piper - Beebe House

This Italianate Victorican built in 1876 by A.F. Mackay, later the home of the Edward Piper family, and in 1949 the residence of Lucius M. Beebe, author and publisher, has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by ...

Tomb of General U.S. Grant

This tree is planted at the site of the tomb of General U.S. Grant, Ex-President of the United States of America, for the purpose of commemorating his greatness by Li Hung Chang, guardian of the Prince, Grand Secretary of State, ...

Ralph Blizard

1918-2004

Ralph Blizard, a Hall of Fame long-bow fiddler, was a pioneer entertainer on radio stations WOPI, WJHL and WKPT, at first with his high school classmates. He recorded and toured with the New Southern Ramblers across the United States and ...

385th Bomb Group (H)

Great Ashfield 8th AF

In Memoriam

of the officers and men of the

385th Bombardment Group (H),

U.S. Army Air Forces who gave

their lives in the Air Battles

over Europe 1943-1945, this

plaque is placed here by the

comrades of those men as an

everlasting tribute to their

heroic ...

451st Bombardment Squadron

In honor

of

the men who served in the

451st Bombardment Squadron

322nd Bombardment Group (M)

Flew 301 combat missions in

B-26 Marauders from

England, France and Belgium during WWII

6 Campaigns in European Theatre of Operations

Distinguished Unit Citation;

ETO, 17 July 1943 - 24 July 1944

“Our Fallen Comrades ...

Birthplace of Charles Holmes Herty

(1867-1938)

Charles Holmes Herty, one of America’s outstanding chemists, was born on this site December 4, 1867. He spent his early life in Milledgeville where he attended the Middle Georgia Agricultural and Military College (now Georgia College). Later he studied at ...

Hobcaw Barony

[Marker Front]:

In 1718 the Lords Proprietors granted

12,000 acres on Hobcaw Point, the

southern portion of Waccamaw Neck,

to John, Lord Carteret. The barony was

subdivided beginning in 1766, creating

several large rice plantations which

flourished until the Civil War. In 1905-

07 Bernard M. ...