Law & Politics in 18th Century Isle of Wight

Constructed in 1750 and 1751, this building was the center of law and politics in Isle of Wight County until 1800, when the seat of county government was moved to its current location, seven miles south of Smithfield.

Marker is ...

Camp Hoover

Camp Hoover

has been designated a

National

Historic Landmark

This site possesses national significance

in commemorating the history of the

United States of America

1988

National Park Service

United States Department of the Interior

Marker can be reached from Rapidan Road, on the left when traveling west.

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Profile of Fort

This exterior view of the restored Northwest Bastion illustrates the effectiveness of an earthwork fort. The fort walls were 18-22 feet high, 12-14 feet thick, and slanted at 45 degrees.

To gain access to the fort an attacker would have to ...

453rd Bomb Group

1943 - 1945

453rd Bomb Group

2nd Combat Wing

2nd Air Division

Old Buckenham

England

8th Air Force

Dedicated May 8 1984

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The Route of the Hiawatha- This Place Had a Name?

During the 1910 fires, fire fighters hopping off a train here at two in the morning wondered, “why anyone bothered to give this spot a name.”

In fact, Adair started out several years earlier as a boisterous railroad construction tent camp ...

32nd Troop Carrier Squadron

In honor of

those who served in the

32nd Troop Carrier Squadron

American Theater

North African Theater

European Theater

1943 - 1946

12th AF • 314th TCG • 9th AF

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467th Bombardment Group (H)

Sept. 1943 - June 1945

Dedicated 8 October 1983

to the memory of our comrades who died

in training and in 212 combat missions

flown in B-24 Liberator bombers from

Station 145, Rackheath, Norfolk, England

from 10 April 1944 to 25 April 1945,

and to all assigned ...

Protection of the Hudson River

On July 12th, 1776, the British warships Phoenix and Rose sailed beneath the unarmed Bluff Rock, later named Fort Lee. This provocative action led Congress to order General Washington “By every art and whatever expense to obstruct effectively the navigation ...

452nd Bombardment Group

Dedicated to the members of the

452nd Bombardment Group

Activated 1 June 1943

Deactivated 27 August 1945

728th Sqdn • 729th Sqdn

730th Sqdn • 731st Sqdn

Base of Operations

Deopham Green, England

250 combat missions flown in B-17s

1 unit citation

2 Medal of Honor winners

Dedicated 25 June 1983

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The Route of the Hiawatha- The Big Blowup

The forest fires of August, 1910, burned millions of acres in Idaho, Montana and Washington. On the night of August 20, engineer Johnnie Mackedon, returning from a trip to St. Paul Pass, found the Falcon siding on fire. Over one ...