Washington Presbyterian Church

The Presbyterian Church at Washington was organized in 1790, under the Presbytery of South Carolina, with the Rev. John Springer as first pastor. Services were held in private homes, in the Court House, the Academy, and in the Methodist Church, ...

11th Bombardment Group (H)

In proud memory of

the members of the

11th Bombardment Group (H)

who served in the Pacific

from December 7, 1941 to

VJ Day

They Asked Little

and Gave Much

July 23, 1981

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485th Bomb Group (Heavy)

In honor of the men of the

485th Bomb Group (Heavy)

15th Air Force, World War II.

Activated 1 Oct 1943

Gowen Field, Idaho. Trained at

Fairmont AAF, Nebraska.

Flew B-24's from Venosa, Italy

over Southern, Central, and Eastern

Europe 10 May 44 to 25 Apr 45

Distinguished Unit ...

Salem School Bell

Salem School Bell

1883 – 1938

from

Lodi’s first school

Located at Lodi Ave. and Stockton St.

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Grand Battery

Fort Montgomery was built to prevent British ships from sailing up the Hudson River. The centerpiece of the fort’s river defenses was its Grand Battery of six 32-pounder cannons. One of the largest cannons of the Revolutionary War, a 32-pounder ...

483rd Bombardment Group (H)

Dedicated 30 September 1983

to the men of the

483rd

Bombardment Group (H)

5th Wing, 15th Air Force

Sterparone (near Foggia), Italy

Activated 22 September 1943

Ephrata, Washington

Deactivated 25 September 1945

Pisa, Italy

Flew 215 combat missions in B-17's

12 April 1944 to 26 April 1945

Destroyed 76 enemy aircraft

Lost 74 ...

Winfree Memorial Baptist Church

Midlothian Mine Disaster

Winfree Memorial Baptist Church, constituted in 1852 as Jerusalem Baptist Church, originally stood to the west on Buckingham Pike. In September 1881, to better serve the coal mining community, the frame structure was rolled here on logs. On ...

303rd Bomb Group 'H'

Hells Angels

In memory of

Bomb Squadrons

358 - 359 - 360 - 427,

and support units

364 combat missions

Most of any 8th AF B-17 Group

Molesworth, England

12 Sept. 1942 - 11 June 1945

October 9, 1982

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Embrey Dam

In 1909-10, the Fredericksburg Water Power Company constructed the Embrey Dam and its power plant on Caroline Street, for the express purpose of generating electric power. The increasing number of uses for this emerging technology encouraged such an ambitious investment, ...

34th Bomb Group (Heavy)

Valor To Victory

To the American airmen of the 34th who in valor gave their lives to the victory that made real the challenge for world peace and unity.

The 34th Heavy Bombardment Group, a unit of the United States Air Force ...