91st Bomb Group (H)

Always Remembered

322 Sqdn. • 323 Sqdn. • 324 Sqdn.

401 Sqdn.

and supporting units

441st Sub Depot • 243 Med. Disp. (AVN)

1st Station Comp. • 39 ABGp. Hq. & Hq.

1996 Ordnance • 2024 Eng. FF.

1204 QM • 206 Finance

863 CWS • 18 Weather

556 ...

Battle at Point of Rocks

This [railroad] company was met by the most decided and inveterate opposition, on the part of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company.

Philip E. Thomas, President, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company

The proximity of railroad tracks by the canal belies the intense ...

Miles B. Carpenter

Miles B. Carpenter (1889-1985) moved to a Sussex County peanut farm from Pennsylvania in 1902. He entered the lumber business in 1912 with a planing mill and sawmill. When business slowed during World War II, he whittled figures but did ...

Camp Brandywine

In the Civil War the first camp of this name was at Wilmington Fair Grounds for the First and Second Delaware Regiments. The same name was given this site in September 1862 for a camp of Pennsylvania troops sent to ...

Carson Park Baseball Stadium

Historic Building

The Carson Park Baseball Stadium is a Works Progress Administration (WPA) project constructed in 1936-37. The stadium was built at a cost of $60,000. The sandstone used for the stadium was quarried at Downsville, WI about 25 miles from ...

General John “Black Jack” Pershing

1860-1948

Spanish American War

Mexican Expedition

General of the Armies

World War I

Attended the dedication of Monument Park as keynote speaker in 1908

Marker is at the intersection of Palisade Avenue and Angioletti Place, on the left when traveling south on Palisade Avenue.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Death of Boone's Son

In this valley, on 10 Oct. 1773, Delaware, Shawnee, and Cherokee Indians killed Daniel Boone's eldest son, James, and five others in their group of eight settlers en route to Kentucky. Separated from Daniel Boone's main party, the men had ...

Colonel Michael Blow

One mile south on Seacock Swamp stood the home of Col. Michael Blow. He was the first Chairman of the Committee of Safety of Sussex County, member of the House of Burgesses, member of the First Virginia Convention (1774), County ...

Forrest's Murfreesboro Raid

July 10, 1862

Col. Nathan Bedford Forrest's brigade, having left Chattanooga July 9, bivouacked here enroute to his capture of Murfreesboro. The Brigade then consisted of the 8th Texas Cavalry (Wharton), 2nd Georgis Cavalry (Lawton), and Woodard's Kentucky Cavalry Battalion. The ...

Burlington County Colorado Veterans Memorial

Dedicated to All American veterans. This monument is dedicate to all Americans who have served in the United States Military. The names here are but a few. May we never forget the sacrifices that have been made. “In Honor of ...