Founding of the Santa Fe Railway

This marker

commemorates the

founding of

The Atchison

Topeka and Santa Fe

Railway

in

Atchison, Kansas

September 17, 1860

Marker is on Commercial Street near 9th Street, on the right when traveling west.

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Great Woodbridge Train Wreck of 1951

In memory of the 85 people who perished on February 6, 1951, when a Pennsylvania Railroad Commuter Train derailed ¼ of a mile (1300 feet) south of this station, and in recognition of the Woodbridge residents and those of the ...

Fort Washington

Lytle Park Series

Southwest of Lytle was Fort Washington, built in 1789 and 1790 and named for President George Washington. The fort protected settlers in the new Ohio country from Indian attacks. It became the base headquarters for the Indian campaigns ...

Confederate Soldiers

Confederate Soldiers who

served in Gen Sibley's Brig

with Maj Trevanion T Teel

were buried here when Conf

Flag was flying over Old Albuqerque

in April 1862

Marker can be reached from San Felipe Street NW.

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USS Norfolk Bell

The first Naval vessel to bear the name Norfolk was a brigantine built in 1798 to protect American commerce against armed French vessels in the West Indies.

The second USS Norfolk, Destroyer Leader I, was a submarine "hunter-killer" ship and ...

Glorietta Battlefield

The decisive battle of the Civil War

in New Mexico was fought at the

summit of Glorietta Pass on

March 28, 1862. Union troops

won the battle when a party of

Colorado Volunteers burned

the Confederate supply

wagons, thus destroying

Southern hopes for taking

over ...

James F. Byrnes

1879-1972

Lawmaker

Supreme Court Justice

"Assistant President"

Secretary of State

Peacemaker

Governor

Citizen of Aiken, 1900-1926

He gave a lifetime of service to state, nation, and the world.

Marker is on Park Avenue, on the right when traveling east.

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Task Force Smith

Dedicated to the memory of the 375 infantrymen from the 1st Battalion 21st Infantry, the 134 artillerymen from the 52nd Field Artillery Battalion, and the 31 medical personnel from the medical company of the 21st Infantry Regiment who comprised Task ...

U.S. Fourth Infantry Division

World War I

World War II

Korean War Era

Vietnam

Desert Storm

[Ivy Leaf Insignia:]

In Memory of All Veterans of the U.S. 4th Infantry (Ivy) Division

Dedicated 1 July 1993

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Battle of Germantown

On the morning of the Battle of Germantown,

October 4 1777,

the Pennsylvania Militia, under

Gen'l John Armstrong,

occupying the high ground on the west side

of the creek opposite this point, engaged in a skirmish the left wing of ...