Rio Grande in Lower Township in Cape May County, New Jersey — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Ens. Andrew P. Hamilton

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), January 22, 2022

1. Ens. Andrew P. Hamilton Marker

Inscription. Near this site March 30, 1945 Ens. Hamilton perished while on a Corsair training flight at Naval Air Station Wildwood

Erected by Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation Museum.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • Disasters • Education • War, World II. A significant historical date for this entry is March 30, 1945.

Location. 39° 0.008′ N, 74° 54.252′ W. Marker is in Lower Township, New Jersey, in Cape May County. It is in Rio Grande. It is on Breakwater Road (County Road 613) just west of Terminal Drive, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 505 Terminal Dr, Rio Grande NJ 08242, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on New Jersey’s Jersey Shore.

It is also in the American Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

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least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Ens. Leonard R. Volpi (a few steps from this marker); Cape May County Airport (approx. 0.3 miles away); Vietnam Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away); NAS Wildwood Veterans Memorial (approx. half a mile away); Atlantic City Railroad - Cape May Division (approx. 1.3 miles away); Cold Spring Grange Hall (approx. 1.6 miles away); Tulip Poplar (approx. 1.7 miles away); Welcome to the Nature Trail at Bradner's Trail (approx. 1.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lower Township.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), January 22, 2022

2. Ens. Andrew P. Hamilton Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on January 25, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 196 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on January 25, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.