Lewes & Rehoboth Hundred in Rehoboth Beach in Sussex County, Delaware — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Delaware's Medal of Honor Recipients

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), September 16, 2022

1. Delaware's Medal of Honor Recipients Marker

Inscription.
Alexander Hand, 1862 • Charles B. Tanner, 1862 • James Parke Postles, 1863 • John B. Maberry, 1863 • Bernard McCarren, 1863 • John Shilling III, 1864 • Henry A du Pont, 1864 • David E. Buckingham, 1865 • Samuel Rodmond Smith, 1865 • Griffin Seward, 1869 • Leonard Chadwick, 1898 • Charles H. Pierce, 1899 • William Lloyd Nelson, 1943 • James P. Connor, 1944

Erected by Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States.

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, Spanish-American • War, US Civil • War, World II. In addition, it is included in the Medal of Honor Recipients series list.

Location. 38° 42.871′ N, 75° 5.369′ W. Memorial is in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, in Sussex County. It is in Lewes & Rehoboth Hundred. It is on State Road (Delaware Route 1B) just south of Rehoboth Avenue ( Route 1A), on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 101 State Rd, Rehoboth Beach DE 19971, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is on Delaware’s

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Beaches.

It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic,

on the Delmarva Peninsula,

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,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Cape Henlopen Lighthouse Replica (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Traveling to the Beach (about 700 feet away); The Nation's Summer Capitol (approx. 0.2 miles away); Recreation and Tourism (approx. 0.2 miles away); Commerce and the Canal (approx. 0.2 miles away); History of the Canal (approx. 0.2 miles away); Walk the Boards (approx. 0.3 miles away); The Anna Hazzard House (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Rehoboth Beach.

The memorial stands in front of the Rehoboth Beach VFW image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), September 16, 2022

2. The memorial stands in front of the Rehoboth Beach VFW

Credits. This page was last revised on June 5, 2026. It was originally submitted on September 18, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 286 times since then and 25 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 18, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.