This original Borne above, was donated and presented to the Camp Blanding Museum by the Department of Manche and the City of St Lo, (Normandy, France), it was dedicated on the 9th day of May, 1998, to the memory of the men of the 1st, 29th, 30th, . . . — — Map (db m177506) HM WM
With Americas armed forces completely integrated, the history of Black Floridian military service to this country cannot be separated from that of other citizens.
When the country called, citizens responded in varying degrees of fervor. . . . — — Map (db m178690) HM
In 1947 France named the road from Utah Beach in Normandy to the German Border the "Liberty Road".
This is the route of the US Forces across Western Europe in WW2.
Markers (Bourne) are placed at every kilometer of the road for 1146 . . . — — Map (db m177400) HM WM
Company C, 3/20th Special Forces
83rd Troop Command
Ocala
Gave the ultimate sacrifice in support of Operation Enduring Freedom on January 9, 2004 — — Map (db m177619) WM
In Memory of
Maj. Gen. Robert A. Ballard
CO - 502d Para BN. 101st ABN DIV
CO 503d Para REGT 101st ABN DIV
Bastogne Normandy Holland
CG 51st INF DIV FLANG
CG 55thCMD HORS Divisional FLANG
CG . . . — — Map (db m177966) WM
The Medal of Honor is the highest military award for personal bravery or self-sacrifice that can be given to any individual in the United States of America. It has only been awarded 3,428 times in the nations history.
Adam Paine . . . — — Map (db m179329) HM WM
Medal Of Honor
The Medal
Is awarded for gallantry & intrepidity, at risk of life , above and beyond the call of duty, while engaged in an action against an enemy of the United States.
The List . . . — — Map (db m180453) WM
Little known or appreciated is the fact that persons of African origin and heritage have served the military needs of Florida for more than four hundred years. Men and women of African origin have been an important, and essential part of Floridas . . . — — Map (db m178183) HM WM
HHC 2/124th Infantry
53rd Separate Infantry Brigade
Orlando
Gave the ultimate sacrifice in support of Operation Enduring Freedom on January 9, 2004 — — Map (db m177666) WM
631st Maintenance Company
50th Area Support Group
Starke
Gave the ultimate sacrifice in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom on June 26, 2003 — — Map (db m177571) WM
Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm
August 1990 February 1991
In honor of Florida National Guard Soldiers and Airmen who served
In special recognition and remembrance of
SGT Tracey Brogdon
Florida Army National Guard . . . — — Map (db m178490) WM
HHB 2/265th Air Defense Artillery
164th Air Defense Artillery
Orlando
Gave the ultimate sacrifice in support of Operation Enduring Freedom on May 5, 2004 — — Map (db m177727) WM
Awarded for
Wounds or Death as Result of an Act
Of an Opposing Armed Force
Dedicated to
All Those Who Shed Their Lifes Blood
In the Cause of Freedom — — Map (db m177723) WM
During the period of the American Revolution, Florida was occupied by the British and was a Loyalist colony during the war. The colony raised a regiment of East Florida Rangers consisting of nine companies, at least one of which was entirely . . . — — Map (db m178725) HM
Troop E, 153rd CAV
53rd Infantry Brigade
Ocala
Gave the ultimate sacrifice in support of Operation Enduring Freedom on August 3, 2006 — — Map (db m177556) WM
Battery A, 1/265th Air Defense Artillery
164th Air Defense Artillery
Palatka
Gave the ultimate sacrifice in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom on March 26, 2003 — — Map (db m177375) WM
Company C, 1/171 Aviation
83rd Troop Command
Brooksville
Gave the ultimate sacrifice in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom on October 24, 2004 — — Map (db m177731) WM
144th Transportation Company
83rd Troop Command
Marianna
Gave the ultimate sacrifice in support of Operation Enduring Freedom on December 9, 2004 — — Map (db m177743) WM
Company D, 3/20th Special Forces
83rd Troop Command
Camp Blanding
Gave the ultimate sacrifice in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom on December 5, 2006 — — Map (db m177570) WM
144th Transportation Company
83rd Troop Command
Marianna
Gave the ultimate sacrifice in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom on November 29, 2004 — — Map (db m177744) WM
Company C 2/124th Infantry
53rd Separate Infantry Brigade
Orlando
Gave the ultimate sacrifice in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom on July 6, 2003 — — Map (db m177597) WM
Company C 1/124th Infantry
53rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team
Miami
Gave the ultimate sacrifice in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom on September 24, 2010 — — Map (db m177588) WM
Company A, 3/124th Infantry
53rd Separate Infantry Brigade
Tallahassee
Gave the ultimate sacrifice in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom on November 12, 2003 — — Map (db m177616) WM
Headquarters Headquarters Company 53 Separate Infantry Brigade Pinellas Park.
Gave the ultimate sacrifice in support of Operation Enduring Freedom on June 24, 2006 — — Map (db m177367) WM
743rd Maintenance Company
50th Area Support Group
Fort Lauderdale
Gave the ultimate sacrifice in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom on September 16, 2004 — — Map (db m177729) WM
Headquarters Headquarters Company
53rd Separate Infantry Brigade
Tampa
Gave the ultimate sacrifice in support of Operation Enduring Freedom on March 28, 2005 — — Map (db m177811) WM
Special Forces
Airborne
Dedicated To
The Members and Families
of the 3rd Battalion
20th Special Forces Group
(Airborne)
Florida Army National Guard — — Map (db m178098) WM
Dedicated to
William Woodrow Braswell
"Woody"
Company G, 124th Infantry Regiment
Florida National Guard
Company B, 19th Infantry Regiment
24th Infantry Division
One of the
most decorated Florida Guardsman . . . — — Map (db m178677) WM
Thousands of black Floridians served their country during the First World War in the U.S. Army and Navy. They performed a variety of functions from stevedores to combat engineers, infantry to sailors, and in a number of medical roles.
Several . . . — — Map (db m178720) HM
Although still segregated, Americas armed forces were comprised of more than 100,000 Black Floridians serving around the world. As depicted in this panel, they served in all branches of the service and in many roles within each branch. Black . . . — — Map (db m178700) HM WM
In 1922 Rev. H.M. Melton of Bluffton Baptist Church challenged his congregation to set aside one acre of farmland and donate the proceeds from crops raised there to the cash-poor rural church. Seven farmers agreed. The "Lord's acres" not only . . . — — Map (db m228376) HM
In memory of Army Ranger 1st Lt Weston Cecil Lee who sacrificed his life while serving his country in Mosul, Iraq April 29 2017
As they sacrificed themselves in conflict, may our children live in peace — — Map (db m164112) WM
1814 Boundary
The boundary line defined in the Treaty of Fort Jackson (August 1814) between the confederated Creek tribes and the United States extended eastward from the mouth of Cemochechobee Creek south of here to a point near Jesup, . . . — — Map (db m47225) HM
This County created by Act of the Legislature Feb. 16, 1854, is named for Henry Clay, famous statesman who died in 1852. Near Fort Gaines, the County Site, stood the actual Fort built in 1816 for defense in the Creek Indian Wars and named for Gen. . . . — — Map (db m47761) HM
Clay County Courthouse is the oldest courthouse in the Pataula Judicial Circuit and one of the oldest in South Georgia. Construction began in 1871 and it was completed in 1873 as shown by Grand Jury Presentments recorded in Minute Book B pages 195, . . . — — Map (db m47762) HM
One of several forts on Georgias western frontier for the protection of white settlers, Fort Gaines was established in 1816 by order of Gen. Edmund P. Gaines, commander of a large district, who used this as his headquarters. Containing two . . . — — Map (db m48308) HM
Organized in 1836 under the command of Col. J. E. Brown, for 74 years the Fort Gaines Guards was one of the best and, later, the oldest military organization in western Georgia. Kept intact between wars, the Guards fought in the Indian and Mexican . . . — — Map (db m47097) HM
The son of James Gaines, Revolutionary soldier and relative of five Presidents, General Gaines (1777–1849) was born in Virginia. From 1801 to 1804 he built the military highway from Nashville, Tenn., to Natchez, Miss. He made the arrest of . . . — — Map (db m47515) HM
DILL HOUSE ~ John Dill (1788-1856) of S.C., military aide to Gen. Gaines, commander of Fort Gaines, and leading pioneer citizen, is said to have built this, “the finest home on the frontier,” with money his wife had saved while a captive . . . — — Map (db m47203) HM
CONFEDERATE FORT - To protect Fort Gaines from Federal gunboats, Confederate Army engineers in 1863 laid out a fort here, commanding a full view of the river for two miles below. A large magazine of lumber and sand was built about 60 feet from the . . . — — Map (db m46934) HM
This church was constituted on July 21, 1822, under the leadership of the Rev. Jim Davis, when Fort Gaines was part of Early County. Land for the church was donated and deeded by J. Hugh Edge. The first building, which also served as a schoolhouse, . . . — — Map (db m47207) HM
Founded in the 1880s Oakland High Schools name was derived from oak trees which grew in abundance at this location when the school building was constructed. The school originally had 10 grades. Mrs. Arlene Newton Richardson taught here from 1908 . . . — — Map (db m47764) HM
Oketeyeconne
Oketeyeconne, or Okitiyakani, was a Hitchiti-speaking Lower Creek town located near here on the east bank of the Chattahoochee River south of Sandy Creek during the late frontier period. Described in 1799 by Benjamin Hawkins, . . . — — Map (db m47227) HM
Here stood the Cotton Hill Male and Female Seminary incorporated by an Act of the Legislature March 6, 1856, but in existence before that time. Professor Norman Flavius Cooledge, uncle of President Calvin Coolidge, who had come to Georgia for the . . . — — Map (db m47103) HM
This was the first established cemetery of Fort Gaines. The earliest death date on a stone marker is 1830. The tombs of Georgia Militia General John Dill and his family are found in an enclosed lot. Reverend John E. Brown, second president of the . . . — — Map (db m47792) HM
Known by the Indians as A-Con-Hollo-Way Tal-lo fa (Highland Town), Fort Gaines, established as a frontier fort in 1816 by Gen. Edmund P. Gaines, was chartered as a town in 1830 and named for Gen Gaines. A shipping point for cotton planters for many . . . — — Map (db m47100) HM
In 1857, the Legislature authorized a lottery to complete this college, chartered in 1838 as Fort Gaines Female Institute. It was finished in 1859. Sereno Taylor was the first principal, followed by John W. Grant. The large college building was used . . . — — Map (db m164124) HM
When Clay County was created February 16, 1854, Fort Gaines became the county seat. The county's first courthouse, a single-room, wooden structure, was built on this lot later that year. The county's first jail was located to the north on an . . . — — Map (db m165233) HM
Once surrounded by vast plantations, Sutton's Crossroads was a vital part of the social and economic lives of area farmers. Sutton's Store developed as a farm commissary on the Warren Sutton Sr. cotton plantation. From the pioneering days of the . . . — — Map (db m175177) HM
In May of 1836 the 88th Regiment of the Georgia Militia built a small fort in anticipation of an attack by the Creek Indians. The Steamer Georgian had arrived crowded with women and children fleeing from the Indian uprising at Roanoke . . . — — Map (db m48229) HM
Side 1:
The second covered bridge across the Chattahoochee River, connecting Clay County, Georgia and Henry County. Alabama was constructed between 1867-69. Bonner and Walden, a New York construction company, were the original contractors . . . — — Map (db m164123) HM
Side 1:
Local Tradition maintains that the Toney-Standley House was built about 1803 by Mr. William Toney. It is reputed that on two occasions Toney had as his overnight guest Aaron Burr, third Vice- President of the United States. Legend . . . — — Map (db m50651) HM
New Lowell United Methodist Church
Methodist Episcopal Church worship services were conducted in this area during the early 1840s in a brush arbor. The original church, known as Lowell, was destroyed by fire during the Civil War. From 1865 to . . . — — Map (db m23419) HM
George Rogers Clark's conquest of the northwest was one of the most heroic chapters of the revolution.
En route to Vincennes from Kaskaskia, Clark's troops, followed a trail from the present site of Xenia to Lawrenceville that was almost . . . — — Map (db m178563) HM
Near this site was the home of Brevet Major General Lewis B. Parsons, who lived in Flora from 1875 until his death in 1907. Born in New York in 1818, Parsons graduated from Harvard Law School and began practice in Alton, Illinois. In 1854 he moved . . . — — Map (db m98934) HM
Dedicated to those men and women who served in the armed forces for the United States of America and in special memory of those who gave their lives. — — Map (db m180780) WM
These Civil War Cannons
were rededicated after
restoration by the
American Legion Post #2
Brazil, Indiana
on May 30th, 1998 by
Commander Thomas W. Owen — — Map (db m18910) WM
County formed by Indiana General Assembly 1825; named for national statesman Henry Clay. First county seat at Bowling Green; had three courthouses: first built 1827 was two-story log structure; second and third built 1839-1840 and 1852-1853 were . . . — — Map (db m18883) HM
Jimmy Hoffa was born in Brazil, Indiana in 1913. His family struggled with poverty, inspiring him to become an organized labor leader during the Great Depression. He became active in the International Brotherhood of Teamsters in the 1930s and served . . . — — Map (db m238479) HM
(On Stone Bench)
To Keep forever living the freedom for which they served
we dedicate this symbol to those men and women who served in Vietnam.
(Left - Bronze Plaque)
Dedicated to the memory of these men who gave . . . — — Map (db m18912) HM
Brazil, just like her sister US 40 communities, prospered due to its location on the National Road. With the 1926 designation of the National Road as US 40, Brazil instantly became linked with the rest of the nation. Almost every raw material, . . . — — Map (db m233271) HM
Who for thirty-five years played Santa Claus to the needy children of this community. May his untiring efforts, his sacrifices and generosity ever be an inspiration to all to share their blessings with those less fortunate. — — Map (db m238883) HM
In memory of the
Vol. Defenders
of the Union
1861 - 1865
The men in whose honor this
monument was erected were led
by the fires of liberty.
They fought for no North,
no South, no East, no West, but for
One Glorious and United . . . — — Map (db m81053) WM
Constructed in 1934
with PWA funds
H.L. Stevens, City Engr.
Wesley J. Morse, Designer
Dedicated
May 30, 1934
Refurbished
in 1996 by
Craftmaster, Wichita, Ks.
With funds provided by
City of Clay Center
and Individual Donations . . . — — Map (db m80983) HM
The grateful people of Clay County, Kansas dedicate this monument to keep alive the memories of all men and women who served the United States of America in peace and war.
"Above it All"
Sculptress - Sandy Scott
Dedicated
Sept. 27, . . . — — Map (db m81055) WM
Rev. W. H. Hickcox Dr. Charles Hewitt Frank Lewin W. A. Willis J. P. Marshall H. S. Walters E. F. Walters B. Adams T. C. Ruscoe Charles Ingram R. T. Batchalor E. M. Davis R. Fowles A. B. Rothwell James H. Young T. N. . . . — — Map (db m80981) HM
This was the original site
of the
St. Johns
Episcopal Church
Founded in 1874
Founding members are listed on
the stone cross in the cemetery — — Map (db m80980) HM
On these grounds of the Red Bird River Community Hospital of the Evangelical United Brethren Church Center is log cabin built before 1800. Erected by Dillion Asher. Born, 1774, died, 1844. Buried near log house. Asher was keeper of first toll-gate . . . — — Map (db m212438) HM
Gen. George W. Morgan's Union forces occupied Cumberland Gap June 18 to Sept. 17, 1862. Cut off from supplies and surrounded, Morgan with 9,000 men withdrew. They camped here Sept. 19-21, to perfect organization for march. Made fruitless supply . . . — — Map (db m73926) WM
For Gen. Green Clay, 1757-1826. Born in Va. Came to Ky., 1777. Va. Legislature, 1788-89, and Va. Convention that ratified Federal Constitution. From 1793 t0 1808 in Ky. House, Senate, Const. Conv. May, 1813,Gen Clay with 3000 Kentuckians, at Ft. . . . — — Map (db m49184) HM
On Oct. 23, 1862, 22nd USA Brig. including 1st, 2nd and 20th Ky. Infantry moved here in wake of retreating CSA forces. 500 men worked 36 hours to destroy salt works mainly owned by unionists but used by Confederates. Loyal USA citizens allowed to . . . — — Map (db m73925) WM
(Front): Gov. Bert T. Combs (1959-1963)
Accomplishments during Combs administration included highways connecting eastern and western Ky., expansion of state parks system, a statutory merit system for state employees, an end to . . . — — Map (db m49185) HM
Originally this site was probably a salt lick used by buffalo, which made the path to it. Indians used the path to make war between northern and southern tribes. Numerous early American explorers used the path as did hunters, who found animals . . . — — Map (db m87857) HM
Salt works established early 1790s; Clay County established here in 1807
The Goose Creek Salt Works dates from the mid 1790s when it was known as the “Langford Works” and was well known throughout Kentucky and in . . . — — Map (db m87858) HM
Was a legendary Cherokee Indian for whom this fork of the Kentucky River is named. He and another Indian, Jack, whose name was given creek to the south, were friendly with early settlers and permitted to hunt in area. Allegedly they were killed in . . . — — Map (db m87567) HM
(Side One)
Named in honor of first white man to settle on Red Bird River, at the mouth of Gilberts Creek. A veteran of Revolutionary War, John Gilbert came here to hunt and trap. He surveyed and claimed much of Clay, Leslie and Harlan . . . — — Map (db m87568) HM
The land for what became Oneida Baptist Institute was donated by Martha Coldiron Hogg and S.P. Hogg in September 1899. The school was founded by James Anderson Burns, December 20, 1899, as Mamre Baptist College to meet the social, educational, and . . . — — Map (db m39148) HM
Old Georgetown A Tranportation Crossroads
In 1857 the Hudson's Bay Company received United States government permission to
ship furs and trade goods across the United States. They contracted with the Burbank
brother's Minnesota Stage . . . — — Map (db m205727) HM
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