"Dedicated to the memory of all the personnel of the
308th Bomb Wing who played such a vital part in
maintaining the peace through their skill and proficiency
in supporting the operation of B-47 and K-97 aircraft."
1955 McKay Trophy
1956 . . . — — Map (db m163797) WM
Dedicated in remembrance of all who served in the
320th Air Refueling Squadron
March Air Force Base, California
Activated 1 July 1952 • Deactivated 15 Sept. 1962
During its existence:
Flew 25 million miles and
transferred 50 million . . . — — Map (db m162920) HM WM
Dedicated to the memory
of those who flew and served in
43rd Bombardment Wing (M) 1960-1970
305th Bombardment Wing (M) 1961-1970
World's First Supersonic Bomber
B-58 Hustler held 19 World Records
Won the following aviation trophies . . . — — Map (db m170329) HM WM
8th Air Force • B-24 Liberators
First Mission 7 Nov. 1942 • Last Mission 25 Apr. 1945
344 Combat Missions • 155 Aircraft Lost in Action
330 Enemy Planes Destroyed
Awarded the Distinguished Unit Citation for
Kiel, Germany 14 May . . . — — Map (db m170426) WM
Dedicated in the honor of all who have served
in the 509th as a memorial to those valiant
comrades who gave their lives to maintain
peace and freedom.
509th Composite Bomb Group
which became the
509th Bomb Wing
The 509th . . . — — Map (db m161090) WM
We, the members of the 64th Fighter Interceptor Squadron,
ask you to pause to honor our brothers who have flown
their last mission; each committed to the common defense
of our nation, dedicated to stand against the tyranny
over the minds . . . — — Map (db m163647) WM
We, who have served in this unique organization, in peace and war,
do hereby consecrate this plaque to the memory of our comrades
who gave their lives in combat and training operations
in defense of freedom. The 96th has a proud record; . . . — — Map (db m163310) WM
Dedicated to the men and women of the
Strategic Air Command who flew and maintained
the B-52D throughout its 26-year history in the
command. Aircraft 55-083, with over 15,000 flying
hours, is one of two B-52Ds credited with a
confirmed MIG . . . — — Map (db m43208) HM
In memory of United States
military personnel who served
on the Berlin Airlift
26 June 1948 to 30 September 1949.
Dedicated 30 September 1997 — — Map (db m161784) WM
Created under the auspices of the
Air Force Academy Foundation, Inc.
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A major portion of the funds for the construction of this stadium were contributed by the personnel of the United States Air Force. The flagpoles flanking . . . — — Map (db m158370) HM WM
In honor of all "silent warriors" who made the ultimate
sacrifice in defense of freedom, during times of peace
and through all our nation's conflicts. With little fanfare
and recognition, they stood the watch supporting
global vigilance in . . . — — Map (db m163792) WM
In memory of
Navigators and Observers
of the Army Air Corps, Army Air Forces and
United States Air Force
past and present
who served their country
to secure peace and security for all
They shot the stars and gave the headings . . . — — Map (db m161884) WM
To the Memory of Those
Who Came Before...
Spooky
AC-47
Born and Tested in Southeast Asia
in Mid 1960s
Shadow
AC-119G
Requested and Employed in
Grenada · Panama · Kuwait
Iraq · . . . — — Map (db m161762) WM
As World War II drew to a close, General Arnold directed the
establishment of the Scientific Advisory Group, charged with assessing
the future technological horizon and the nature of future air war
under the leadership of its director, Dr. . . . — — Map (db m232042) HM
Originally Dedicated to the Cadet Wing by The American Legion
and American Legion Auxiliary Department of Colorado
30 May 1981, this Memorial Honors All Who Serve.
The Twenty-Five Bronze Bell Carillon is a Tribute to All Members
of The . . . — — Map (db m160936) WM
First USAF Pilot Class
Composed of US Army officers
many rated and with combat service
Graduated 10 October 1947
Randolph Field • Barksdale Field • Williams Field — — Map (db m162233) HM WM
The Benches on this Visitor Center Trail
Have Been Provided in Memory of the Following
Deceased U.S. Air Force Academy Graduates:
Charles Dorsey Conover, '61
Benjamin Barnes Frederick, '63
Frank Delzell Ralston III, '63
Lawrence . . . — — Map (db m158303) WM
With the faith and courage of their forefathers who made possible the freedom of these United States The Boy Scouts of America dedicate this copy of the Statue of Liberty as a pledge of everlasting fidelity and loyalty The Crusade to . . . — — Map (db m281980) HM
In 1971, Stuart “Stu” Roosa, a Durango native, was the command module pilot on the Apollo 14 mission. Roosa was born in Durango in 1933 and called Durango home. Stuart “Stu” Allen Roosa was born in Durango on August 16, 1933 and . . . — — Map (db m291392) HM
With the faith and courage of their forefathers who made possible the freedom of these United States, the Boy Scouts of America dedicate this replica of the Statue of Liberty as a pledge of everlasting fidelity and loyalty.
40th . . . — — Map (db m280496) HM
With the faith and courage of their forefathers who made possible the freedom of these United States The Boy Scouts of America dedicate this copy of the Statue of Liberty as a pledge of everlasting fidelity and loyalty 40th Anniversary . . . — — Map (db m177078) HM
In honor and memory
of all men and women
who served in the
Armed Forces of the
United States of America
[State Seals of the]
Four Corners U.S.A.
Dedicated July 4, 1991 — — Map (db m160176) WM
With the faith and courage of their forefathers who made possible the freedom of these United States The Boy Scouts of America dedicate this replica of the Statue of Liberty as a pledge of everlasting fidelity and loyalty 40th Anniversary . . . — — Map (db m177075) HM
This multi-used path was formerly a railroad track, used over time by both passenger and freight trains. The building perpendicular to the street replaces an earlier structure, a barn/tobacco warehouse. Growers brought tobacco there to store until . . . — — Map (db m164126) HM
Originally developed as an air launched anti-submarine missile in the 1970's, it was later adapted for launch from surface ships and submarines in the early 1980's. Similar in concept to the modern "Tomahawk" cruise missile, it was launched from . . . — — Map (db m206472) HM
In 1955, the U.S. Navy Underwater Sound Laboratory (USN/USL, also known informally as the Sound Lab) here at Fort Trumbull began a study of the feasibility of long range, echo-ranging sonar. In 1956, "Bottom-bounce echo-ranging active sonar" was . . . — — Map (db m227247) HM
World War II ended in 1945 with the surrender of Germany and Japan, but it was an uneasy peace that followed. Although the U.S.S.R. had been America’s ally during the war, after the war, the Soviet Union asserted control over eastern Europe, . . . — — Map (db m48405) HM
In honor of all veterans who served
during the Cold War - 1940's to 1990's
USS Pawcatuck AO-108
A fleet oiler named after
the Pawcatuck River — — Map (db m68231) WM
Twin-boom cargo planes were Fairchild's trademark in the post-1945 era. These heavy-lift transports helped the United States to reach out with its new-found postwar power.
C-119s formed the backbone of the USAF transport in the 1950s. In the . . . — — Map (db m142611) HM
The Lockheed Constellation with its gracefully contoured fuselage is a mixture of beauty, power, and utility.
Constellation or "Connie" began as the 1943 C-69 Constellation prototype. A small number of C-69s were assigned to the Air . . . — — Map (db m142614) HM
The Museum's C-124 is the last remaining "A" model, making it the oldest Globemaster II in the world.
The C-124 Globemaster II, nicknamed "Old Shaky," entered service in May 1950. It carried more supplies and equipment, faster . . . — — Map (db m232927) HM
The C-131 was based on the Convair 240, 340, and 440 airliners developed to replace surplus WWII transports that were being used as civilian airliners in the early 1950s. The first U.S. Air Force versions were navigator and radio operator . . . — — Map (db m142563) HM
Dedicated to C-133 aircrew members and support personnel of the 1st and 39th Heavy Airlift Squadrons and to the memory of those who are no longer with us — — Map (db m142510) HM
The museum's C-133 was the last of the 50 C-133s to be manufactured
The C-133 was designed around one major mission—hauling the first generation intercontinental ballistic missiles. The largest of these was the Atlas missile. . . . — — Map (db m142629) HM
The museum's C-141B was the last C-141 stationed at Dover AFT, Delaware
In 1973 television audiences watched the C-141 bring home POWs released by Hanoi. Others know that C-141s dropped U.S. paratroopers on Panama in 1989. But . . . — — Map (db m142570) HM
The museum's C-45 was the first obtained by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
The C-45 is the military version of the popular Beechcraft Model 18 commercial light transport. Beech built a total of 4,526 of these aircraft . . . — — Map (db m142622) HM
Constructed in 1944, Hangar 1301 served as the headquarters and engineering facility for the 4146th Base Unit from 1944 to 1946. Highly secret testing and development work was done here on air-launched rocket weapons. Aircraft used in testing . . . — — Map (db m50623) HM
This KC-10 was the first to be produced and performed the role as the demonstrator for the series.
Early in the 1970s it was evident the KC-135 Stratotanker had limited operational capabilities and was unable to maintain the . . . — — Map (db m245180) HM
The museum's KC-135E was the first all-jet tanker assigned to the Air National Guard in April 1975, and it flew the last operational mission of any KC-135E on 14 July 2009.
In the early 1950s the Strategic Air Command (SAC) . . . — — Map (db m142626) HM
In simplest terms, the C-97 was the cargo version of the WWII B-29 bomber but with a distinctive expanded fuselage.
The aircraft's first flight was in 1944, but it became most valuable to the U.S. Air Force when the tanker version was . . . — — Map (db m232931) HM
The Minuteman is a land-based intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). First flown in 1961, over 400 will remain in service until at least 2030. It is the first solid-fuel missile to have a digital flight control computer, a combination which . . . — — Map (db m142624) HM
The two-seater T-33 was developed as a variant of Lockheed's P-80 fighter. The fuselage was lengthened by a little over three feet and a second seat for an instructor was added. In service for over 50 years, the T-33, known as the Shooting Star . . . — — Map (db m142507) HM
The two-seater T-33 was developed as a variant of Lockheed's P-80 fighter which had a high accident rate until more training with an onboard instructor reversed that trend. In service for over 50 years, the T-33, known as the Shooting Star of . . . — — Map (db m50626) HM
In the human experience, nothing has the power to transcend political and cultural boundaries quite like sport. On September 10, 1962, Armando "Tantor" Hidalgo '63, one of the 21 Cuban emigres that attended Salesianum from 1960-64, took the field . . . — — Map (db m217914) HM
The centerpiece of this memorial, a beautiful obelisk atop a structure of military sandbags, was built by the 512th Maintenance Squadron, Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, and retired Chief Master Sergeant, First Sergeant, Michael Bellerose. The . . . — — Map (db m272544) HM WM
This casemate, named Battery Hunter was built in World War II to house two 6-inch guns. The bunker, 15 acres of surrounding land and 500 feet of beach surrounding it was occupied by the Navy from 1950 until 1981.
Herring Point is named for Battery Herring, which housed two 6-inch guns during World War II as part of the United States coastal defense. At the close of that war and during the Cold War, the site was used for top secret military tests and . . . — — Map (db m272539) HM
The United States Navy's ties to Cape Henlopen spanned nearly 100 years. The Navy first came to the Cape in 1898 to build a signal tower during the Spanish American War. In the 20th century, the Navy kept a communications station he, beginning with . . . — — Map (db m79201) HM
The Patton Tank was too late for the Korean war but used in the Vietnam War by the United States Army & the United States Marine Corp and it was the last of the medium tanks made.
A total of 11,703 were made in many . . . — — Map (db m190351) HM
While this vehicle is not a "tank", it has been adapted with so many types of weapons and upgraded with steel plating, it has been used aggressively. There is usually a 3 man crew and it can carry 11 fully loaded and equipped troops into combat. For . . . — — Map (db m164968) HM WM
A legendary figure of 'Solidarity' - the socio-political movement that initiated the fall of communism in Europe. One of the 100 women who defined the last century, according to the American newsweekly Time.
She worked hard her whole . . . — — Map (db m200391) HM
Embassy of the Republic of Poland
A Beaux-Arts Beauty
You are now standing in front of the longest-serving embassy building among Washington DC's more than 180 diplomatic missions: the Embassy of the Republic of Poland. . . . — — Map (db m82636) HM
Traversing the Colca Canyon did not mark the end of the expedition. A month later, the Canoandes'79 team set off again in search of the destination that gave birth to their original expedition: Argentina. The group reached Argentina and Tierra . . . — — Map (db m190152) HM
A passion for kayaking and a great desire to learn about the world are the two main reasons why a group of students from the Krakow Academic Kayaking Club "Bystrze" mobilized all the efforts and resources to get to South America. And it was not . . . — — Map (db m190141) HM
🌍 the name of the man who discovered that the Earth revolves around the Sun?
☢️ And do you know who was the only woman to win two Nobel prizes?
• Do you know who . . . — — Map (db m200379) HM
Solidarność (or Solidarity) emerged in Poland in 1980) as the first free, independent labor union in the so-called Eastern Bloc, i.e. the Soviet sphere of influence, which included the USSR and much of Central . . . — — Map (db m163276) HM
“Tenley Tower,” behind you, dates from the mid-1940s. Western Union Telegraph Co. built it as part of an experimental system using microwaves to transmit telegrams in the mid-Atlantic region. This new technology helped erase telegraph wires . . . — — Map (db m130925) HM
The Western High School building in Burleith, which now houses Duke Ellington High School of the Arts, was home to the school's cadets from 1897 to the 1970s. More than a high school military unit, the main object of the cadets was character . . . — — Map (db m113394) HM
1920-1930:
Apartments, Shops and Cars
“Connecticut Avenue is the principal approach to what is undoubtedly Washington's greatest suburban buying power” — The Washington Post, December 7, 1930
Early development . . . — — Map (db m155387) HM
Built in 1908 by Lane Brothers, 3627 10th St. NW was originally a part of Holmead Manor. Many families have called this row house home over the years, but in the early 1930s, this house was owned by Robert and Ethel Butts. Robert was a young . . . — — Map (db m273629) HM
In commemoration of the historic role of Kossuth House:
former headquarters of the Hungarian Reformed Federation of America (est. 1896), a longtime center for Hungarian-Americans and for anti-Communist activism, and unofficial embassy of Free . . . — — Map (db m202522) HM
This segment of the Berlin Wall was presented to the Nitze School and the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies of the Johns Hopkins University by the Berlin Senate. It symbolizes both the peaceful end of a long international struggle . . . — — Map (db m112638) HM
[Inscription on south face of the Shevchenko statue base:]
Taras
Shevchenko
1814-1861
Bard of Ukraine
[Inscription on north face of statue base:]
Dedicated to the Liberation, Freedom and Independence of all . . . — — Map (db m31136) HM
As American troops moved through the Meuse-Argonne, it became apparent that Germany had lost the war. An armistice was signed on November 11, 1918, effective at 11:00 a.m. — the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month.
In . . . — — Map (db m171289) HM
This plaque commemorates the seminal research of the renowned Dr. Edward Teller during his tenure at The George Washington University.
By agreement with GW Professor George Gamow, President Cloyd Heck Marvin invited the Hungarian-born Teller to . . . — — Map (db m47326) HM
While the hospital continued to emphasize clinical microscopy and bacteriology, achievements in other fields set the standards for military and civilian care in fields such as dentistry and X-ray use. The circumstances of World War I and the high . . . — — Map (db m143699) HM
Like the Latino immigrants of recent times, Europeans left the political and economic hardships of home for a better life in the United States. Following the 1948 communist coup of Czechoslovakia a "Czech Row" or "Prague Road" enclave . . . — — Map (db m152976) HM
Like so many emigrants before and after them, Europeans left the political and economic hardships of home for a better life in the United States. Following the 1948 communist coup in Czechoslovakia, a "Czech Row" or "Prague Road" enclave . . . — — Map (db m299162) HM
Delivered by
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
President of the United States 1961-63
This address contained the policy declaration which led to the treaty banning nuclear weapon tests in the atmosphere, outer space, and under water signed in . . . — — Map (db m130034) HM
To the more than one hundred million victims of communism to those who love liberty
To the freedom and independence of captive nations and peoples — — Map (db m213151) WM
“One magnificent symbol of the bonds that tie our two great peoples together is the German-American Friendship Garden. This symbol of eternally renewing growth and strength will be dedicated this autumn here in the Capital. In its . . . — — Map (db m130364) HM
"One magnificent symbol of the bonds that tie our two great peoples together is the German-American Friendship Garden...In its growth, our own commitments to the well-being of America and Germany shall be cultivated and nurtured." . . . — — Map (db m281992) HM
Paris Peace Conference April 20, 1949: "It is unthinkable that the Negro people of America or elsewhere in the world could be drawn into war with the Soviet Union" Paul Robeson.
Before Robeson even spoke in Paris a distorted version of . . . — — Map (db m112001) HM
Filmmakers Lee Shapiro and Jim Leindelof spent six months inside Afghanistan traveling with the mujahidin documenting the plight of the Afghan people under Soviet occupation.
On Oct. 9, 1987, they were ambushed and killed outside Kabul. . . . — — Map (db m211912) HM
BARRY is named after Commodore John Barry. She is the third vessel to bear the name of the illustrious Revolutionary War naval hero. The ship was built in 1954 in Bath Iron Works, Bath Maine; and commissioned on September 7th, 1956 in Boston, . . . — — Map (db m89976) HM
On July 17, 1975, an American Apollo spacecraft and a Soviet Soyuz space craft docked in space for the first international manned space mission. Three months after the crewmembers of the Apollo-Soyuz test project—astronauts Thomas P. Stafford, . . . — — Map (db m109221) HM
America's entry into the Space Race occurred on 31 January 1958 with the launch of Explorer I from Pad A of Launch Complex 26 (Pad 26A). It was boosted in orbit atop a Juno rocket as part of America's participation in the International . . . — — Map (db m217591) HM
(side 1)
In 1955. President Dwight Eisenhower approved a plan to orbit a satellite during the International Geophysical Year, a period hailed as an unprecedented international effort involving scientists from 67 countries to advance . . . — — Map (db m217578) HM
The Soviet Union created the Cold War after
WWII ended because of their mistrust of the USA. The result was a period of east-west struggle with tension, competition in arms and
conflicts short of full scale war. The Berlin Airlift and the Cuban . . . — — Map (db m195323) HM WM
At the height of the Cold War mistrust, scientist from around the world pressed for international cooperation in finding out more about the Sun, the Earth and its atmosphere. From July 1957 to December 1958, scientists from 67 nations worked . . . — — Map (db m176221) HM
With the new found power and guidance combination of the Atlas-Agena system, we now had the ability to successfully aim unmanned exploratory missions at other worlds. Teams of scientists, who could only explore the heavens with telescopes until . . . — — Map (db m176399) HM
Space was just for science fiction fans until the world’s first man-made satellite—the USSR’s Sputnik—beep, beep, beeped down at us from orbit. At the time, there were many views about the exploration of space. “War Hawks” imagined a future with . . . — — Map (db m176323) HM
No one has ever counted the number of technical challenges we needed to overcome in the infant days of America’s space program. Many of the early rockets would lift just a few feet of their launch platforms before falling back and exploding. . . . — — Map (db m176658) HM
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