St. Luke's Episcopal Church of Courtenay was formed by the Porcher, LaRoche, Sams and other families that settled on north Merritt Island after leaving the Charleston, South Carolina area in 1875 due to the loss of their homes and plantations during . . . — — Map (db m101022) HM
Looking into the rearview mirror, we can only shake our heads at the fear and paranoia that chained two powerful nations to a seesaw of guided missiles and possible nuclear destruction. In that mirror we should also remember that it was the Cold . . . — — Map (db m176565) HM
There were 33,331 soldiers from Florida who served in World War I. Many served in the 31st Infantry Division. A division composed of soldiers primarily from Georgia, Alabama and Florida. Nicknamed the “Dixie Division”.
This . . . — — Map (db m164625) WM
Before the Clifton Schoolhouse was built, Butler Campbell and Andrew Jackson’s children were home schooled by a black teacher, Mr. Mahaffey. The teacher was paid five dollars for each student, after examination by the County School Superintendent. . . . — — Map (db m107986) HM
What began as a competition of fear in 1958 became a quest for common ground 17 years later. On July 15, 1975, Russia launched their Soyuz spacecraft into orbit. Seven hours later, the Saturn IB launched an Apollo Command Service Module fitted . . . — — Map (db m176585) HM
The last naval battle of the American Revolutionary War took place off the coast of Cape Canaveral on March 10, 1783. The fight began when three British ships sighted two Continental Navy ships, the Alliance commanded by Captain John Barry . . . — — Map (db m217593) HM
Edwin Dennis Sawyer (1874-1964) was born in the Bahamas, the second child of freed slave Alfred Sawyer. From age 18-25, Dennis worked on a ship and then in Ft. Pierce as a fisherman. In 1898, after moving to Cocoa, he married Rebecca Dallas. The . . . — — Map (db m192603) HM
The most powerful liquid-fueled rocket engine ever produced, the F-1 engine, was a critical component in sending astronauts to the moon during the Apollo Program. Developed under the direction of Wernher von Braun, the Saturn V rocket was the . . . — — Map (db m176600) HM
The Delta was the fourth configuration of the Thor-Able launch vehicle. Although not part of the human space program, and never achieving the fame of the Redstone, Atlas or Saturn, the Delta and its 34 variations have been the workhorse of . . . — — Map (db m176638) HM
Humanity In War
This monument honors all military members of the Chaplain Corps. Remember those who serve our troops be they Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist or any other religion.
The first chaplain was commissioned on . . . — — Map (db m164838) WM
The Ais were one of the most influential and powerful tribes in Florida when Spanish Army Lt. Alvaro Mexia mapped Ulumay Lagoon in 1605. He wrote in his diary “Here is the town of Ulumay, the first one of the province of Ais. In back of and . . . — — Map (db m72602) HM
[Side 1} To Honor the Fallen from those Nations whose soldiers fought along side America. {Side 2} This memorial is dedicated to the public in September 2022 with the support of The Dao’s Family • The Doan’s Family • Col. Joseph W. . . . — — Map (db m217872) HM WM
Dedicated to those who have served in the Armed Services of the United States
Board of County Commissioners
Carol Senne, Chairman District III
Truman Scarborough, Jr. District I
Roger W. Dobson District II
Sue Schmitt . . . — — Map (db m164826) WM
This countdown clock from Kennedy Space Center’s Press Site is considered one of the most-viewed timekeepers in the world, second only to London’s Big Ben Clock. Built in 1969 during the Apollo program, the clock counted down launches for the . . . — — Map (db m176218) HM
If the Mercury missions proved that humans could survive and work in the most hostile environment ever explored, it was the Gemini Program that tested and proved the skills and systems we needed to get to the moon and back.
On June 3, . . . — — Map (db m176724) HM
Lest We Forget
European Theater
Morocco , Algeria, Tunisia, Sicily, Salerno, Naples, Corsica, Anzio, Cassino
V.E. Day 8 May 1945
Pacific Theater
Pearl Harbor, Philippines, Wake Island, Guam, Bataan, Battle of . . . — — Map (db m164687) WM
The 99th Flying Training Squadron flies Raytheon T-1 Jayhawks and they painted the tops of the tails of their aircraft red, in honor of the Tuskegee Airmen the “Red Tails”. The 99th Flying Training Squadron is part of the 12th Flying Training . . . — — Map (db m178780) HM
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that . . . — — Map (db m142392) HM WM
The 1954 case of Brown v. Board of Education ended with a Supreme Court decision that helped lead to the desegregation of schools throughout America. Prior to the ruling, African-American children in Topeka, Kansas were denied access to all-white . . . — — Map (db m179773) HM
Mary Jane McLeod Bethune (July 10, 1875-May 18, 1955), Mary McLeod Bethune rose from poverty to become one of the nation’s most distinguished African leaders and the most prominent Black woman of her time. Her life encompassed three different . . . — — Map (db m179783) HM
Zora Neale Hurston was born on Jan. 7, 1891, in Notasulga, Alabama, Hurston moved with her family to Eatonville, Florida, when she was still a toddler. Her writings revel no recollection of her Alabama beginnings. For Hurston, Eatonville was always . . . — — Map (db m179368) HM
On Aug. 20, 1955, Emmett Till, a 14-year old Black youth from Chicago arrived in Money, Mississippi by train, along with a cousin, 16-year old Wheeler Parker Jr. They had accompanied Till’s great uncle and Parker’s grandfather, Moses Wright, who . . . — — Map (db m179240) HM
The light of freedom still burns brightly in our world today because of the service and sacrifice of America’s men and women in uniform.
Our Nation’s servicemen and women have fought the forces of tyranny and
won victories for liberty, human . . . — — Map (db m142686) WM
The light of freedom still burns brightly in our world today because
of the service and sacrifice of America’s men and women in uniform.
Our Nation’s servicemen and women have fought the forces of tyranny and
won victories for liberty, . . . — — Map (db m142689) WM
On May 4, 1961, a group of 13 African-American and white civil rights activists launched the Freedom Rides, a series of bus trips through the American South to protest segregation in interstate bus terminals. The Freedom Riders, who were . . . — — Map (db m178972) HM
The muffled drum’s sad roll has beat
The soldier’s last tattoo;
No more on life’s parade shall meet
That brave and fallen few.
On Fame’s eternal camping-ground
Their silent tents are spread,
And Glory guards, with solemn round, . . . — — Map (db m145356) WM
In 1894, after organizing a congregation, St. James Colored Missionary Baptist Church acquired land in Mims, and with Rev. G. Brewer as pastor, built the first wooden church on this site in 1904 under the guidance of Rev. J.S. Gilbert. Many of North . . . — — Map (db m101402) HM
The Greensboro Sit-Ins were non-violent protests in Greensboro, North Carolina, which lasted from February 1, 1960 to July 25, 1960. The protests led to the Woolworth Department Store chain ending its policy of racial segregation in its stores in . . . — — Map (db m177919) HM
The July 16, 1949, a 17-year-old white woman and her estranged husband reported to police that she had been abducted at approximately 2:30 a.m., driven approximately 25 minutes to a dead-end road, and raped by four black men. By the end of the . . . — — Map (db m179835) HM
This property is the former homesite of civil rights activists Harry T. and Harriette V. Moore, two people whose lives were committed to help Florida’s Negro communities unite to form a collective identity. Mr. Moore was a Brevard County educator . . . — — Map (db m177798) HM
The Civil Rights Movement in Florida began with the early work and untimely death of Harry T. Moore, an African-American civil rights worker in Brevard County. Harry Tyson Moore was a teacher, a principal, and civil rights worker. He became the . . . — — Map (db m177877) HM
Born February 11, 1920 at Pensacola, Florida, he learned to fly while attending Tuskegee Institute and after graduation in 1942, continued civilian flight training until he received appointment as a Cadet in the Army Air Corps in January 1943. He . . . — — Map (db m177987) HM
Juneteenth (short for “June Nineteenth”) marks the day when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas in 1865 to take control of the state and ensure that all enslaved people be freed. The troops’ arrival came a full two and a half years after the . . . — — Map (db m180399) HM
In honor of those who gave the ultimate sacrifice in service to the United States of America and the families they left behind. The sacrifice will not be forgotten. — — Map (db m177676) WM
Established in 1869, this is the oldest cemetery on Florida's lower East Coast. The oldest portion is located in the front center section, evidenced by the southeasterly positioning of the tombstones. Tom Johnson Cockshutt (1841-1917), who arrived . . . — — Map (db m101404) HM
In the early 1900s, a two acre parcel of land north of LaGrange Community Church and Cemetery was given to the Mims colored community for a cemetery. Earliest marked graves are dated 1903; many are unmarked. In the 1800s both blacks and whites . . . — — Map (db m101403) HM
The Little Rock Nine, Ernest Green (b. 1941), Elizabeth Eckford (b. 1942), Jefferson Thomas (1942-2010), Terrence Roberts (b. 1941), Carlotta Walls LaNier (b. 1942), Minnijean Brown (b. 1941), Gloria Ray Karlmark (b.1942), Thema Morthershed (b. . . . — — Map (db m183403) HM
On 28 August 1963, more than 200,000 demonstrators took part in a march on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in the nation’s capital. The march was successful in pressuring the administration of John F. Kennedy to initiate a strong civil rights bill . . . — — Map (db m178197) HM
Medgar Evers (July 2, 1925 – June 12, 1963), civil rights activist, was born Medgar Wiley Evers in Decatur, Mississippi, the son of James Evers, a sawmill worker, and Jessie Wright, a domestic worker. After graduating from Alcorn, Evers spent . . . — — Map (db m178793) HM
On November 7, 1861, Union forces attacked two Confederate forts and the Sea Islands of South Carolina near Port Royal. “The Battle of Port Royal” later drove Confederate forces to retreat to the mainland. One island, Hilton Head Island, immediately . . . — — Map (db m178135) HM
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is an African-American civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909 formed by Mary White Ovington, W.E.B. Du Bois, Archibald Grimke, Henry Moskowitz, Oswald . . . — — Map (db m177876) HM
Navy Seabees
with willing hearts and skillful hands, the difficult we do at once,
the impossible takes a bit longer
Seabees can do
We build We fight — — Map (db m145320) WM
The Ocoee massacre was a violent race riot that broke out on November 2, 1920, the day of the quadrennial U.S. Presidential election in Ocoee, Florida, African-American-owned buildings and residences in northern Ocoee were burned to the ground, . . . — — Map (db m178413) HM
Civil rights activists Rosa Parks was born on February 4, 1913, in Tuskegee, Alabama. Her refusal to surrender her seat to a white passenger on a Montgomery, Alabama bus spurred a city-wide boycott. The City of Montgomery had no choice but lift . . . — — Map (db m177878) HM
On January 1, 1923 a massacre was carried out in a small, predominantly Black town of Rosewood in Central Florida. The massacre was instigated by the rumor that a white woman, Fanny Taylor, had been sexually assaulted by a black man in her home . . . — — Map (db m179269) HM
Sky Soldiers
The Florida Chapter Dedicates
This memorial To The Sky Soldiers
Of The 173rd Airborne Brigade
Who Served With Honor — — Map (db m145321) WM
On May 26, 1956, two female students from Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU), Wilhelmina Jakes and Carrie Patterson, sat down in the “whites only” section of a segregated bus in the city of Tallahassee. When they refused to . . . — — Map (db m177912) HM
In honor of those who gave the ultimate sacrifice in service to the United States of America and the families they left behind. The sacrifice will not be forgotten. — — Map (db m145318) WM
Thurgood Marshall (July 2, 1908-January 24, 1993), the great-grandson of slaves, was the first African-American justice appointed to the United States Supreme Court. Where he served from 1967 to 1991. Earlier in his career, Marshall was a . . . — — Map (db m179223) HM
It was August 27, 1960, a day that became known as “Ax Handle Saturday.” The violent attack was in response to peaceful lunch counter demonstrations organized by the Jacksonville Youth Council of the National Association for the Advancement of . . . — — Map (db m181942) HM
Virgil D. Hawkins, who waged a 28-year battle to practice law in Florida and helped break the color barrier at the University of Florida Law School, died Thursday after a long illness. He was 81 years old. Mr. Hawkins, who was born in Okahumpka, . . . — — Map (db m179234) HM
Voting Rights Act, U.S. legislation (August 6, 1965) that aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote under the Fifteenth Amendment (1870 )to the Constitution . . . — — Map (db m178361) HM
Native Americans, explorers and settlers hauled or carried canoes and small boats over this narrow strip of land between Mosquito Lagoon and the Indian River. Eventually it became known as the “haulover.” Connecting both bodies of water . . . — — Map (db m108012) HM
In the early twentieth century, the North Dakota-based Florida Indian River Catholic Colony corporation advertised it was starting a Catholic community in central Florida. By 1914, the land company helped settle nearly 100 midwestern families, . . . — — Map (db m175719) HM
On November 15, 1988, with the permission of the Parkland City Commission, Carolyn Marks established Parkland's library in the concession stand of Quigley Park. The small room became the stepping stone to the present library approved by the City . . . — — Map (db m243817) HM
The first American to penetrate outer space began his flight from this launch complex in Freedom 7 of Mercury Redstone No. 3 at 9:34 AM May 5, 1961. From this beginning, man reached the moon.
John F. Kennedy Space Center
National . . . — — Map (db m217660) HM
Mission » Launch Vehicle » Dates » Crew » Pad » Highlights APOLLO Apollo 4 Saturn V - Nov. 9, 1967: Unmanned » Pad A - Saturn V's First Flight Test Apollo 6 Saturn V - April 4, 1968: Unmanned » Pad A - Second Saturn V Flight Test Apollo 8 . . . — — Map (db m118845) HM
This house is one of the last remaining examples of Queen Ann architecture in the area. The tall proportions, a variety of surface textures and the irregularity of plan are representative of this style. One of the most predominant characteristics is . . . — — Map (db m102297) HM
The Valencia Historic District was developed during the Florida Land Boom of the 1920s. The Valencia Homes Company was formed in 1924 by local businessmen C. Sweet Smith, Charles D. Smith, L. S. Andrews and Horace R. Bruen. The company acquired a . . . — — Map (db m70298) HM
A strong Christian man who cared for the needs of others more than his own. Founder and first Mayor of Satellite Beach. A man who invested his time, talent and resources to help others. Through 16 years of dedicated service as Mayor, from 1957 to . . . — — Map (db m48978) HM
The men and women of the Air Force Eastern Test Range proudly dedicate this monument to our national progress in missile and space technology in recognition of the American revolution Bicentennial. Erected on site of support elements for early space . . . — — Map (db m57602) HM
The first group of astronauts selected for the Space Transportation System (STS) Program began training in 1978.
This group of men and women followed in the footsteps of the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL) Skylab and . . . — — Map (db m113138) HM
Michael Collins ★ Neal Armstrong. ★ Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin
"The Eagle Has Landed"
In honor of the Apollo II crew
and the men and women who made their spaceflight possible
— — Map (db m188474) HM
Date: July 26 - August 7, 1971
Command Module: Endeavor
Lunar Module: Falcon
Command Module Pilot: Alfred Worden
Lunar Module Pilot: James Irwin
Commander: David Scott . . . — — Map (db m176495) HM
Date: March 3-13, 1969
Command Module: Gumdrop
Lunar Module: Spider
Command Module Pilot: David Scott
Lunar Module Pilot: Russell Schweickart
Commander: James McDivitt
Name Origin:
Named for a Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute Sailing Ship of exploration in the 20th century.
Flight History:
First flight October 3, 1985.
Atlantis was launched into space 33 times and, during 4,848 orbits, flew 126 . . . — — Map (db m113083) HM
This building was constructed to house the offices of the Clerk of the circuit Court, when the nearby wood framed courthouse was thought to be unsafe for storing Brevard County Records. The contract was awarded to L.R. Decker & Co., and was . . . — — Map (db m164329) HM
This historic public building was erected to house the seat of Brevard County government. The first courthouse was a two-story wooden structure built in 1882 on this site, a parcel donated by Col. Henry Titus, founder of Titusville. The town was . . . — — Map (db m164320) HM
To the honor
of
Brevard County boys
who gave
their services
in the World War
This tablet is dedicated
in gratitude and pride
by
Phillip Perry Chapter
Daughters of the American Revolution
Titusville, Florida . . . — — Map (db m164318) WM
(Successor to Julius Kline's Dry Goods Store)
1892 - 1910
Julius Kline established his dry goods and clothing business around 1892. Destroyed by the 1895 city fire, Kline reopened his business in the adjoining building to the north. In 1902 he . . . — — Map (db m197071) HM
Leroy "Roy" Carpenter was born in 1903 at New Smyrna Beach and moved to Titusville with his parents in 1915. He married Titusville native Grace Morgan in 1925 and they raised
five children, Roy Jr., Merle Ann (Nidy), Jean (Sanders), Walter and . . . — — Map (db m196037) HM
Name Origin:
Named for a British exploration ship that sailed in the 19th Century, as well as the Apollo 17 lunar module.
Flight History:
First flight April 4, 1983.
Challenger completed 995 orbits during 10 missions beginning in 1983. . . . — — Map (db m113067) HM
Name Origin:
Boston-based ship that explored the Pacific Northwest during the 18th century.
Flight History:
First flight April 12, 1981.
Columbia was the first Space Shuttle Orbiter to launch into space, flying 28 times. In 2003, on . . . — — Map (db m113062) HM
Name Origin:
Named for two famous British ships of exploration in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Flight History:
First flight August 30, 1984. Discovery was NASA’s “workhorse shuttle’. During 39 missions, between 1984 and 2011, it spent a . . . — — Map (db m113074) HM
Indian River oranges, one of Florida's most outstanding products were developed in the 19th century by Douglas Dummett. The Dummett family immigrated from the Barbados in 1807. By 1825, Thomas Dummett had acquired sugar plantations on the east . . . — — Map (db m125643) HM
Name Origin:
Named by schoolchildren for the famous British ship that took James Cook on his first voyage of exploration in the 18th century.
Flight History:
First flight May 7, 1992.
Endeavour was built to replace Challenger and flew . . . — — Map (db m113080) HM
Name Origin:
Enterprise was named for the spaceship from the Star Trek television series.
Flight & Test Orbiter:
First free flight August 12, 1977.
Enterprise was used for the Approach and Landing test program, making five free . . . — — Map (db m113001) HM
In the days of public advocacy against segregation and prejudice could mean lynching and shooting, Harry T. Moore was a true Florida leader. As State NAACP Executive Secretary, he founded the Brevard NAACP Branch and organized more than 77 new . . . — — Map (db m196317) HM
Brevard County was founded in 1855 and Titusville became the county seat in 1879. The first courthouse was a two-story classical revival wood structure built in 1882, on land donated by Titusville founder Col. Henry Titus. In 1912, County . . . — — Map (db m164308) HM
The first commercial building on this site, later destroyed in the fire of 1895, was a wood frame structure that housed Brady Bros, Groceries. In 1914, J.E. Easterly built this existing building, #301 for E L. Brady who soon rented it to the . . . — — Map (db m197115) HM
This hardware business was started in 1886 by a 21 year old Ohio man, Frank T. Budge and his partner, Felix G, Fuckabay. Huckabay & Budge Hardware was located in a small building, previously the express office, located on the north side of Main . . . — — Map (db m197026) HM
After operating a private bank for several years, Captain James Pritchard organized the Indian River State Bank in 1888 and built this bank building of brick, where he served as president and W.M Brown was cashier. The bank incorporated in 1889, . . . — — Map (db m197073) HM
The brick building at your left housed Titusville's first bank. Capt. James Pritchard organized the institution, serving as its president for over 20 years. In December 1928, the bank closed, a victim of uncollected loans made during the land boom . . . — — Map (db m197116) HM
Arriving in 1885, the first railroad to Titusville was a 35-mile stretch of track from Enterprise on a line of the Jacksonville, Tampa, and Key West Railroad, the JT&KW. The tracks ran down the middle of Broad Street’s right-of-way, and out onto a . . . — — Map (db m112675) HM
Jules Verne’s mythical journey to the Moon in the 1880’s
was similar to the Apollo 11 launched on July 16, 1969
Both had three man crews
Both landed in the Pacific Ocean
Both used retro-rockets for descent
Both flights blasted off . . . — — Map (db m112256) HM
"Look across the Indian River… it is from the tract of land east of Titusville that the United States will fire its hopes toward the moon… From now on, Titusville will be known as space exploration headquarters." - . . . — — Map (db m141292) HM
We descendants of the heroes of the American Revolution who, by their sacrifices established the United States of America …_ dedicate this Liberty Tree in their honor. — — Map (db m113326) WM
