Dedicated to the memory of those who made the supreme sacrifice and in honor of those who served in the Armed Forces of our country in World War II and all other wars — — Map (db m233719) WM
Dedicated to the memory of those who flew and served in 305th Bombardment Wing 1961-1970 assigned Grissom AFB Indiana 1961-1970
World's first supersonic bomber B-58 Hustler held 19 world records.
Won the following aviation trophies: . . . — — Map (db m311024) WM
Specifications:
Manufacture: Boeing
Designation: KC-97L
Serial Number: 52-2697
Official name: Stratofreighter
Number built: 811 total. 81 KC-97Gs modified with two J47 turbojet engines on underwing pylons, and re-designated KC-97L. . . . — — Map (db m311031) HM
Specifications:
Manufacture: Cessna
Designation: T-37B
Serial Number: 54-2736
Official name: Tweet
Function: Primary pilot training vehicle.
Crew: 2, student pilot, and instructor.
Wingspan: 33 ft 91/3 in
Length: 29 ft 3 in . . . — — Map (db m311052) HM
Specifications:
Manufacture: Cessna
Designation: U-3A
Serial Number: 57-5922
Official name: L-27A, later changed to U-3A
Nickname: Blue Canoe
Function: Light administrative liaison, cargo and utility transport.
Crew: One pilot. Up . . . — — Map (db m311028) HM
Specifications:
Manufacture: Douglas Aircraft
Designation: C-47D. (C-47B with second speed (high blower) engine supercharger disabled or removed after the war.)
Serial Number: 43-49270
Official name: Skytrain
Nicknames: Gooney Bird, . . . — — Map (db m311033) HM
Specifications:
Manufacture: Douglas
Designation: TA-4J
Serial Number: 153671
Official name: Skyhawk
Nicknames: Scooter, Heinemann's Hotrod (for Ed Heinemann, its designer), Mongoose
Function: Dedicated trainer version based on A-4F, . . . — — Map (db m311044) HM
The EC-135L was manufactured by Boeing Aircraft, Seattle, Washington. It was delivered to the Air Force on 8 December 1961. It's final assignment was the 305th AREFW in January 1970. EC-135 #61-269 flew many missions in operations JUST CAUSE . . . — — Map (db m311049) HM
Specifications:
Manufacture: Fairchild
Designation: C-119G
Serial Number: 52-5850
Official Name: Flying Boxcar
Function: Military air transport capable of carrying cargo, personal, litter patients. Also parachute drops of cargo and . . . — — Map (db m311136) HM
Specifications:
Manufacture: Fairchild Republic
Designation: A-10A
Serial Number: 77-0228
Official name: Thunderbolt II
Nicknames: Warthog, Hog. The saying Go Ugly Early has been associated with the aircraft in reference to calling in . . . — — Map (db m311036) HM
United States Marine Corps United States Air Force United States Army United States Navy United States Coast Guard The United States of America
Kenneth K McAninch SSG US Army KIA 10/21/2010 Marvin Carlson 16 Major 4 US Army WWII . . . — — Map (db m311020) WM
Specifications:
Manufacture: Lockheed
Designation: D-21 (When 17 D-21's showed up at Davis-Monthan AFB for storage, the Air Force called them GTD-21Bs with the GT standing for Ground Training.)
Serial Number: D21B #528
Official name: No . . . — — Map (db m311035) HM
Specifications:
Manufacture: McDonnell Aircraft
Designation: F-101B
Serial Number: 58-0321
Official name: Voodoo
Initial Cost: $1.75 million
Function: Conceived as a long range fighter to accompany SAC bombers, it ended up serving as . . . — — Map (db m311053) HM
Bombers and their support aircraft were on alert at Strategic Air Command bases around the clock throughout the Cold War. The aircrews and supporting maintenance personnel lived within running distance of their fully armed and "cocked" aircraft in a . . . — — Map (db m311045) HM
The only one of its kind in existence, this B-58 Rocket Sled (referred to as "The Texas Hustler") was designed and tested at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico in the early 1950's to develop and evaluate emergency ejection seat systems for the B-58 . . . — — Map (db m311042) HM
USA USN USAF USMC USCC
In memory of those American military members who so honorably met the challenge of the Vietnam Era and this nations other conflicts.
To you who sacrificed your life, to you who served in enemy captivity, to . . . — — Map (db m311026) WM
Dedicated to the members of Crew R-135 who gave their lives in service to their country June 17, 1986.
Capt Thomas B. McDerby 1Lt. Wayne K. S. Ching 1Lt John M. Bristow Ssgt Quinn L. Dewitt — — Map (db m311046) WM
From 1892-1941, Peru served as winter headquarters for several American circuses, housing performers, animals and circus equipment. — — Map (db m255647) HM
Senger Dry Goods Co. circa 1883 has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m241005) HM
Francis Godfroy (1788-1840) was last war chief of the Miami Nation. Owner Mount Pleasant trading post and one of the wealthiest and most influential merchants in the West. Burials in cemetery are restricted to persons of Native American ancestry and . . . — — Map (db m61748) HM
North 87 degrees East 437 feet. War Chief Francis Godfroy's Council Chambers. Here May, 1812, twelve tribes of N.W. Territory voted not to join English. Tecumseh objected and joined Canada. Across road Godfroy's trading post and Mt. Pleasant home, . . . — — Map (db m61139) HM
Renowned composer and songwriter Cole Porter was born in Peru, Indiana, in 1891. He enjoyed a privileged childhood and was passionate about music, studying both the violin and piano and publishing his first composition at age 11. He went on to a . . . — — Map (db m310946) HM
Peru River Walkway Park
This site along the Wabash River has been an important transportation route and life center from the first Indigenous People to today. Pressure for Native People to move began before Indiana became a state in 1816. . . . — — Map (db m310943) HM
Jean Baptiste Richardville (1761-1841) was principal chief of the Miami Tribe from 1812 to 1841. He signed six treaties with the United States ceding Miami land in Indiana. This house was built for him under one of the treaties. — — Map (db m63115) HM
Co-owner of American Circus Corporation with Bert Bowers. President of Wabash Valley Building & Loan Association President of Wabash Valley Abstract Company Died January, 29 1930 — — Map (db m240736) HM
Social reformer Marie Stuart Edwards moved to Peru in 1914. later living in this house (1917-1926). As Woman's Franchise League president (1917-1919). Edwards mobilized a statewide network of suffragists. She led the league's WWI relief efforts, . . . — — Map (db m255648) HM
( Top - Large Plaque )
Miami County War Dead
World War II
Forever Honourd - - - Forever Mournd
1941 - - - - 1945
( Row One )
Alonzo G. Albert Russell E. Allen Ralph E. Anderson Benjamin E. . . . — — Map (db m44296) WM
“They died that others might live Free”
( Korea )
( Row One )
Edward F. Brakes Weldon E. Bucher John M. Cain Donald A. Day Everett S. Johnson Bobby G. Leedy
( Row Two )
Jack H. Lewis . . . — — Map (db m44263) WM
These heroes are dead.
They died for Liberty - They died for us.
They are at rest.
They sleep in the land they made free.
Under the flag they rendered stainless.
Under the solemn pines.
The sad hemlocks.
The tearful willows.
The . . . — — Map (db m44202) WM
Miami County Indiana Honors Its Women Of World War 1 November 11, 2018 "This war is being fought by women. It is women who suffer and lend courage to us. Women are the ones to whom honor will be due when this war is over, and they will . . . — — Map (db m240731) 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 . . . — — Map (db m44109) HM
Founding member of the National League of Women Voters
Time capsule buried 2022
To be opened in 2072
"I believe women will bring to our body politic an independence of action and clarity of thought unhampered by precedents, . . . — — Map (db m240733) HM
In October 1914, 16 local women met in the Assembly Room of the Peru Public Library to listen to Dr. Amelia Keller, then President of the Woman's Franchise League of Indiana, talk about women suffrage.
In the excitement of the moment they . . . — — Map (db m240735) HM
In 1854 a train crossed the Wabash River and chugged into Peru for the first time, launching a vital part of the town's history. The current 587-foot long truss bridge was built in 1940. The limestone block piers from the original structure are . . . — — Map (db m264961) HM
“Greater love hath
no man than this”
Agar, Thomas Agar
Bagshaw, Harry K.
Crites, Ernest A.
Easterday, Lawrence A.
Edgerly, Fred
Flora, Ralph Noah
Gaffrey, Edward Charles
Ginney, John Michael
Harmon, Floyd . . . — — Map (db m44110) HM
The name Lost Sister refers to Frances Slocum who was kidnapped by Delaware Indians from her Quaker Pennsylvania parents in 1778. She was welcomed into the Miami community and given the name Mahkoonsihkwa, or Little Bear Woman, due to her . . . — — Map (db m215038) HM
