On the battlefield, a rifle placed by a comrade pointing downwards into the ground was a memorial to a soldier killed in action. Often their helmet was placed on top. It marked the place where they fell and helped in the recovery of their body for . . . — — Map (db m100124) HM WM
Army - SGT - E5
August 2, 1947 - June 16, 1969
K.I.A. Binh Duong, South Vietnam
25th Infantry Division
———————
D Co, 2nd Bn, 12th Infantry, 25th Inf Div, USARV
Army of the United States . . . — — Map (db m100125) HM
Army - SGT - E5
June 26, 1947 - August 24, 1968
K.I.A. Binh Dinh, South Vietnam
A Co, 1st Bn, 50th Infantry, 173 Abn Bde
—————————
Army of the United States
26 June 1947 - 24 August . . . — — Map (db m100126) HM WM
This Memorial is dedicated to all the men and women that served in any of the five branches of the US military. Thank you for your Service and Sacrifice.
Taps
This monument sculpture rests on a triangular base representing the folded . . . — — Map (db m100086) HM
Edmund Munger was born in 1763 in Norfolk, Connecticut, and later moved to Vermont. In 1799, his wife Eunice Kellogg and five children traveled by wagon and flat-bottomed boat to claim land in Washington Township. A blacksmith by trade and a . . . — — Map (db m26218) HM
In
honor of those
who served
in war and peace
to protect the
United States
of
America
American Revolution 1776-1783
War of 1812 1812-1814
Mexican War 1846-1848
Civil War 1861-1865
Spanish-American War 1898
World War I . . . — — Map (db m26217) WM
The first recorded meeting of the Sugar Creek Baptists (now
Centerville Baptist Church) was November 2, 1799. In 1802,
property was purchased from Aaron Nutt and by 1803, a meeting
house was erected on the west side of the cemetery. . . . — — Map (db m84406) HM
After attending monthly meetings in Waynesville and
Springborough for many years, members of the Society of
Friends built a log meeting house facing Clyo Road on two
acres of land purchased from Solomon Miller in 1823.
Abandoned as a church in . . . — — Map (db m84408) HM
Dedicated to Courthouse Square on Law Day, May 1, 1979
by the Dayton Bar Association
These stones were an original part of the County
Courthouse erected on this site in 1884. They were
preserved by the Dayton Bar Association when the
building . . . — — Map (db m95622) HM
The peak of this memorial plaque indicates the high
water level at the crest of the great Dayton flood
of March 25, 1913, and also commemorates an important
episode in the history of Montgomery County. Here on
Sunday night, May 25, 1913, just . . . — — Map (db m95624) HM
Hon. Daniel A. Haynes
Educator, Judge of the Superior Court
By Nature and Training a Most Able Jurist
Hon Alvin W. Kumler
A Brilliant Lawyer
An Honest Courageous Judge
Daniel C. Cooper
Platted Dayton 1801
Gave Land for Parks . . . — — Map (db m17560) HM
This sculpture represents the third Flyer that the Wright Brothers constructed to continue their flying experiments at Huffman Prairie, east of Dayton, within the boundaries of what is now Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The Flyer is piloted by . . . — — Map (db m20780) HM
Six days a week from 1917 to 1948 Orville Wright chose to come to work here in what he called the Wright Aeronautical Laboratory. Images taken by National Cash Register Company photographers soon after his death give a glimpse of the spare, orderly, . . . — — Map (db m67598) HM
This Control Tower is dedicated to all Eighth
Air Force Veterans of WWII and the 26,000 airmen killed
This is a project of the Eighth Air Force
Memorial Museum Foundation Funded by
Eighth Air Force Members and Units
John E. Greenwood . . . — — Map (db m114931) WM
Abraham Lincoln appeared
on these court house steps
on the afternoon of
September 17, 1859, and
spoke denying the assertion
of the Hon. Stephen A. Douglas,
Senator from Illinois, that
human slavery was protected
by the . . . — — Map (db m95625) HM
American
Air Forces in
England, WWII
American airpower based in England in WWII included the Eighth Air Force, providing strategic airpower with bombers and fighters, and the Ninth Air Force, performing tactical ground-attack and support . . . — — Map (db m114930) WM
Benjamin Van Cleve was one of Dayton's most prominent founding citizens. Among the original settlers, he served as Dayton's first postmaster, librarian, and schoolteacher. His home at First and Jefferson Streets, known as a warm, friendly way . . . — — Map (db m22263) HM
The first airplane. The first airport. The first permanent flying school. The Wright brothers created them all - here in Dayton.
After their first short flights at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, in 1903, Wilbur and Orville returned home to their . . . — — Map (db m61858) HM
Forever honoring all our
sons and daughters of the
city of Dayton and of
Montgomery County who
served their country in
the Armed Forces . . . .
In reverent recognition
of our heroic citizens
who gave their lives in
sacrifice, we . . . — — Map (db m22238) HM
Carillon Park owes its existence to the
generosity of Col, and Mrs. Edward A. Deeds.
The carillon – built of granite, steel, and
limestone - - reaches skyward for an impressive
151 feet. The gift of Mrs. Deeds, it was
dedicated August . . . — — Map (db m95570) HM
In 1942, Charity Adams Earley (1918- 2002) became the first
African American woman to receive a commission in what became
the Women’s Army Corps (WACs). She rose through the ranks to
command the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion in . . . — — Map (db m103461) HM
Charles F. “Boss” Kettering was a prolific inventor. While at National Cash Register, he invented the first electric cash register. Kettering founded the Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company (Delco) in 1909 and developed the electric . . . — — Map (db m17524) HM
Raise your sail one foot and get ten feet of wind. -Chinese Proverb
The world's first aircraft were the kites of China. The Chinese military first fashioned bird-shaped, wooden kites that were flown behind enemy lines to drop . . . — — Map (db m29141) HM
Colonel Edward Deeds (1874-1960) was among the core of Dayton's brilliant leadership in the first half of the 20th century. As vice president of NCR, Deeds' mentored Charles Kettering, hiring him back
every time the fickle John Patterson fired . . . — — Map (db m29096) HM
By the late 1890s Dunbar had earned major acclaim for his writing. He wrote poetry, novels, and lyrics for musicals. In 1899 he contracted tuberculosis, a respiratory disease then usually fatal.
Dunbar came home to Dayton. Here he lived his last . . . — — Map (db m22225) HM
United States of America
Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients
State of Ohio, Montgomery County
Civil War
Downs, Henry W. Sgt. Winchester, Virginia 1864
James, Isaac, Pvt. Petersburg, Virginia 1865
James, John H. Capt. Mobile Bay, . . . — — Map (db m22239) HM
Daniel C. Cooper (1773-1818) perhaps more than any other deserves to be called the founder of Dayton. A surveyor with Israel Ludlow, Cooper settled in Dayton in the summer of 1796 and became titular owner of the town when the original proprietors . . . — — Map (db m28078) HM
Cpl. Tony Stein Memorial Bridge
In honor of Cpl. Tony Stein, USMC
Congessional Medal of Honor
WW II Iwo Jima
killed in action
March, 1, 1945
presented by
Kaiser Aluminum 1998 — — Map (db m110380) WM
This property
has been placed on the
National Register
of
Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Originally constructed
1901
The last “horse-drawn” apparatus
firehouse in Dayton, . . . — — Map (db m28099) HM
(Side A): The first Masonic Lodge in Dayton was founded in 1808, located in the first Montgomery County Courthouse. Various other locations were home to Masons in Dayton, but by World War I, rapid growth of the Masonic community called for . . . — — Map (db m4406) HM
Cast in Cincinnati in 1846,
this 1,600 pound bell was taken from the
First Presbyterian Church building
which stood at the northwest corner of
Second and Ludlow Streets. It was
dedicated December 1, 1974
at special ceremonies . . . — — Map (db m96099) HM
On this site, 319 Central Avenue, Charles F.
Kettering invented the electric ignition and the
self-starter which revolutionized the automobile
industry and in 1909 led to the founding of the
Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company . . . — — Map (db m110321) HM
Being too busy to change the phonograph record, the men
working in this building listened to the song, “When You and I
Were Young, Maggie” over and over through the night.
This is a replica of the carriage barn that stood behind the . . . — — Map (db m110322) HM
Erma Fiste was born in Dayton on February 21, 1927. While attending Patterson Cooperative High School, she worked as a copygirl for the Dayton Herald. After graduating from the University of Dayton in 1949, she married Bill Bombeck. She . . . — — Map (db m1651) HM
Side A Known by the trade name henderSon's printing, the business was a mainstay of Dayton's African American community for almost 60 years and became a printer of choice for everything from advertising materials, office forms, and a . . . — — Map (db m137066) HM
The hawk which now takes his flight over the top of the wood was at first, perchance, only a leaf which fluttered in its aisles. -Henry David Thoreau
After their first successful flight at Kitty Hawk in 1903, the Wright brothers could . . . — — Map (db m29516) HM
Here, where the Shawnees were defeated by Clark's 1782 expedition, Dayton was founded, in 1796. Hull's army and other War of 1812 troops were mobilized at this point. — — Map (db m36365) HM
Oh that I had Wings. -Thomas Moore.
Mankind began dreaming of flight long ago in ancient Greece. Greek mythology reveals this dream in the tale of young Icarus. King Minos imprisoned Icarus and his father, Daedalus, on the isle of . . . — — Map (db m29140) HM
In Honor of Don Bassett who organized and conducted the municipal band since 1933 and has provided thirty three years of consecutive summer music programs at the Diehl Municipal Shell. It is the citizens of Dayton who honor him today. — — Map (db m157044) HM
On this site, from July 3 through July 20, 2003, the world focused its attention on Dayton as the Birthplace of Aviation for the one hundredth anniversary of the Wright Brothers' first flight and as a Signature Event of the Ohio Bicentennial . . . — — Map (db m29097) HM
“Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt.” -William Shakespeare
In the midst of the Cold War, the United States was losing face to the Soviet Union's superior space . . . — — Map (db m29560) HM
John Van Cleve, Benjamin Van Cleve's son, made his own mark on Dayton as an intellectual, a political activist, and an advocate for a more beautiful city. Van Cleve studied botany, mathematics, and music. He served as the mayor of Dayton and . . . — — Map (db m22265) HM
This Boulevard is dedicated to the memory of L/CPL. Joseph Calvin Paul, U.S. Marine Corps who died from wounds received in action near Chu Lai Republic of Vietnam on 19 August 1965. Greater love hath no man than this.That a man lay down his life for . . . — — Map (db m62803) WM
Dayton natives Hermene (1902-1986) and Josephine Schwarz (1908-2004) were pioneers of dance who founded one of the first regional ballet companies in the country. In 1927, the opened the Schwarz School of Dance, which eventually became the Dayton . . . — — Map (db m102462) HM
Katharine Kennedy Brown (1891-1986), born in
Dayton, was a leading figure in local, state, and
national Republican politics. Soon after the 19th
Amendment was passed In 1920, she earned a seat
on the Montgomery County Republican . . . — — Map (db m127225) HM
"The kite and other birds, which beat their wings little, go seeking the course of the wind, and when the wind prevails...they will be seen at a great height." -Leonardo da Vinci
Four hundred years before the Wright Brothers, Leonardo . . . — — Map (db m29507) HM
Lewis and Elizabeth (Lyons) Kemp were settlers of what became Mad River Township. With their eight children, the Kemps arrived here from Frederick County, Maryland around 1806. The stone part of the house was built shortly thereafter. Lewis donated . . . — — Map (db m104541) HM
Abraham Lincoln spoke at this court house on September 17, 1859. He stopped here
between speeches in Columbus and Cincinnati at the invitation of his friend, Dayton
lawyer Robert C. Schenck. They had met while both were members of Congress. . . . — — Map (db m109456) HM
The one- room school was a common sight in rural Ohio
in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Locust Grove
No. 12 housed elementary school classes until the late
1920’s on it’s original site; S. Bird Road at E. Possum
Road in Clark County, . . . — — Map (db m95572) HM
Side A: Mad River Road
The first overland route between Dayton and Cincinnati was cut by Daniel Cooper in 1795 to provide access to the new town of Dayton, located at the mouth of the Mad River in the Symmes Purchase. The survey, entered into . . . — — Map (db m26222) HM
As a poet, novelist, and popular lecturer, Paul Laurence Dunbar used his extraordinary way with words to achieve international fame. In just ten years, Dunbar rose from a job running a downtown Dayton elevator to receiving an invitation to President . . . — — Map (db m67590) HM
This field is small. Use it all. -sign at McCook Field
Entering World War I, the United States urgently needed to advance this new field of aeronautics. Thanks to the area's industrial strength, the military chose Dayton as the sight . . . — — Map (db m29554) HM
McCook Field was established as a research and development facility of the U.S. Army Signal Corps Aviation section. 18 October 1917, this Dayton site favorably located within the U.S. industrial complet became the aviation engineering and . . . — — Map (db m75373) HM
Side A:
McCook Field
Cradle of Aviation Innovation
Interest in the new field of aeronautics grew dramatically when the United States entered the World War I in 1917. The army chose Dayton as the site for a research-and-development . . . — — Map (db m116551) HM
Memorial
to the
Thirty-three soldiers of the War of 1812
buried in this cemetery
Honoring
Josephine C. Diefenbach
state president 1935-1937
erected by
The Ohio Society United States Daughters of 1812
on the anniversary of . . . — — Map (db m116623) WM
In 1951, when Irvin G. Bieser, Sr. was president of the hospital Board of Trustees, this
cornerstone was placed during construction of the Main Building. A construction addition
in the 1970’s relocated the entry way and the cornerstone became . . . — — Map (db m85991) HM
The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight, but they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Joseph and Etíenne de Montgolfier, brothers living . . . — — Map (db m29512) HM
The Memorial of Montgomery County to her Soldiers. Dedicated July 31, 1884.
"The Federal Union Must and Shall be Preserved" The Republic Rests on the Virtue, Intelligence and Patriotism of its Citizens. "Liberty and Union, Now and Forever, One . . . — — Map (db m17511) HM
To those, who in the
hour of their country's danger,
tendered their lives.
To those who gave much and to those who gave their all. 1861-1865.
Carnifex Ferry • Fort Donelson • Shiloh • Vicksburg • Stone River • Corinth • Perryville • . . . — — Map (db m22249) WM
Erected to
Spanish War Veterans
1898 - 1902
Dedicated to
those who rendered service
Sinking of the Maine
San Juan Hill
Santiago
Porto Rico
Santiago Bay
Manila Bay
Phillipine Insurrection
El Caney
Chinese Boxer . . . — — Map (db m22242) HM
To those who made
the supreme sacrifice
World War
1917 - 1918
Dedicated to
those who rendered service
Cambrai • Somme-Defensive • Lys •
Aisne • Montdidier-Noyon •
Champagne-Marne • Aisne-Marne •
Somme-Offensive • Oise-Aisne • . . . — — Map (db m22243) HM
Mount Enon Missionary Baptist Church
Led by Rev.W.E. Jones, a small band of baptized believers came together for services in January 1925. They met regularly in a residence on Home Avenue and Hawthorne Streets, later moving to Summit . . . — — Map (db m105798) HM
Side A
Natalie Clifford Barney was born in Dayton on October 31, 1876. Her family was wealthy and industrious, including her great grandfather who founded the Dayton Academy, Cooper Female Seminary, and Dayton Car Works. Natalie, who knew . . . — — Map (db m104542) HM
It suddently struck me that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth...I didn't feel like a giant. I felt very, very small. -Neil Armstrong
Another Ohio aviator took the final step in the nation's goal to reach the moon. Neil . . . — — Map (db m29562) HM
Newcom Tavern, one of Dayton's original dwellings, stood here in Van Cleve Park for much of its storied past. After leading a party of original Dayton settlers, George Newcom constructed his home in 1796 at the corner of Main and Monument, where it . . . — — Map (db m20777) HM
What Are We Doing?
Carillon Park has begun preservation and
re-interpretation of Dayton’s oldest standing
structure, Newcom Tavern. Using replicated sash-
sawn white oak siding and hand wrought nails,
Carillon Park is now returning much . . . — — Map (db m95571) HM
“For 30 years Orville Wright’s place of business was the plain brick building (here) on North Broadway. Visiting reporters found it quite ordinary. There was a reception area for Miss Beck (his secretary); an inner office with Orville’s desk, . . . — — Map (db m67605) HM
P-47 Thunderbolt
Alexander Kartveli, Designer
The Thunderbolt was the largest, heaviest, single-seat fighter built during World War II: a rugged, dependable,and heavily armed fighting machine, whose accomplishments advanced the ultimate . . . — — Map (db m114927) WM
Colonel Robert Patterson was a Revolutionary War Indian fighter, the founder of Lexington, Kentucky, and co-founder of Cincinnati, Ohio. He and his family settled here south of Dayton in 1804 on the 320-acre Rubicon Farm, named for the nearby creek . . . — — Map (db m104554) HM
Paul Laurence Dunbar, born on Howard Street in Dayton, was the first African American to be accepted into the discipline of American literature. The son of a fugitive slave, Paul was an eloquent poet, short story writer, and novelist, as well as . . . — — Map (db m17559) HM
Born on June 27, 1872 in Dayton to former slaves Joshua and Matilda Dunbar, Paul Laurence Dunbar developed a love of stories during his early years. He wrote his first poem at age six and recited his original Easter Ode at age nine to the . . . — — Map (db m61869) HM
The actual house where the Wright brothers dreamed of flight and the bicycle shop where they built the first airplane can no longer be seen here in West Dayton. But the original buildings still exist, and are well preserved.
In 1936 wealthy . . . — — Map (db m61861) HM
Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park honors the creative achievements of Orville Wright, Wilbur Wright and Paul Laurence Dunbar. In this national park, you won’t see wilderness, vistas or wildlife---but you can learn how three native . . . — — Map (db m67587) HM
Here stands a replica of a 2000
year old Roman column given by
Dayton’s sister city, Augsburg
Germany in honor of the 200
birthday of the United States.
In exchange, a statue fountain
was presented to Augsburg and
erected October, 1979, for . . . — — Map (db m96017) HM
I feel perfectly confident that we shall be able to transport ourselves and families, and their goods and chattels, more securely by air than by water...." -Sir George Cayley
After the Montgolfier brothers, mankind was ready to move . . . — — Map (db m29514) HM
Born on June 7, 1931 in Dayton to Edna and Henry Stang, Dorothy Mae was the fourth of nine children. She attended Julienne High School and entered religious life with the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur in 1948. She professed final vows in 1956 . . . — — Map (db m104544) HM
On October 3, 1920 the first game matching two professional teams of the American Professional Football Association, a league that would become the National Football League (NFL), was held on this field within Triangle Park. In that game, the Dayton . . . — — Map (db m26339) HM
On July 30, 1816, the year before the establishment of Butler Township, a group of farmers of German background founded the Stillwater Church. The log structure with adjoining cemetery was located on three acres between Dog Leg Road and Frederick . . . — — Map (db m114690) HM
Constructed in 1870, St. Mary’s Hall was once the largest building in Dayton. A National Historic Landmark, the building was formerly the main facility of St. Mary’s Institute, now the University of Dayton. Known as Dewberry Farm, the land for the . . . — — Map (db m128632) HM
Welcome to the
Ohio Korean War Memorial
and All Veterans' Memorial Walkway
During the 120th General Assembly regular
session 1993-1994, both houses of the
State of Ohio Legislature unanimously
voted Dayton as the official site
of . . . — — Map (db m29596) WM
Always known as the Stewart Street Bridge, the seven span reinforced concrete steel arch bridge carried Stewart Street over the Great Miami River for most of the twentieth century. Built using the Melan System, an invention patented in 1893 that . . . — — Map (db m102408) HM
U.S. Navy submarines paid heavily for
their success in World War II.
A total of 374 officers and
3131 men are on board these 52
U.S. submarines still on “patrol.”
Albacore • Amberjack • Argonaut • Barbel • Bonefish • Bullhead . . . — — Map (db m22245) WM
Where today you see ball fields and green space,
there was once a 254-acre military-industrial complex
dedicated to advancing aviation. Some four dozen
laboratories, hangars, shops, and offices were hurriedly
built here in fall of 1917, the . . . — — Map (db m116695) HM WM
The 93rd Regiment
Ohio Volunteer Infantry
was encamped near this point on
the old Patterson farm and
mustered into the service of
the United States August 20th 1862
with 968 men.
Left for the front August 23rd 1862.
Mustered out at . . . — — Map (db m110085) WM
The Belly Tank
This Nissen Hut is one of the British temporary structures that
served the Allied Forces in England in WWII for housing, administrative and work shops.
It was erected by the Royal Air Force near Saffron Walden, Essex, England on . . . — — Map (db m114929) WM
In 1899, Wilbur and Orville Wright of Dayton built a kite to test a revolutionary flight control system, and in 1900, built their first airplane (glider). With promising results, the Wrights built man-carrying gliders and airplanes to refine their . . . — — Map (db m17510) HM
The Dayton Art Institute, one of the region's premier fine arts museums, was founded in 1919 as the Dayton Museum of Arts. Founding patrons included Orville Wright, members of the Patterson family, and philanthropist Julia Shaw Patterson Carnell, . . . — — Map (db m157038) HM
The Great Dayton Flood of 1913
On Sunday, March 23, 1913, three storm systems met over western Ohio and, over the next four days, poured nine to eleven inches of rain over the Miami Valley. Falling on near-frozen and saturated ground, this . . . — — Map (db m22229) HM
"...the invention [of the airplane] came from such an unexpected quarter. The Wrights had no special training in science or engineering. While both were well educated, neither had completed the formal coursework required for his high school . . . — — Map (db m61866) HM
This is the original site of the Newcom Tavern, built in 1798 by Col. George Newcom A trading post inn until 1836. Quartermaster's Headquarters for the N.W. Army, 1812.
First native Daytonian, Jane Newcom, born in 1802, in the tavern. . . . — — Map (db m17947) HM
Col. Robert Patterson, Revolutionary War soldier and founder of Lexington, Ky., settled here in 1804 and built this farmhouse in 1816. At his death in 1827, Rubicon Farm, with its sawmill, grist mill, stone mill (for wool carding) and sugar camp, . . . — — Map (db m104560) HM
The Wright brothers were the first experimenters to understand that a propeller for a flying machine had to work differently from a ship’s screws. The first Wright Flyer used 8-foot-long wooden propellers that the brothers hand-carved from spruce. . . . — — Map (db m67602) HM
By the late 1800s, a handful of experimenters around the world were closing in on the riddle of powered flight. They could fly a plane into the air, but they still couldn't control it - keep it from pitching forward, turning side to side, or . . . — — Map (db m29136) HM
To The Memory of William McKinley
born Jan. 29th, 1843
died Sept. 14th, 1901
soldier in the Army of the Union
representative in Congress
Governor of Ohio
President of the United States
statesman, patriot, martyr
a Christian . . . — — Map (db m104552) HM WM
"…this was the area that supported us, which made us…" --Roger Troutman (1951-1999). Hits by Roger and Zapp, such as "More Bounce to the Ounce" (1980) and the albums Zapp (1980), The Many Facets of Roger (1981), and Zapp . . . — — Map (db m157042) HM
The Church of the United Brethren in Christ
first opened United Theological Seminary in 1871
on Dayton’s West Side. The school changed
its name in 1909 to Bonebrake Seminary in
honor of six pioneer ministers. The union of
the United Brethren . . . — — Map (db m109449) HM
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