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
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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
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
Dedicated in honor of
U.S. Soldiers, Sailors
& Marines 1861- 1865
By W.T. Sherman Camp 93
Sons of Union
Veterans of the Civil War
Memorial Day 2012 — — Map (db m186908) WM
We honor these Revolutionary War Soldiers and Patriots
Who are Buried in Unmarked Graves in Montgomery County, Ohio
Jonathan Martin Appell · John Bickel · Peter Bose · Jehu Burkhart · Peter Castor · Anthony Chevaller · Nicholas Coble · James . . . — — Map (db m186844) WM
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
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
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
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
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
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 a righteous cause they have won immortal glory and have nobly served their nation in serving mankind.”
Woodrow Wilson 1918
“This tablet erected by the City of Dayton
from funds furnished by the Home Guards
to the . . . — — Map (db m109985) WM
Encouraged by Edmund and Jonathan Munger, the church congregation met for the first time on November 29, 1813. Services generally were held for some years in the larger of Edmund Munger's two barns. In 1830 a quaint brick church was built on two . . . — — Map (db m92893) HM
Founded in 1841, Woodland is
one of
the nation's oldest rural
garden cemeteries,
the style of which was a dramatic departure
from traditional church burial grounds at the time. Woodland's oldest portion,
including Victorian Era burial . . . — — Map (db m171538) HM
C.F. Kettering and E. A. Deeds formed Dayton-Wright Airplane Company in 1917 to build airplanes for World War I. The plane was called the DH-4 and was the only American—built aircraft to see action overseas during World War I.
These . . . — — Map (db m172445) HM
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
"…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
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 . . . — — Map (db m26339) HM
In 1916, Dayton industrialists Charles Kettering and Edward Deeds purchased the “Idylwild” estate of Daniel Eldridge Mead and a larger adjacent tract to save it from development and to create a park for their companies. The resulting “Triangle . . . — — Map (db m203485) HM WM
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
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
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
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
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
"The framers of the government found slavery existing when the
Constitution was formed and got along with it as well as they could
in accomplishing the Union of States, contemplating and expecting
the advent of the period when slavery in the . . . — — Map (db m199985) HM
The Antioch Temple is home to the Dayton Shriner's; an
organization that has been an active social influence in
Dayton, Ohio since its founding in 1897. The Shriner's of
Antioch Temple have actively supported local communities
and have been a . . . — — Map (db m200098) HM
producing more patents per capita than any place else in the United States.
What made it possible for so much innovation? Did this creativity happen
because so many ingenious people lived in Dayton or was creativity sparked by
seeing others . . . — — Map (db m200096) HM
"We are one People...one in our purposes, aims, and lives...one in
our fealty to the flag, the Constitution, and the indissoluble Union
of States."
...at Dayton May 14, 1891 — — Map (db m199952) HM
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
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
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
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
Dayton Woman’s Club
Community leader Robert Steele built the house that became the Dayton Woman's Club between 1845 and 1850. Napoleon Bonaparte Darst, a wealthy merchant, bought the residence in 1861. After the Civil War he refurbished the . . . — — Map (db m183253) 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 commemorating the . . . — — Map (db m96099) HM
"The command of the democratic faith has been ever onward and
upward. Never have free men been satisfied with the mere
maintenance of any status quo, however comfortable or secure it
may have seemed at the moment".
... at Dayton October 13, . . . — — Map (db m199951) HM
"This great republic, the greatest in history, the greatest the sun has
ever shown upon, is charged with leadership in the world, for the
welfare of the whole world as well as for our own welfare. We
must lead the way if we expect the world to . . . — — Map (db m199948) HM
"The important things are the things you can't see: justice, truth, service, understanding, compassion and love. These are the important measurements of the greatness of a life".
… at Dayton October 3, 1980 — — Map (db m199870) HM
"With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds, let us go forth to lead the land we love".
... at Dayton September 17, 1959 — — Map (db m199947) 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
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
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
"I see America as a land where the poorest among us will have as
fair a chance to fulfill himself in life as the richest among us".
... at Dayton October 16, 1964 — — Map (db m199876) HM
National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark
American Society of Civil Engineers Founded 1852
Miami Conservancy District
ASCE 1972 — — Map (db m200094) HM
G.A.R.
1861 to 1865
This gun is a trophy of The War for The Union, erected in memory of its fallen defenders.
Erected by Montgomery Co. in honor of the Union Soldiers of the Civil War.
Admiral Schenck — — Map (db m199987) WM
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) WM
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
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
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
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 m200093) 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
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
"Your monument is a magnificent structure. It is a monument that
speaks out in eloquence to every man that bore arms in defense of
his country. It was not the wonder that a million men sprang to
save the union... but that they melted away and . . . — — Map (db m199984) 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
The Biltmore
has been designated a
National
Historic Landmark
under the provisions of the
national historic preservation act of 1966
this site possesses national significance
in commemorating the history of the
United States . . . — — Map (db m200100) HM
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
Engineer's Club
Of Dayton
Has been placed on the
National
Register Of
Historic Places
By the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m200097) HM
The corner of Third and Main streets has long served as the focal
point of our community. Since 1850 the Old Courthouse has been a
silent witness to a constant succession of events marking the history of
our community and of our country. We sent . . . — — Map (db m199949) 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
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
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
In the latter half of the 1800's, James Campbell's home stood across the street from this spot, on Monument Avenue between Jefferson and St. Clair Streets. As a city council member, Campbell grew impatient with the eye sore that had developed on . . . — — Map (db m22230) HM
Victoria Theater
built in 1866
listed in the
National Registry of Historic Places
by the
United States Department of Interior
this plaque placed
in honor of the Community Leadership
supporting the 1990 renovation — — Map (db m96049) HM
"In America a glorious fire has been lighted upon the alter of
liberty, and to you my fellow citizens has been entrusted its safe
keeping to be nourished with care and fostered forever. Keep it
burning, and let the sparks that continually go up . . . — — Map (db m199986) 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
(poppy)
Centennial Commemoration of the End of the Great War
1918- 2018
This garden is dedicated to the memory of the Veterans of the World War I
Miami Valley Military History Museum
(originally dedicated in 1984) — — Map (db m186896) HM
Central Branch National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers (NHDVS)/ Dayton Veterans Administratio Home (Curretly known as the Dayton VA /Medical Center)
Has been designated a
National Historic Landmark
This site possesses national significance . . . — — Map (db m186902) HM
The Dayton Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center was established by Congressional legislation signed by President Abraham Lincoln on March 3, 1865. One of the three original VA Hospitals in the United States, Dayton received its first Civil War . . . — — Map (db m186832) HM WM
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
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
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
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
"...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
The Wright brothers were in their twenties when they became interested in aeronautical science. Five adults lived here in the years that Wilbur and Orville debated their ideas about how to develop a flying machine around the dining room table. . . . — — Map (db m61865) HM
By 1900 Dayton’s West Side was a thriving neighborhood of working-class homes and small businesses. Some residents commuted to downtown Dayton by streetcar. Others, like Wilbur and Orville Wright, lived and worked in this community.
The . . . — — Map (db m67584) HM
In the spring of 1895, Wilbur and Orville Wright moved their printing and bicycle shops under one roof in The Wright Cycle Company building you see in front of you. Here the brothers concentrated on designing and building their own custom make of . . . — — Map (db m61856) HM
You can no longer see a plain two-story house standing on Bishop Wright's small lot just ahead. Here on quiet tree-lined Hawthorne Street Orville Wright was born in 1871. Here Wilbur Wright died in 1912. The brothers who would one day create a . . . — — Map (db m61863) 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
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
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
During the mid 20th century, Modernist Design brought attention to utility and the expression of building materials and structure, in architecture and in engineering. The new design system replaced classical forms preferred by the City Beautiful . . . — — Map (db m199863) HM
The Webster Street, Fifth Street, and Keowee Street Bridges were
the first to be constructed after the Great Flood. They were
also the first to be constructed under the new Council-City Manager
form of government, which Dayton adopted in 1913.
. . . — — Map (db m199856) 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
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