In tribute to the men, women and children
who lost their lives in the worst terrorist
attack on American soil. We honor all the
fire, police, search & rescue dogs,
rescue personnel, and all others who
selflessly gave their lives and . . . — — Map (db m119979) WM
44th Bomb Group (Heavy)
8th Air Force – U.S. Army Air Corps
Station 115, Shipdham, England
Sept. 1942 – May 1945
66th, 67th, 68th, 506th Squadrons
8000 personnel/344 combat missions
153 B-24s lost/330 Axis aircraft AC shot down
859 aircrew . . . — — Map (db m104821) WM
U.S. Colored Troops, 54th & 55th Massachusetts Infantry Regiments and other Colored Civil War Soldiers buried here.
James Alexander; 127th Regt. Co. I ∙ L. James Bailey; 32nd Regt. Co. G ∙ John H. Barton; 7th Regt. Co. H ∙ J. . . . — — Map (db m84021) HM
(Obverse)
88th Infantry
Blue Devil Division
The first all-draftee unit in WWII
WW-I
1917-1919
Alsace
KIA-12
WIA-66
WW-II
1942-1945
Rome-Arno
North Appennines
Po Valley
KIA-2937
WIA-8248
MIA-510
Dedicated by Northeastern Chapter . . . — — Map (db m104823) WM
This bell was placed as part of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's celebrations
for the 250th anniversary of the
United States in 2026.
Presented in Cumberland County
Artist: Phil George
[Images include Benjamin Rush, Molly . . . — — Map (db m304460) HM
The M102 howitzer was introduced in 1964 to replace the older M101A1 howitzer. Utilizing a lightweight aluminum carriage, the M102 could be easily airlifted by helicopter, dropped with airborne units, or pulled by a vehicle. The wishbone shaped . . . — — Map (db m104331) HM
500 U.S. Soldiers of the Civil War are here Interred John Barney • John P. Beirne • John C. Biglow • William H. Brown John Conway • Albert D. Dailey • Charles David • John Driskell George Earlenbough • Marmaduke Foster • Soloman Francis John . . . — — Map (db m135200) WM
The Native American tribes of Pennsylvania and Ohio, who had long traded with the English, asked for Pennsylvania's help to prevent French incursions and trade abuses in the Ohio territory. The Pennsylvania Assembly voted to give aid to the . . . — — Map (db m15793) HM
Combat Outpost (COP): A small, front-line, semi-remote, fortified base housing between a platoon-sized to a company-sized force, or roughly 40 to 200 Soldiers.
U.S. Army combat outposts in Afghanistan varied in size depending on the forces . . . — — Map (db m308017) HM
The Army Medical Department that served in France was the best equipped and trained Medical Department up to that time. Trained enlisted aid men were attached to each company in a division and provided immediate care and evacuated the wounded to . . . — — Map (db m104087) HM
Site of house where Major Andre and Lieutenant Despard were held prisoners in 1776. Andre was executed as a spy in 1780. Despard was executed for high treason in 1803. — — Map (db m34698) HM
The helicopter evolved during World War II and while its military application was clear, the technology took time to advance to meet its expectations. By the end of WWII designs were being fielded and during the Korean War helicopters were . . . — — Map (db m104444) HM
Responding to the battlefield realities encountered in the North African campaign against German armor, the United States Army Ordnance Department began to develop a heavier anti-tank gun to replace the diminutive 37mm M3A1 then serving on the . . . — — Map (db m168264) HM
Responding to the battlefield realities encountered in the North African campaign against German armor, the United States Army Ordnance Department began to develop a heavier anti-tank gun to replace the diminutive 37mm M3A1 then serving on the . . . — — Map (db m217127) HM
In memory of the officers nurses and enlisted men
Medical Department United States Army
who lost their lives during the World War
This tablet erected by their coworkers of the Medical Department — — Map (db m119417) WM
The M60 “Patton” medium MBT was an effective redevelopment of the M48 medium tank, designed to counter the larger armament of the Soviet Union’s T-54 and forthcoming T-62 tanks. Introduced in 1960, the M60 featured a larger 105mm main gun, more . . . — — Map (db m104799) HM
The Sherman tank received a brutal initiation to warfare when the U.S. Army first took it into combat on December 6, 1942 against the Germans in the North African country of Tunisia. They quickly found that the Germans’ guns and larger tanks . . . — — Map (db m105019) HM
The Sherman tank received a brutal initiation to warfare when the U.S. Army first took it into combat on December 6, 1942 against the Germans in the North African country of Tunisia. They quickly found that the Germans’ guns and larger tanks easily . . . — — Map (db m307785) HM
Carlisle At War (center panel) After Confederate forces fired on Fort Sumter, South Carolina, in April 1861, the men of Carlisle responded to the national calls to put down the southern rebellion. Four companies of Pennsylvania infantry . . . — — Map (db m135169) HM WM
The 1st Cavalry Division (Air Mobile) arrived in Vietnam in September 1965. Their mission was to defeat the enemy by pioneering a new concept of warfare that used helicopters to fly over enemy positions or rough terrain and insert troops directly . . . — — Map (db m104445) HM
Named for Dr. Benjamin Rush (1745-1813) of Philadelphia, signer of the Declaration of Independence and the most eminent physician of his day. Prime mover in securing the college charter. — — Map (db m35319) HM
On this site, 277 W. Louther Street, from 1932 to 1963 lived the Brothers of Beta Pi Chapter of Kappa Sigma Fraternity.
Presented by the chapter's Alumni Association on
June 7, 2003
in honor of the chapter's 100th Anniversary
at . . . — — Map (db m53633) HM
Among the earliest (c.1820) African American congregations located west of the Susquehanna River. The site of Underground Railroad activity. Abolitionists John Peck and John B. Vashon were members. A.M.E. national Bishops Daniel Payne and Wills . . . — — Map (db m40952) HM
When 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry arrived at LZ X-Ray, the Soldiers fanned out to develop a defensive perimeter. One of those Soldiers was SP4 Bill Beck of Steelton, PA. He was a member of an M-60 machinegun crew of Weapons Squad, 3rd Platoon, Alpha . . . — — Map (db m104446) HM
Home of Gen. Ephraim Blaine, Commissary General of Revolutionary Army, stood on this site. George Washington was a guest here, Oct. 4-11, 1794, while mustering an armed force to quell Whiskey Rebellion in Western Pennsylvania. — — Map (db m15855) HM
Begun in 1794 by Colonel Ephraim Blaine – Indian trader, merchant, tavern-keeper, Sheriff, land speculator, and Commissary General of the Continental Army – the Blaine House is one of the finest examples of 18th century architecture still standing . . . — — Map (db m198394) HM
The U.S. Army began its search for a mine protected clearance vehicle in 1999. A South African design was selected, which included six wheels, a high ground clearance, and a V-shaped lower hull. Within five years, the first version of the Buffalo, . . . — — Map (db m308530) HM
“General Gibbon, our commander, had just ordered Lieutenant Stewart to take his section about one hundred yards to the right of the Hagerstown Pike, in front of two straw stacks, when he beckoned me to follow. No sooner had we unlimbered, when a . . . — — Map (db m202135) HM
The bunkhouse is the living quarters for the Soldiers stationed in the combat outpost. While offering little privacy, each Soldier had a space to themselves to prepare for a mission, download their gear after an operation, clean their weapons, . . . — — Map (db m308299) HM
Born enslaved near Winchester, Virginia, c. 1832, John J. Butcher
migrated north through the Cumberland Valley and settled in Carlisle
following the Civil War. Butcher worked as a laborer for local
businessman George Hench. He also made and sold . . . — — Map (db m258301) HM
The dream of American Independence remained uncertain after five years of war. During the fall of 1781, a Franco-American force under the command of General George Washington besieged General Lord Cornwallis’ heavily entrenched British Army at . . . — — Map (db m104609) HM
The dream of American Independence remained uncertain after five years of war. During the fall of 1781, a Franco-American force under the command of General George Washington besieged General Lord Corwallis' heavily entrenched British Army at . . . — — Map (db m217268) HM
The dream of American Independence remained uncertain after five years of war. During the fall of 1781, a Franco-American force under the command of General George Washington besieged General Lord Corwallis' heavily entrenched British Army at . . . — — Map (db m217272) HM
Founded in 1751 as the seat of Cumberland County. Hisoric old frontier town. Supplied a contingent for the first regiment of the Continental Army in 1775. March against the Whiskey Rebels began here, 1794. — — Map (db m16074) HM
Founded in 1751 as the seat of Cumberland County. Historic old frontier town. Supplied a contingent for the first regiment of the Continental Army in 1775. March against the Whiskey Rebels began here, 1794. — — Map (db m30318) HM
Founded in 1751 as the seat of Cumberland County. Historic old frontier town. Supplied a contingent for the first regiment of the Continental Army in 1775. March against the Whiskey Rebels began here, 1794. — — Map (db m35806) HM
Founded in 1751 as the seat of Cumberland County. Historic old frontier town. Supplied a contingent for the first regiment of the Continental Army in 1775. March against the Whiskey Rebels began here, 1794. — — Map (db m82790) HM
Second oldest army post in U.S. A powder magazine built by Hessian prisoners, 1777, survives. Burned by Confederates, July 1, 1863. Indian School, 1879-1918. Army Medical Field Service School, 1920-1946. — — Map (db m16073) HM
Erected by Carlisle Civic Club
in memory of the men who lost
their lives in the First World War
1917 - 1918
——————————————
Jacob M. Bonner •
Abram DeWalt . . . — — Map (db m16084) WM
This building is a representation of the forge that stood at Washingtonburg, site of present day Carlisle Barracks, during the American Revolution. Our working forge features a replica of a bellows that is purported to be the original bellows of . . . — — Map (db m104887) HM
This building is a representation of the forge that stood at Washingtonburg, site of present day Carlisle Barracks, during the American Revolution. Our working forge features a replica of a bellows that is purported to be the original bellows of . . . — — Map (db m217312) HM
First fort authorized by Pennsylvania. Laid out by Gov. Morris, July, 1755, “in the middle of this town,” on news of Braddock's defeat. Col. John Armstrong's headquarters till 1758. Called “Fort Lowther” by some later writers. — — Map (db m16075) HM
[Mural Key]
1 American Revolutionary Benjamin Rush is the Founding Father of the United States and signer of the Declaration of Independence. In addition to being a physician, politician, humanitarian, and educator, he is . . . — — Map (db m304388) HM
This school was the model for a nationwide system of boarding schools intended to assimilate American Indians into mainstream culture. Over 10,000 indigenous children attended the school between 1879 and 1918. Despite idealistic beginnings, the . . . — — Map (db m30289) HM
Erected by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in grateful appreciation of the services of these soldiers of the Revolutionary War who lie buried here.
Located and verified by The Cumberland County County Chapter of the D.A.R. — — Map (db m16093) HM
Before the erection of Cumberland County - 1750 - this site was the intersection of the Indian trail leading from mountain to mountain across Groghan's Gap westward.
With the laying out of Carlisle in 1751 the square became the center of the . . . — — Map (db m15866) HM
The Carlisle Theatre, originally called The Comerford, opened its doors in May of 1939. It was by far the grandest of three movie “palaces” all within a block of one another and was the first centrally air conditioned building in Carlisle.
The . . . — — Map (db m16078) HM
1. Cumberland County, established in 1750, lost its first courthouse to fire in 1845. This Courthouse was built in 1846 and still bears the scars of a Civil War shelling on July 1, 1863.
2. Carlisle's long tradition of education began early, . . . — — Map (db m16094) HM
In 1827, a German Reformed congregation built a stone church at this location. At the time, a Methodist congregation was housed in a church on Church Alley. The location was not ideal due to boisterous behavior in the alley during church services . . . — — Map (db m16080) HM
Captain Daniel Cushing, 2nd U.S. Artillery, noted in his diary of 16 February 1813, that the men “placed one twelve pound cannon in the lower blockhouse. Gen. [William Henry] Harrison gave notice this evening that he expected to be attacked . . . — — Map (db m104888) HM
Historic Preservation
Physical structures such as houses and buildings are common preservation projects because they are visual reminders of the past. The landscape around structures, like historic downtowns or large areas of open farmland, . . . — — Map (db m258299) HM
One of baseball's great pitchers, Bender played for the Philadelphia Athletics from 1903-14, helping them to win 5 pennants and 3 world championships. After winning 212 games over 16 seasons and becoming one of the first World Series stars, he was . . . — — Map (db m202167) HM
Named for Charles Nisbet (1736-1804) of Montrose, Scotland, one of the great scholars of his time. First President of the College. — — Map (db m82796) HM
William F. Hale entered the Army in August 1972, and completed basic training at Fort Polk, Louisiana. He began his specialty training, Sergeant Missile Crewman at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, in January 1973. By 1991, after advancing through many training . . . — — Map (db m104802) HM
William F. Hale entered the Army in August 1972, and completed basic training at Fort Polk, Louisiana. He began his specialty training, Sergeant Missile Crewman at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, in January 1973. By 1991, after advancing through many training . . . — — Map (db m307521) HM
From 1955 to 2011 this house served as the club house for
the Civic Club of Carlisle, one of the oldest women's civic
clubs in Pennsylvania.
On June 22, 1898, Gertrude Bosler Biddle (1857-1950)
convened a meeting of 32 women to establish a . . . — — Map (db m258313) HM
Cook House
Soldiers on Active campaigns were issued raw rations which they prepared themselves, usually over an open fire. While in winter quarters, company cooks prepared and served food from a log cook house. Food prepared by the cooks . . . — — Map (db m202136) HM
During the American Civil War, the onset of winter weather brought much of the fighting to a close until Spring. Federal and Confederate troops erected winter quarters from forests and scavenged from structures. Construction styles varied and each . . . — — Map (db m202137) HM
Joe Newsome, a Pennsylvania native, graduated from the Pennsylvania Military College in 1961 and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the US Army. During his 28-year career he served in a variety of units, including Field Artillery and . . . — — Map (db m104443) HM
Robert Magaw, one of Carlisle's principal lawyers prior to the Revolution, lived here. Magaw joined Col. William Thompson's regiment in June 1775 as a Major. After service in Boston in 1776 he was promoted to Colonel in the 5th PA Battalion.
In . . . — — Map (db m15860) HM
The end of the Second World War brought an alignment of the developed world behind each of the world’s two superpowers: the United States and the Soviet Union. The West’s struggle against the worldwide threat of Communism came to be called the . . . — — Map (db m202138) HM
Joe Newsome, a Pennsylvania native, graduated from the Pennsylvania Military College in 1961 and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the US Army. During his 28-year career he served in a variety of units, including Field Artillery and . . . — — Map (db m217265) HM
Peter Mansoor graduated first in his class from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1982. Twenty-one years later in July 2003, as a recent graduate of the U.S. Army War College, he took command of the 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division . . . — — Map (db m217330) HM
Peter Mansoor graduated first in his class from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1982. Twenty-one years later in July 2003, as a recent graduate of the U.S. Army War College, he took command of the 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division . . . — — Map (db m308683) HM
Colonel Robert W. Black was born on June 15, 1926 in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He grew up on a farm between Carlisle and Gettysburg. He enlisted in the regular Army after High School, volunteered for the Airborne and completed Parachute and Glider . . . — — Map (db m104963) HM
Robert W. Black was born on June 15, 1929 in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He grew up on a farm between Carlisle and Gettysburg. He enlisted in the Regular Army after High School, volunteered for the Airborne and completed Parachute and Glider . . . — — Map (db m217315) HM
Vincent Tedesco's twenty seven years of service in the Army started in 1964, when he was commissioned as a second lieutenant of Artillery. He was later assigned to the 1st Battalion, 44th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, one of the three "Duster" . . . — — Map (db m217260) HM
Underground rooms called dugouts were used for a variety of purposes, including storing supplies, housing troops, and serving as communication centers near the front line. Many were built deep underground, using heavy timbers and corrugated iron . . . — — Map (db m217217) HM
Early in the evening of July 1, 1863, Union Brig. General William F. "Baldy" Smith entered Carlisle from Bridgeport (Lemoyne) with 2,500 troops subsequent to the departure of Confederate infantry the prior day, only to find the town facing attack by . . . — — Map (db m135187) HM
Multiple structures have stood on the spot of Coren Apartments, named for Captain Issac Coren, who began his Army career in Colonel Henry Knox's Continental Artillery Regiment. In January 1777, General George Washington named Coren commander of . . . — — Map (db m255532) HM
On April 25, 1951, the Eighth Ranger Company (Airborne) found themselves heavily engaged with Chinese forces as they provided forward reconnaissance during the withdrawal of the 24th Infantry Division near a Korean terrain feature designated Hill . . . — — Map (db m202139) HM
At the age of fifteen John D. LaWall enlisted in the 27th U.S. Volunteer Infantry. He returned home in 1901 and wrote a brief summary of his service during the Philippine Insurrection.
There is a time in the life of nearly . . . — — Map (db m103939) HM
The 1886 house and surroundings were an inspiration to this family. Brothers Frank and Eugene became prominent entomologists. Frank’s nationally known conservationist sons, John and Frank, Jr., saved Yellowstone’s grizzlies, popularized falconry, . . . — — Map (db m84116) HM
Formed January 27, 1750 from Lancaster County. Named for Cumberland County in England, it originally extended to Pennsylvania's western limits. Carlisle, county seat, was founded 1751. Crossed by major roads, county had a key role in westward . . . — — Map (db m15856) HM
In honor of the soldiers of Cumberland County who fell
in defense of the Union during the Great Rebellion.
This monument is created by those who revere Patriotism
and wish to perpetuate the Memory of the Brave Men, who aided
in saving . . . — — Map (db m47312) HM
The Hamilton Library Association was charterd in 1874, and this two-story brick building was erected in 1881 to house its collection. The library was made possible by a bequest of $2,000 from James Hamilton (1793-1873), a prominent Carlisle lawyer . . . — — Map (db m30830) HM
Acquisition of this building
was funded by the
G. B. Stuart Charitable Foundation
established by
George B. Stuart, Class of 1939 — — Map (db m304467) HM
The 8 Inch Howitzer was a large-caliber field artillery piece, which provided long-range fire support to Army combat units during World War II (where it was first fielded in 1944), the Korean War, Vietnam, and Cold War. Based on the British 8 . . . — — Map (db m202140) HM
The 8 inch Howitzer was a large-caliber field artillery piece, which provided long-range fire support to Army combat units during World War II (where it was the first fielded in 1944), the Korean War, Vietnam, and the Cold War. Based on the . . . — — Map (db m217329) HM
Erected 1895 Destroyed by fire March 3rd 1904 Re-erected 1904 through the generous aid of the Trustees Faculties Students Alumni and Friends of the College and particularly of Public Spirited Citizens of Carlisle — — Map (db m304466) HM
Dr. Benjamin Rush envisioned a new type of education for post-Revolutionary America, a useful education in the liberal arts. Rush, with the assistance of Col. John Montgomery of Carlisle, founded Dickinson College to prepare an engaged citizenry . . . — — Map (db m16085) HM
On Saturday, June 27th, 1863, the infantry division of Major General Robert F. Rodes of the 2d Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia, Confederate States of America, Lieutenant General Richard S. Ewell commanding, took possession of Carlisle, with . . . — — Map (db m152512) HM
Oldest law school in Pennsylvania; founded in 1834 by the Honorable John Reed, eminent jurist, and author of "Pennsylvania Blackstone." Andrew Curtin, Civil War Governor, was one of earliest graduates. — — Map (db m30320) HM
Before the war, the student body of Dickinson College was fairly evenly divided between Northern and Southern students, and thus the college was represented by soldiers on both sides of the conflict. The split is reflected in an autograph book in . . . — — Map (db m35162) HM
These three buildings are the three oldest structures on campus. Together they form Dickinson’s Historic Triangle.
West College, “Old West”, to your left
West College was designed in 1803 by Benjamin Latrobe, the architect . . . — — Map (db m152465) HM
This statue is a replica of a bronze sculpture of Dickenson College founder Dr. Benjamin Rush that stands of the grounds of the U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery in Washington, D.C. The original statue by Roland Hinton Perry was a gift to . . . — — Map (db m152379) HM
Entering this gateway to Dickinson College, you can see the statue of the college's founder, Dr. Benjamin Rush (1745-1813). The bronze statue, which was erected in 2004, is a replica of a statue unveiled 100 years earlier at the Navy's Bureau of . . . — — Map (db m82795) HM
Named for the dragoon units stationed at Carlisle Barracks and the Dragoons who trained at its Cavalry School of Practice during the school’s tenure of operation from 1838 to 1861. — — Map (db m120198) HM
Promised by a sergeant that he would only play a drum during recruiting duty. Jarvis Hanks of the 11th U.S. Infantry, who at 14 years of age, would beat his drum at one of the most formative moments of Army history. Combining communication and . . . — — Map (db m104886) HM
This grand three-story Federal-style house “was by far the most expensive private house ever built in Carlisle,” wrote James Hamilton, Jr. in the 1870s. It was planned and built, c. 1811, by Judge Thomas Duncan's wife as a dwelling for . . . — — Map (db m19457) HM
The M42, a redesign of the earlier M19, entered service in 1953. Developed to provide low-altitude air defense for armored and mechanical units, the m-42’s anti-aircraft armament was of limited value against modern high-speed jets. As a result, . . . — — Map (db m104742) HM
"We went to war because our country asked us to go, because our new president… ordered us to go, but more importantly because we saw it as our duty to go."
Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore, USA (Ret.)
“We Were Soldiers Once…and . . . — — Map (db m104563) HM
This square was set apart by the Penns, in 1751, for the Church of England; in continuous use since that time by St. John's Episcopal Church. In 1752, the first church building was erected. — — Map (db m15789) HM
The farthest north attained by any organized body of the Confederate Army of General Robert E. Lee was reached here at the farm of Joseph Miller on the morning of June 28 1863.
Hearing that Sterrett's Gap was occupied by Union troops these . . . — — Map (db m202144) HM
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