Pearl Harbor · Guadalcanal · New Georgia
Luzon · Japan · Korea · Vietnam
To honor all those who have served with the division,
for their sacrifice and service to our country,
from the division's activation Sept. 26, 1941
through . . . — — Map (db m232180) WM
With love and appreciation for a Great President,
General of the Army, Man of letters, Beloved Friend
who planned and worked for over two decades
for the goals of
Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge
Co-Founding Trustee - . . . — — Map (db m232239) HM WM
In honor of the brave men killed,
wounded, missing and captured, and
all who served in the cause of freedom
in Southeast Asia.
Presented to the Freedoms Foundation by
the National League of Families of
Prisoners of War and . . . — — Map (db m232197) WM
In 2010, the Grove was found to be overgrown and unsafe for public access. A local elected official organized a community cleanup and over 1000 volunteers answered his call. On a 3-day weekend, these concerned citizens (including school . . . — — Map (db m232654) HM
On Main Street at Third Avenue, on the left when traveling south on Main Street.
The Griffen Cannon
One of 1400 guns made at Phoenix Iron
Company Shops between 1860 and 1865.
Invented by John Griffen
These 3 inch wrought iron rifled field
pieces served the Union forces with great
merit during the Civil War. . . . — — Map (db m23716) HM
THE MEDAL OF HONOR IS THE HIGHEST AWARD FOR VALOR IN ACTION AGAINST AN ENEMY FORCE WHICH CAN BE
BESTOWED UPON AN INDIVIDUAL SERVING IN THE ARMED SERVICES OF THE UNITED STATES.
It is usually presented by the President of the United States . . . — — Map (db m233517) HM WM
The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration a U.S. military member can receive. It was authorized by an Act of Congress in 1861 for the Navy and 1862 for the Army.
The Medal is earned, not "won", by actions far beyond what is . . . — — Map (db m232478) HM WM
THE HALLOWED GROUND OF THE MEDAL OF HONOR GROVE
IS THE OLDEST LIVING MEMORIAL DEDICATED TO THE SERVICE
AND SACRIFICE OF THE RECIPIENTS OF THE MEDAL OF HONOR.
Within today's 42-acre Grove is a dedicated area of land for each of the . . . — — Map (db m232443) HM WM
Tibor Rubin, born in Hungary and a Holocaust survivor, was liberated from Mauthausen Concentration Camp by American soldiers May 5, 1945. Rubin vowed "...that I would go to the United States and join the Army to express my thanks." In 1948 he . . . — — Map (db m232617) HM WM
The United States Air Force was established on August 1, 1907, in Washington, D.C., as the Aeronautical Division of the Signal Corps, U.S. Army, by the Office of the Chief Signal Officer which authorized the supervision of matters pertinent to . . . — — Map (db m232311) HM WM
The United States Army was established on June 14, 1775, in Philadelphia as the Continental Army by Resolution of the Second Continental Congress which authorized the drafting of the rules for the direction of the New England troops that had . . . — — Map (db m232291) HM WM
The United States Coast Guard was established on August 4, 1790, in New York City as the Revenue Marine by an Act of the Second Session, First Congress of the United States, which authorized the construction and equipment of ten cutters . . . — — Map (db m232310) HM WM
The United States Marine Corps was established on November 10, 1775, in Philadelphia as the Continental Marines by a Resolution of the Second Continental Congress which authorized the enlistment of two battalions of Marines for service at sea. . . . — — Map (db m232307) HM WM
The United States Navy was established on October 13, 1775, in Philadelphia as the Continental Navy by a Resolution of the Second Continental Congress which authorized the acquisition of two vessels of war, the first of which was the flagship . . . — — Map (db m232308) HM WM
SGT Norman F. Bates, USA · CAPT Alexander M. Beatty, USA
2LT George G. Benedict, USA · 1LT Frank G. Butterfield, USA
1LT John W. Clark, USA · SGT Robert J. Coffey, USA
1LT George E. Davis, USA · CPL Charles W. Dolloff, USA
SGT Henry W. . . . — — Map (db m240245) WM
Pennsylvania native Walter "Joe" Marm Jr. was born and raised in Washington, PA. He is the son of a State Trooper. Upon graduation from Dusquesne University in 1964 he assessed the situation in Vietnam and decided to enlist instead of waiting . . . — — Map (db m232587) HM WM
PFC Lewis Albanese, USA · MAJ Patrick H. Brady, USA
1LT Arnold L. Bjorklund, USA · 1LT Deming Bronson, USA
SSGT Jessie R. Drowley, USA · SP4 Michael J. Fitzmaurice, USA
CAPT James P. Fleming, USAF · SGT Bruce A. Grandstaff, USA
SGT John . . . — — Map (db m233559) WM
CPL Andrew O. Apple USA · PVT William H. Barringer USA
SGT Ted Belcher USA · CPL Thomas W. Bennett USA
SGT Richard Boury USA · SGT John C. Buckley USA
SGT William Bumgarner USA · GMC Robert E. Cox USN
SGT Benjamin C. Criswell USA · 2LT . . . — — Map (db m240252) WM
On December 11, 1861 William "Willie" Johnston formally enlisted as a drummer in
Company D of the 3rd Vermont Infantry during the American Civil War. The regiment's
rolls list him as 11 years old and five feet tall. He was originally denied . . . — — Map (db m232556) HM WM
William Harvey Carney was born into slavery in Virginia in 1840. His father bought his son's freedom after his own escape from slavery through the Underground Railroad.
In 1863 the United States Army allowed African Americans to serve in . . . — — Map (db m232519) HM WM
PFC Harold C. Agerholm, USMC • TSGT Beauford T. Anderson, USA
PVT Peter Anderson, USA • Maj Richard I. Bong, USMC
1SGT Elmer J. Burr, USA • LT Guy W. S. Castle, USN
PFC Stanley R. Christianson, USMC • SGT Jefferson Coates, USA
PVT James . . . — — Map (db m235863) WM
Master Sgt. Woodrow W. Keeble was a combat veteran of both World War II and the Korean War. He was a full-blooded member of the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate people of the Lake Traverse Reservation, a federally recognized tribe of Dakota people . . . — — Map (db m232557) HM WM
On Charlestown Road at Buckwalter Road, on the right when traveling west on Charlestown Road.
Opened in 1943, it was among the nation's largest military hospitals by the end of World War II. Able to treat more than 3,000 patients in over 100 buildings, the facility specialized in the pioneering treatment of war-related eye and burn injuries, . . . — — Map (db m232632) HM
An early female scientist considered one of the best educated female naturalists of her day, Lewis dedicated her life to the study of botany and zoology. She exhibited her Chart of the Animal Kingdom at the Centennial Exposition in 1876, and won . . . — — Map (db m84957) HM
Near Valley Forge Road (Pennsylvania Route 23), on the left when traveling west.
This Coffee Bean Tree a Scion
of a Tree planted at Mount Vernon by
George Washington
A Tree which he raised from
Seed Brought Back by Him from the
Ohio Valley in 1784
Replanted Here – 1954 — — Map (db m51756) HM
Near Valley Forge Road (Pennsylvania Route 23), on the left when traveling west.
Honor Court to
Brigadier General Lachlan McIntosh
A General charged with the Safety of
George Washington,
the Commander in Chief of the
Continental Army at Valley Forge 1777-78
A Native of Georgia in Command of the
“Life . . . — — Map (db m51742) HM
Near Valley Forge Road (Pennsylvania Route 23) west of Valley Creek Road (Pennsylvania Route 252), on the left when traveling west.
Start of the Horse-Shoe Trail in Penna. Valley Forge to Appalachian Trail on Stony Mt. 121 miles – through Chester, Berks, Lancaster, Lebanon, Dauphin counties. This marker erected 1972 by the Horse-Shoe Trail Club, Inc. 1935 in memory . . . — — Map (db m45264) HM
Near Valley Forge Road (Pennsylvania Route 23), on the left when traveling west.
[In Circle]
To Honor the Maker of First American Flag
Erected
1923
Elizabeth Griscom
ROSS
Ashbourne
Claypoole
1752
1836
BETSY ROSS — — Map (db m51739) HM
On Valley Forge Road (Route 23), on the left when traveling east.
To Marylanders Who Served Here
Col. Tench Tilghman, Confidential Aide to Washington, who wrote:---
--“formerly of my family - in every action (of) the main army - often refused his pay - left as fair reputation as ever . . . — — Map (db m51458) WM
On Valley Forge Road (Route 23), on the left when traveling west.
Village settled by the workers at iron forge begun in 1742. The forge and part of village were burned by the British army in 1777. Washington's quarters during the winter of 1777-78 were in the Isaac Potts' house, a part of the original village. — — Map (db m51761) HM
On Vally Forge Road (Pennsylvania Route 23) at Owen Road - Horseshoe Trail, on the right when traveling west on Vally Forge Road.
Village settled by the workers at iron forge begun in 1742. The forge and part of village were burned by the British army in 1777. Washington's quarters during the winter of 1777-78 were in the Isaac Potts' house, a part of the original village. — — Map (db m51762) HM
On Valley Forge Road (Pennsylvania Route 252), on the left when traveling west.
Brigadier General Henry Knox, Washington’s 27 year old artillery chief, used as his quarters the small stone section of this house. Located upstream on Valley Creek from Washington’s Headquarters, this was the farm home of John Brown and his family. . . . — — Map (db m28876) HM
On Valley Creek Road (Pennsylvania Route 252), on the left when traveling north.
In contrast to soldiers’ log huts, officers’ quarters appear lavish. But the present houses look significantly different from encampment days. Architectural modifications have more than doubled the size of General Henry Knox’s . . . — — Map (db m28871) HM
On Country Club Road at Horse Shoe Trail, on the right when traveling north on Country Club Road.
An internationally significant artist who worked primarily in wood, Esherick was a leader of the Studio Craft Movement. He is best known for his organic sculptural furniture and his ability to transform utilitarian objects into art. From 1926 until . . . — — Map (db m135761) HM
Some redoubts and earthworks went unarmed. Most cannons at Valley Forge were kept in the Artillery Park near the center of the encampment. From here guns could be rushed to the point of attack. The Artillery Park gave the Americans a flexible . . . — — Map (db m5674) HM
On South Inner Line Drive, on the left when traveling south.
The low mound in front of you is part of the original earthworks of the fortified encampment of Valley Forge. They extended about one mile from Mount Joy on the south to the Schuylkill River to the north. — — Map (db m132343) HM
On Historic Trace Road south of Gulph Road, on the right when traveling south.
Adapting to the terrain, the arriving army used peaceful farm roads as lines of communication within the sprawling encampment. Livestock, commissary wagons, and troops dragging firewood quickly turned roads into rivers of mud. After Sullivan’s . . . — — Map (db m28966) HM
On Port Providence Road, 0.1 miles east of Canal Street, on the left when traveling east.
Historic Port Providence
More than 150 years ago, Port Providence was a bustling canal village. Although the canal boats have long since stopped, the village today stretches out along the canal with many familiar buildings. The Schuylkill . . . — — Map (db m160465) HM
On Longford Road at Schuylkill River Trail, on the right when traveling north on Longford Road.
Port Providence Trailhead
The trailhead at Canal Park was developed for use by trail users through the efforts of Montgomery County Parks & Heritage Services, the Schuylkill Canal Association and Upper Providence Township.
The . . . — — Map (db m160461) HM
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