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Former U.S. Presidents: #34 Dwight D. Eisenhower Historical Markers
By Don Morfe, July 15, 2011
Fort Ligonier Marker
GEOGRAPHIC SORT WITH USA FIRST
| | President Dwight D. Eisenhower, seen by 30,000 in Ligonier on September 26, 1958, climaxed his visit with a public address on this site. He sealed into the Century Chain the open Bicentennial Link, using as ax from the fort’s artifacts. The . . . — — Map (db m61087) HM |
| | The "Father of World Weightlifting" & founder of the York Barbell Club was the U.S. Olympic weightlifting coach, 1948-64; also actively promoted the sports of powerlifting & bodybuilding. Served as an official advisor on youth physical fitness for . . . — — Map (db m4607) HM |
| | Named in honor of Dwight D. Eisenhower President of the United States 1953 – 1961 Dedicated 22 July 1960 — — Map (db m48969) HM |
| | Newport Harbor has been a center of commerce and industry since the days Narragansetts and Wampanoags, Native Americans, fished the waters of this bay. The first European explorer was Giovanni da Verranzzano, an Italian who sailed for the King of . . . — — Map (db m48244) HM |
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John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie was born in a house on this site on Oct. 21, 1917. His family lived here until they moved to Philadelphia in 1935. A founder of modern jazz, Gillespie was an innovative trumpeter and bandleader known for his bent . . . — — Map (db m28273) HM |
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"Old Glory" or "The Stars and Stripes" as our present day American flag is referred to, is the most recognizable symbol of freedom, unity and hope on earth. Our flag and its meaning are described in the lyrics of our national anthem, "The Star . . . — — Map (db m10861) HM |
| | זכרר
Remember
(Star of David)
In Sacred
Memory
Of The
6,000,000
(Map Included)
(Left Panel)
During the Holocaust, 1933 - 45, six million European Jews were murdered by Nazi Germany and its . . . — — Map (db m44184) HM |
| | Activated in 1918 and inspected by Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower and Lt. Gen. George S. Patton during World War II, the 8th landed in France 28 days after D-Day (the invasion of Normandy) and participated in three other campaigns during the war. The . . . — — Map (db m59249) HM |
| | Born at Arendal, Norway, January 22, 1904, and came to the United States when three years old, settling in Lincoln County near Canton. Taught history and speech at Webster High School, 1932 to 1935. Completed law course at University of South Dakota . . . — — Map (db m91387) HM |
| | In 1956 Senator Albert Gore, Sr. authored legislation to create the largest public works project ever undertaken in the United States, the Interstate Highway System. The legislation was signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on June 29, . . . — — Map (db m18195) HM |
| | 392 Beale Avenue
"There were two types of
culture, I guess you could
say, on Beale Street.
There were the sinners
and there were the saved.
You had your professional
people, your doctors and
business folk. Then you
had those who . . . — — Map (db m107601) HM |
| | In 1952, Roberta Church became the first black woman in Memphis to be elected to public office and to the Tennessee Republican State Executive Committee. She served as an official in the administrations of Presidents Eisenhower and Nixon. In 1987, . . . — — Map (db m63290) HM |
| | The C-121, so designated by the USAF in 1948, was developed from the C-69 military transport that had originated as a commercial transport for TransWorld and Pan American Airlines. The C-69's were assigned to Air Transport Command during the last . . . — — Map (db m31584) HM |
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Birthplace
October 14, 1890
of
Dwight David Eisenhower
President of the
United States of America
Presented to the People of Texas
by the
Eisenhower Birthplace Foundation
Amon G. Carter • Sid W. Richardson
Web Maddox • . . . — — Map (db m72845) HM |
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Thirty-fourth President of the United States; born here Oct. 14, 1890, third son of David J. and Ida Elizabeth Stover Eisenhower.
Dwight Eisenhower graduated from the U.S. Military Academy, 1915; in 1943, during World War II, was appointed . . . — — Map (db m72850) HM |
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| | Businessman and politician William Pettus Hobby was born near this Moscow site, the son of Eudora Adeline (Pettus)and Edwin E. Hobby, a state senator and judge. At age 17, William joined the staff of the Houston Post and rose to managing editor at . . . — — Map (db m35316) HM |
| | Nationally famed melon, originated in this city. Residents from 1880s grew melons in gardens, noting sun and soil imparted a distinctive flavor. Madison L. Todd (March 22, 1875-Sept. 10, 1967) and wife Julia (Jan. 30, 1880-Feb. 5, 1969) came here . . . — — Map (db m61270) HM |
| | The Pony Express
Pony Express Division Headquarters
Here, Ben Ficklin, General Superintendent, and Major Howard Egan and James C. Bromley, Division Superintendents, had their headquarters.
The Following Were Honored Utah Riders . . . — — Map (db m154923) HM |
| | Locomotive 220 was the last coal-burning steam ten-wheeler used on the Central Vermont Railway. As a medium-sized engine it moved both freight and passenger trains and became known as the [sic] "The Locomotive of Presidents" for its use on special . . . — — Map (db m109152) HM |
| | The Rail Locomotive No. 220, built in 1915 by the American Locomotive [C]ompany of Schenectady, New York, was the last coal-burning, steam ten-wheeler used on the Central Vermont Railway. As a medium-sized 4-6-0 engine (4 leading wheels, 6 driving . . . — — Map (db m109153) HM |
| | Arlington County in 1921
This 1921 aerial photograph shows the immediate surroundings and transportation networks of both the streetcar line and roads from Clarendon from Ballston. The Washington-Virginia Railway, successor to the Washington, . . . — — Map (db m145151) HM |
| | The United States Marine Corps War Memorial stands as a symbol of our nation's high regard for the honored dead of the Marine Corps. Although the statue depicts one of the most famous events of World War II, the memorial is dedicated to all Marines . . . — — Map (db m129450) HM |
| | Under authority of Public Resolution 67, of the 66th Congress, approved March 4, 1921, an unknown American soldier was exhumed from each of the four American cemeteries in France. They were placed in identical caskets and assembled at Chalons Sur . . . — — Map (db m61934) HM WM |
| | Neo-colonial Brice residence, built in 1870 on 95-acre farm of John Green (Part of 1742 208-acre Harrison grant). Yale Rice, descendant of founder of Yale Univ., bought the property in 1890. Dr. and Mrs. Milton Eisenhower owned the house 1938-1943; . . . — — Map (db m2838) HM |
| | The Virginia Military Institute is a school that has given to the United States and to the armed services many of its most distinguished members. Among these is a man who in World War II stood out as one of the great soldiers and later as one of . . . — — Map (db m58704) HM |
| | (Left Side Plaque): George Catlett Marshall (1880-1959) Born Union Town, Pennsylvania, educated at Virginia Military Institute, class of 1901, serving in the United States Army thereafter, resident of Leesburg, Virginia, 1941 to 1959. . . . — — Map (db m4962) HM |
| | Harry J. Parrish—The Man. Harry Jacob Parrish was born February 22, 1922 and has made Manassas his lifelong home. He attended Prince William county schools, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Wofford college, and schools of the US Air Force. . . . — — Map (db m702) HM |
| | Conducted on this Post July 23-26, 1953
Guest of Honor
Dwight D. Eisenhower
President of the United States
Attended by
Richard M. Nixon
Vice President of the United States
and
One hundred . . . — — Map (db m3120) HM |
| | The C-47 first entered service in 1941 and became the backbone of the U.S. Army Air Forces airlift capability during World War II. Between 1942-1945, C-47s helped the 62d Troop Carrier Group make their mark on the front lines of North Africa and . . . — — Map (db m43916) HM |
| | You will enter the Continent of Europe and…undertake operations aimed at the heart of Germany and the destruction of her armed forces.
Mission statement to General Eisenhower
The Germans had . . . — — Map (db m152801) HM |
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The final defeat of the enemy, which we had long calculated would be accomplished in the spring and summer campaign of 1945, was suddenly, now, just around the corner.
General Dwight D. Eisenhower
. . . — — Map (db m152819) HM |
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This Memorial is to pay tribute to Keyser's Medal of Honor recipient Jonah Edward Kelley. Born and raised in this area, Ed Kelley represented the best of West Virginia—character, values, hard work and sheer determination to do what's . . . — — Map (db m152792) HM |
| | Two Armies, two objectives, one piece of ground... Kesternich
The Allied Army
While Berlin was the political heart of Germany, the Ruhr Industrial Valley — with its coal mines, blast furnaces, . . . — — Map (db m152803) HM |
| | The Aftermath of Kesternich
February, 1945
The reason for fighting over Kesternich was so fierce became evident upon Ed Kelley's death and the final taking of the town — US artillery observers found they could direct observed fire on . . . — — Map (db m152815) HM |
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Hitler had decided to make one final attempt for victory, using his best SS troops — the ones with the highest moral — to cut the Allied forces in two. He chose the Ardennes Forest, knowing US Forces would not expect an attack there. . . . — — Map (db m152807) HM |
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"The whole Allied force is delighted to cheer the U.S. First Army whose speed and boldness have won the race to establish our first bridgehead over the Rhine. Please tell all ranks how proud I am."
Eisenhower . . . — — Map (db m152816) HM |
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"Rounding the bend in the road, he emerged from the woods and found himself confronted by a breath-taking view - - the prize no man dared hope for - - the Ludendorff Bridge, still intact, spanning the Rhine." This is how Ken Heckler military . . . — — Map (db m152817) HM |
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When the Germans tried to frantically reset the charges, American assertiveness took over. The on-scene commander, LT Timmerman began to send his men up onto the Bridge. He followed, right behind the first few men. One soldier, Joe DeLisio, moved . . . — — Map (db m152818) HM |
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"Single handedly, Kelley shortened the war in Germany by several months."
General Dwight David Eisenhower
In charge of the leading squad of Company E, he heroically spearheaded the attack in . . . — — Map (db m152812) HM |
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1938: Hitler annexes Austria, occupies Czechoslovakia
1939: Germans Blitzkrieg of Poland, Russia invades Finland
1940: Germany seizes, Denmark, Norway, France, Balkans
1941: Japan bombs Pearl Harbor. Germany invades Russia. . . . — — Map (db m152795) HM |
| | In August 1973, the U.S. Congress designated a cross-country stretch of Interstate as the “Dwight D. Eisenhower Highway,” in tribute to President Eisenhower’s early recognition of the need for a national network of highways to enhance . . . — — Map (db m511) HM |
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World War II divided Korea into a Communist, Northern half and an American-occupied Southern half, divided at the 38th Parallel. The Korean War (1950-1953) began when the North Korean Communist Army crossed the 38th Parallel and invaded . . . — — Map (db m152732) HM |
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June 17, 1906
July 9, 1958
Navy Cross May
7 - 8, 1942
Distinguished Service Medal
July 1953 - June 1958
Legion of Merit W/Combat "V"
Dec. 1944 - May 1945
Distinguished Flying Cross W/Two Gold Stars
Nov 1942 - . . . — — Map (db m145609) HM |
| | Hank Aaron
is born February 5th, 1934 in Mobile, Alabama
1952
Hank Aaron
Joins the Negro Leagues as shortstop for the Indianapolis Clowns. Later that year, he signs with the Boston Braves for $350/month and reports to the Braves . . . — — Map (db m142109) HM |
| | was developed for the U.S. Army during WWII by the Willys Motor Company. Its tough four-wheel drive made it the first all-terrain vehicle. By 1945 over 500,000 had been delivered to the Army and other branches of the armed forces. The Jeep was also . . . — — Map (db m91259) HM |
| | Interstate 25 serves as a primary north-south corridor for the western states. Skirting the eastern edge of the Rocky Mountains, it stretches 1,059 miles from southern New Mexico to northern Wyoming. A vital junction with east-west interstates, it . . . — — Map (db m92205) HM |
| | The Welland Ship Canal is the fourth in a series of successively larger canals that were built to join Lakes Ontario and Erie - the first being completed in 1829. The present Canal was opened in 1932. It forms part of the St. Lawrence Seaway/Great . . . — — Map (db m76328) HM |
| | Ce bâtiment, siège de la Préfecture de police, a été, le samedi 19 août 1944, le lieu du déclenchement de l'insurrection des Parisiens contre l'armée d'occupation allemande à l'initiative des mouvements de résistance de la police. Pendant plusieurs . . . — — Map (db m85028) HM |
| | On three outer walls of the U-shaped monument are quotes from three major Allied leaders:
We too born to freedom and believing in freedom are willing to fight to maintain freedom. We and all others who believe as deeply as we do would . . . — — Map (db m88750) HM |
| | The eyes of the world are upon you... I have full confidence in your courage, devotion to duty, and skill in battle. — — Map (db m92028) WM |
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Left panel:
Étretat
Où pendant la guerre 1914 - 1918
fonctionnèrent un hôpital britannique,
puis un hôpital américain,
où reposent pour toujours
549 combattants britanniques
de la première guerre mondiale,
où, le 2 . . . — — Map (db m58948) HM |
| | When an advance detachment of the US 9th Armored Division reached the Rhine at Remagen on March 7th, 1945, the Americans found the Bridge undestroyed. “Cross the Rhine with dry feet…” was what they proudly wrote on the Bridge in large . . . — — Map (db m92243) WM |
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Dwight David Eisenhower
October 14, 1890 - March 28, 1969
General of the Army
President of the United States
A Life of Service to Freedom
★ 1915 Graduated from West Point
★ 1916 . . . — — Map (db m112857) HM WM |
| | The United States of America recognizes the selfless service and manifold contributions of General Dwight David Eisenhower, Supreme Allied Commander, 1944-1945. At this site, General Eisenhower, on behalf of freedom loving peoples throughout the . . . — — Map (db m116814) HM WM |
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In this buiding 24 June 1942 - 8 November 1942 General of the Army Dwight D Eisenhower Supreme Allied Commander formed the first Allied force headquarters and in conjunction with the commanders of the fighting services of the Allied nations and . . . — — Map (db m116820) HM |
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