La fundación de la Villa de Santa María de Guadianilla (hoy Guayanill) se remonta al Siglo XVI (1511) y se le atribuye a Don Miguel de Toro. Esta villa tuvo su asentamiento en el Barrio Quebradas con su concejo y administrición munícipe . . . — — Map (db m226018) HM
Los primeros cementerios en Puerto Rico comenzaron a construirse a finales del siglo 18. Anteriormente se enterraba a los cuertos en los patios de las iglesias. Con el pasar del tiempo, y teniendo en cuenta la salubeidad de la cudadaría, . . . — — Map (db m225768) HM
1703: Fuerzas territorio sangermeño dorrotan holandeses en Guayanilla.
1725: San Antonio de Tuna -Isabela- se separa de San Germán.
1737: Iglesia parroquial construida.
1742: Ataque ingles territorio . . . — — Map (db m225949) HM
Attacks on the Islet Since the early 16th century, the port of San Juan became one of the most important in the Americans. As as result, the city was attacked several times by European powers interested in controlling the port. The . . . — — Map (db m147347) HM
This plaque commemorates the one-hundredth anniversary of Ireland's 1916 Easter Rising. During that armed insurrection in Dublin and other parts of the country, against British colonial rule, Ireland was proclaimed a sovereign, independent . . . — — Map (db m151749) HM
Colonel in the English Civil War
Lord Proprietor of New Jersey
Foreign Military Service
On Privy Council of King
Died at 89, Unmarried. — — Map (db m50940) HM
Congressional Medal of Honor
While serving during the Philippine Insurrection at Bud-Dajo, Philippine Islands as 1st LT. in the 19th U.S. Infantry earned the CMOH on March 7, 1906 "While at the head of the column about to assault the first . . . — — Map (db m173761) HM WM
The San Antonio de Padua Mission was founded in San Antonio in 1716 by the Franciscan Father, Antonio Olivares, and after merging with the San Francisco Solano Mission in 1718, it was officially founded as the San Antonio de Valero Mission. The . . . — — Map (db m9228) HM
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., American statesman, adventurer, and conservationist, is generally ranked as one of the five best Presidents of the United States.
With the beginning of the Spanish-American War in April 1898, Roosevelt resigned as . . . — — Map (db m232228) HM WM
Built in 1810. On Jan. 22, 1811, Captain Juan Bautista de las Casas recruited forces here for first overthrow of Spanish rule in Texas by arresting governor, and other high officials.
On March 2, 1811, Juan Zambrano led counter revolutionary . . . — — Map (db m213309) HM
"On my honor and my life I swear that this arm shall never rest until it has delivered America from the yoke of the tyrants."
Simon Jose Antonio de la Santisima Trinidad Bolivar, patriot, statesman and liberator through whose efforts the light . . . — — Map (db m227731) HM WM
Theories about the origin of the name (painful in Spanish) vary. The most likely is that it was named for the Via Dolorosa, held by tradition to be the path Jesus Christ followed to his crucifixion. Another popular belief is that the wives, mothers, . . . — — Map (db m214541) HM
1810
Beginning on September 16, 1810, with a call to arms delivered by Fr. Miguel Hidalgo, Mexican patriots in all parts of New Spain, including Texas, fought for independence from Spain.
1813
Of the several battles between . . . — — Map (db m214584) HM
Spanish Soldiers and Settlers first built houses here along San Pedro Creek in the 1700s. By the end of the 1800s, a diverse mix of Mexicans, Anglos, African Americans, Italians, and Chinese lived and worked here. The neighborhood was already a . . . — — Map (db m214351) HM
The Land Along The San Antonio River below its headwaters was filled with springs that provided water for agriculture and livestock until the early 1900s when city development reached this area. In 1921 the old dairy farm at the corner of River . . . — — Map (db m213747) HM
Numerous 19th-century journals and other written historical accounts trace the origin of this cemetery to the burial of casualties of the Battle of Medina. Fought on August 18, 1813, the battle was the result of a failed attempt by a Republican Army . . . — — Map (db m208257) HM
Was fought here on August 18, 1813 by an army of Spanish Royalist commanded by General José Joaquín Arredondo which defeated with terrific slaughter the Republican Army of the North composed of Anglo-American, Mexicans and Indians commanded by José . . . — — Map (db m208252) HM
I never saw a place so definitely marked for a military post....
Lieutenant D. Green, commander, US-Mexican Boundary Survey Commission, 1851.
Not until 1916 - during the Mexican Revolution - did the U.S. Army . . . — — Map (db m219262) HM
During the Mexican Revolution, life on the border was often chaotic. This adobe structure stood as a symbol of harmony in that perilous time.
In 1918 Howard Perry, owner of the Chisos Mining Company in Terlingua, and his bookkeeper, Wayne . . . — — Map (db m219107) HM
Created February 12, 1848
From Nueces County
Organized August 7, 1848
Named in Honor of Ewen Cameron 1811-1843 Captain in the Mier Expedition Shot at Queretaro County Seat, Santa Rita 1848-1849 Brownsville, Since the Earliest Battles of . . . — — Map (db m220711) HM
From Old Fort Brown Cavalry Drill Field, near this spot, was made the first flight of a U.S. Army plane to be fired upon in armed hostilities, April 20, 1915.
Two Signal Corps officers, Lts. Byron Q. Jones and Thos. Milling, flew a Martin T.O. . . . — — Map (db m222971) HM
Rafael Morales was a Mexican soldier in Santa Anna's army against General Sam Houston in the Battle of San Jacinto (1836). His father was a soldier in the Mexican War of Independence from Spain in 1821.
Spanish:Rafael Morales . . . — — Map (db m221957) HM
Englishman William Neale established the first stage line between Brownsville and Point Isabel. He was a scout during the Mexican-American War (1846-1848). He witnessed bandit raids during the Cortina era and saw the rise of Porfirio Diaz. He could . . . — — Map (db m222153) HM
United States Consul to the colonies in Texas, 1829-1832. A native of Philadelphia, Pa., he later joined Austin's Colony serving in campaigns leading to Texas War for Independence.
In 1837, with W.B. DeWees, he platted the town of Columbus.
In . . . — — Map (db m244149) HM
Elite Confectionary
The Elite Confectionary was located on the ground floor of the Buckler Building and was a popular soda fountain in the early years of the 20th century. It was noted for its chocolate covered ice cream baseballs along with . . . — — Map (db m37798) HM
In the spring of 1911 Pascual Orozco and Francisco "Pancho" Villa amassed their revolutionary forces on the outskirts of Ciudad Juárez and were soon joined by Francisco I. Madero. The Madero Camp, which stood across the river from this site, became . . . — — Map (db m38100) HM
Building 1355 was one of two granaries built in 1919 for the storage and distribution of oats to feed horses and mules of Army units station from Douglas, Arizona to the Texas Big Bend.
Buildings 1355 and 1361 were a part of Forage Yard No. 1, . . . — — Map (db m94261) HM
This Wagon Scales Building was built in 1918 with a weighing platform on its south side. The building was part of Forage Yard No. 1, which provisioned cavalry horses from 1919 until 1943. Two granaries, a small stone latrine and eleven open haysheds . . . — — Map (db m93906) HM
On November 5, 1913, Pancho Villa's revolutionary forces attacked Chihuahua City, Mexico. Mexican Federal Administrators, Mexican Army troops and their families, and many other refugees evacuated the city. They traveled east to Ojinaga via train and . . . — — Map (db m94263) HM
These quarters served as temporary housing for Lieutenant George S. Patton, Jr. in 1915 when he arrived to join the 8th Cavalry Regiment. Patton lived here a short time with two other officers; one of whom employed a cook. Patton then deployed to . . . — — Map (db m101371) HM
Started 1841 as two rooms of local pine wood. Acquired 1855 and enlarged by S.S. Munger. Owned 1866-1961 by estate of N. W. Faison (1817-70), who joined 1842 Dawson expedition resisting Mexican invaders. Captured near San Antonio when many Dawson . . . — — Map (db m215137) HM
Built in 1886 to replace a house destroyed in the great Strand fire, this was the home of Robert Morris and Sarah Franklin. Robert Franklin (1839-1923) was the son of Benjamin C. Franklin, the Battle of San Jacinto veteran for whom Franklin County . . . — — Map (db m59423) HM
A bivouac in late 1816 and early 1817 for an oddly mixed group of soldiers from many nations joined in the common purpose of freeing Mexico from Spain. Under two spirited leaders-- Mina (1789-1817), an impetuous young Spanish general, and Aury . . . — — Map (db m30446) HM
An increasing number of disturbances along Texas' Rio Grande border after Civil War broke out in Mexico in 1910 prompted U. S. President William Taft to consider increasing the U. S. Military presence in the area. Hugh B. Moore, Texas City . . . — — Map (db m150468) HM
During 1810 - 1819 efforts to expel Spain from Texas, a bloody clash occurred here on June 19, 1817, between the forces of Col. Antonio Martinez, last Spanish governor of Texas, and a Mexican Republican Army of invasion that was on its way to . . . — — Map (db m131944) HM
His victory over the invading French army at the Battle of Puebla, May 5, 1862, inspired the Mexican people in their long struggle to overthrow the foreign rule of Emperor Maximilian.
Spanish:Su victoria sobre el ejército . . . — — Map (db m235201) HM
Citizen - General - Hero
Goliad, Texas - Puebla, Mexico
You are standing at the birth site of a hero: Ignacio Zaragoza. Born on March 24, 1829, to a Mexican military family posted to the Presidio la Bahía, Zaragoza followed in his father's . . . — — Map (db m235190) HM
In the Spanish colonization system, houses built outside the presidio fort walls by civilians and soldiers' families were intended to become a center of settlement. A diverse population - Spanish, Indian, African and European - flourished around the . . . — — Map (db m235136) HM
County seat of Hidalgo County 1852 - 1908 • Known as Edinburgh in 1852 • • Name changed in 1861 to Hidalgo in honor of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, 1753 - 1811, Parish Priest who led the movement in 1810 for Mexican Independence • • Almost completely . . . — — Map (db m223843) HM
Famed New York Infantry Regiment. Encamped in McAllen during 1916-1917 bandit troubles, guarding the border and preventing the smuggling of arms across Rio Grande to Pancho Villa. Tour of duty here seasoned the men for rigors of World War I, wherein . . . — — Map (db m224085) HM
John Davis Bradburn (1787-1842) was born in Virginia and reared in Kentucky. He entered Mexico in 1817 with Francisco Mina's Army to help upset Spanish colonial forces in the War of Independence. He became a naturalized Mexican citizen and in 1821 . . . — — Map (db m224222) HM
An Ohio native who found gold in California in 1849, William A. Waugh settled near the Cibolo Creek Crossing on the Laredo-San Antonio Road in 1856, before La Salle County was created. Waugh served briefly as a Texas Ranger during the border raids . . . — — Map (db m202895) HM
Later known as Spanish Bluff • A fort and town as early as 1805 • Captured by the Magee-Gutierrez Expedition in October, 1812 • Near here the survivors of the Battle of the Medina were executed in 1813 • Inhabitants of the town were butchered . . . — — Map (db m220332) HM
A Member of Nolan's Expedition in 1800 • Captured and Imprisoned in Mexico • Soldier in the Mexican Struggle for Independence • Commandant at Fort Teran, 1831; at Nacogdoches, 1832-1835 • Erected in 1829 in the Vicinity of A Sawmill Owned by . . . — — Map (db m210981) HM
The west side of the Public Square has an illustrious history. After the Fredonia Rebellion in 1827, the Mexican government allowed Commandment Col. Piedtras to build a garrison to house himself and his troops on the property. Piedras erected a . . . — — Map (db m211027) HM
Since 1848, smuggling, rustling and armed incursions by people on both sides of the Rio Grande were common. When the Mexican Revolution began, fear of violent attacks escalated. After Pancho Villa's raid in New Mexico on March 9, 1916, . . . — — Map (db m205729) HM
Climax of first Anglo-American rebellion in East Texas. In 1826, colonizer Hayden Edwards defied expulsion orders of Mexico and founded Republic of Fredonia - raising flag of "Independence, Liberty and Justice." When Ayish Bayou settlers refused to . . . — — Map (db m221302) HM
Between bands of regulators and
moderators led by Ephraim Daggett
and Ned Merchant, which
occurred in this vicinity, led to
an unorganized war, 1841-1844, by
regulators, under the leadership
of Watt Norman, and moderators,
led by John M. . . . — — Map (db m221238) HM
August 14, 1844, between Regulators and Moderators, warring factions in Shelby County 1841-1844, who caused heavy sacrifice of life and property before General James Smith with Texas troops restored order — — Map (db m221239) HM
Member of Nacogdoches Volunteers 2nd Regiment, Texas Volunteers Battle of San Jacinto
Early Texas Ranger Commanding Officer, Fort Houston Houston County Rangers Battle of the Neches July 16 - 17, 1839
Texas Ranger. Mounted Rifleman . . . — — Map (db m212224) WM
Tejanos developed their unique identity, and sought to control their own destiny in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Following Father Hidalgo's call for rebellion against bad government on September 16, 1810, many Tejanos rallied . . . — — Map (db m206067) HM
Born in Trinity on June 1, 1933, Charles Nesbitt "Charlie" Wilson served as a United States Naval officer, a state legislator and a United States Representative from Texas' Second Congressional District. Growing up, Wilson attended Trinity public . . . — — Map (db m206862) HM
The military established Camp Michie, formerly known as Camp Del Rio, during the 1910s to serve forces assigned to secure the U.S.-Mexico border during the Mexican Revolution. As part of that duty, troops guarded railroad bridges along the border, . . . — — Map (db m185263) HM
Born in 1868, England native William H. Dodd settled in Val Verde County by 1894, establishing a ranch and general merchandise store. He also served as postmaster, operating the post office from his store, which occupied this site for many years. . . . — — Map (db m5800) HM
A seventh Texas flag marks this adobe as the 1839-1840 Capitol, Republic of the Rio Grande. Federalists opposed to regime of Santa Anna in Mexico City were headed by Jesus Cardenas as president. Recruited aid in Texas, won victories in Mexico, after . . . — — Map (db m203018) HM
Established March 3, 1849, by troops of the 1st U.S. Infantry from Ringgold Barracks, under command of Lt. E.L. Viele. The star-shaped earthen fortress built on a bluff overlooking the Rio Grande (1/2 mile NW), was first called Camp Crawford, in . . . — — Map (db m202962) HM
Founded by Tomas Sanchez May 15 1755 by Order of Jose De Escandon, Colonizer of Nuevo Santander
Reverse Side
Chartered by the King of Spain and Organized as Villa De San Agustin De Laredo in 1767. Incorporated in the State of . . . — — Map (db m241024) HM
A native of Laredo, Jose del Refugio Benavides was a descendant of Tomas Sanchez, who founded the city in 1755. As a member of one of Laredo's most celebrated families, he was instrumental in the city's development during the 19th century. He was . . . — — Map (db m203097) HM
In January 1840 Señor Antonio Canales and other Federalists met near Guerrero to found the Republic of the Rio Grande. Canales and friends were loyal to the Mexican Constitution of 1824, which had been set aside by Centralists in Mexico City. The . . . — — Map (db m203001) HM
Adventurer-soldier of early Texas. Fought in Mexico to win freedom for the unsuccessful "Republic of Rio Grande" in 1840. Was elected sheriff of Refugio County and organized a company of minutemen. In 1842 he fought against three Mexican raids . . . — — Map (db m203596) HM
In 1804, Francois-Dominique Toussaint L'Ouverture, a formerly enslaved Haitian Black military leader, led the only successful uprising of enslaved people in the Western Hemisphere. As a result of the rebellion, the Caribbean island of Haiti . . . — — Map (db m239747) HM
Retreat
Retreat is a custom first used by the French Army and dates back to the Crusades. Retreat is sounded at sunset and its purpose was to notify sentries to start challenging until sunrise and to tell the rank and file to go to their . . . — — Map (db m166585) HM
John Chilembwe was the leader, in 1915, of the first major African uprising against colonial authorities in the British Protectorate of Nyasaland (Malawi). Chilembwe had come to Lynchburg in 1897 to study at Virginia Seminary under its president, . . . — — Map (db m179856) HM
In the late 1980s, it was realized that the M747 60 ton trailer and the M911 tractor were no longer suited for hauling the upgraded M1A1 Abrams tank. Testing began for a replacement, and in 1993 the SEI designed M1000 HET entered service with the . . . — — Map (db m167570) HM
The tetrapod breakwater unit was invented in 1950, first used in France, and is one of several different styles of armor units in use today. The idea was to create a product that would help prevent beach erosion caused by wave action. Practice at . . . — — Map (db m167616) HM
The M1109 was introduced in 1993 after the need for an "up-armored" light utility truck was demonstrated in Somalia. The earlier models were made of composite material and had canvas doors. The lack of armored protection made them vulnerable to . . . — — Map (db m167744) HM
In honor of all U.S. Marines who served in China during the period 1819 - 1949. They served valiantly.
Among those were 40 Medal of Honor recipients and 15 Commandants of the Marine Corps.
Peking • Tientsin
1819 - 1949
Tangshan • . . . — — Map (db m168720) WM
It is only when the people become ignorant and corrupt, when they degenerate into a populace, that they are incapable of exercising their sovereignty. (James Monroe, 1801)
This able French officer, who headquartered here, had heavy responsibilities. He directed the French army’s march to Virginia. He planned the assault on Redoubt 9. A decade after serving the cause of Revolution here, he met his death opposing it in . . . — — Map (db m11146) HM
September 9, 1877. The Nez Perce knew that General Howard was at least a day behind the and Colonel Sturgis had moved his forces to the Stinking Water (Shoshone River).
The Nez Perce, led by Lean Elk and Joseph, sensed an opportunity to escape. . . . — — Map (db m190076) HM
In memory of those who served
Boer War 1899-1902
World War I 1914-1918
World War II 1939-1945
Korea 1950-1953
Vietnam 1963-1972
Conflicts in Malaya, Borneo,
East Timor, Afghanistan, Iraq,
and all peacekeeping forces. . . . — — Map (db m135758) WM
König von Polen
Oberbefehlshaber
der vereinigten Heere
besuchte hier
am 13. september 1683
nach der Befreiung Wiens
von den turkischen
Belagerern
die Heilige Messe
(English translation:)
John III . . . — — Map (db m213467) HM
Dem ehrenden
Gedenken der
heldenmütigen
Handwerksmeister
und ihrer Söhne
die 1683
beim Ansturm
der Türken für
ihre Vaterstadt
Wien
und für das ehrsame
Handwerk
ihr Leben opferten . . . — — Map (db m214248) WM
Hier stand der Kärntnerturm.
Donnerstag, den 14. Oktober 1529
wiesen an dieser Stelle Salm und Reischach
auch den letzten und heftigsten Angriff
Suleimanns zurück.
(English translation:)
Here stood . . . — — Map (db m121069) HM
In der Schlacht bei Solferino
besann sich das Weltgewissen
zur Pflicht des Erbarmens
Henry Durant
der unsterbliche Samariter
schuf das Rote Kreuz
Hier stand das alte Kriegsministerium
[English . . . — — Map (db m108584) HM
Aus dem Jahr 1683 -
später eingemauert und
vergoldet - gab der einst hier
befindlichen Gastwirtschaft
und dem Haus den Namen.
[English translation:]
From the year 1683 - later gilded and mounted to . . . — — Map (db m108594) HM
(French:)
De 11 decembre 1789,
les Bruxellois chasserent d'ici
l'armee de Joseph II,
episode determinant
de la Revolution brabançonne
combat mene par les belges
pour l'independance et la liberte
(Dutch:)
Op 11 . . . — — Map (db m238416) HM
Godefroid de Bouillon
Premier Roi de Jerusalem
Ne a Baisy en Brabant
Mort en Palestine le 17 juillet
Decrete le 2 novembre 1843
Inaugure le 24 aout 1848
sous le regne de Leopold I
Godevaart van Bullioen . . . — — Map (db m242211) HM
Mule Park was built at this location in 1912. Its name came from the drayage of the day, locally known as “mule & cart”. The mules would rest under the trees while their draymen did business on Front and Back Streets (modern day Regent . . . — — Map (db m119026) HM
This altar is a ballcourt marker erected in A.D. 633 by Lord Kan II. The text explains that Kan II's father, Lord Water, engaged in two war events with Tikal in A.D. 556 and A.D. 562. The unstated purpose of the monument is to compare Kan II's . . . — — Map (db m94539) HM WM
Corozal Town Central ParkThe Central Plaza of Corozal Town has been used for various activities and events since the town was founded in 1849. Social, cultural, sporting events and even a brief occupation in 1870 by Marcus Canul, General of the . . . — — Map (db m105064) HM
Fort Barlee Fort Barlee was constructed in Corozal Town by Lieutenant Governor Frederick Palgrave Barlee (pictured here) in the late 1870's. The fort was built to protect British
interests and Yucatecan settlers in Corozal during the latter . . . — — Map (db m105062) HM
Her Majesty’s PrisonThe mid to late 1800's was unquestionably a period of unrest and instability along the Rio Hondo and Corozal Town. A substantial migration of Yucatecos
fleeing the Caste Wars in Mexico led to an increase in population and . . . — — Map (db m105069) HM
A la mémoire
des officiers
sous-officiers, caporaux
soldats et tirailleurs Morts au champ d'honneur
1892-1896
English translation
In memory of officers, non-commissioned officers, corporals, soldiers and . . . — — Map (db m236982) HM
Le Cimetiere Militaire Français
Crée vers 1892 pendant la guerre de conquête du Danxome par la France, le Cimetiere Militaire Français.comporte deux parties. Dans la première partie étaient inhumés les membres des familles . . . — — Map (db m236980) HM
Statue de Bio Guerra
Don Conjoint de: Ambassade de la République populaire de Chine au Bénin
Sinohydro Corporation Limited
Juillet 2022
English translation
Statue of Bio Guerra
Joint Donation From: . . . — — Map (db m237082) WM
Symbole de notre amour et de notre engagement pour le pays, nos amazones ont su, par leur bravoure, autant que les hommes, défendre la patrie.
Telles nos amazones, la femme béninoise est notre fierté. —Patrice Talón, . . . — — Map (db m218021) WM
Martyrs du dimanche 16 janvier 1977
La patrie reconnaissante
Ce monument a ete realise en cooperation avec la Republique
Populaire Democratique de Coree
16. 1. 1979
English translation
Martyrs of Sunday, . . . — — Map (db m237076) WM
Bio Guera
combattant de la liberté et de la dignité africaine
English translation: Bio Guéra Fighter for liberty and African dignity — — Map (db m218425) WM
“Je n'accepterai jamais de signer aucun traité susceptible d'aliéner l'Indépendance de la terre de mes aïeux." Gbehanzin Roi du Danxome.
(1890-1906)
English translation "I will never agree to sign any treaty . . . — — Map (db m237120) WM
Le Palais du Roi Agonglo
Le Roi Agonglo (1789-1797) s'attelait au bien être de la
population par une série de réformes. Il changea le système des
impôts, renforça le culte vodoun et appuyait les arts,
réorganisa la structure des . . . — — Map (db m237085) HM
Le Palais du Roi Glele
Le Roi Glele (1858-1889), était confronté à
l'interventionnisme des Européens, qu'il repoussa.Il
consolida la suprématie du Danxomé dans la région en
menant plus de 30 campagnes militaires. Contre . . . — — Map (db m237083) HM
Le Palais du Roi Guezo
Le Roi Guezo (1818-1858) est considéré comme un grand
réformateur. Il réorganisa les structures de l'Etat et de l'armée,
travailla à l'unification du Royaume, et développa surtout
la production d'huile de . . . — — Map (db m237113) HM
This tablet marks the Site of the Brith-place of General
Sir William Fenwick Williams
Baronet
1799 - 1883
“The Hero of Kars”
Pasha of Turkey. Grand Officier Legion of Honour, France.
Member of the British Parliament. . . . — — Map (db m78672) HM
Two plaques share a common stand.
William Wolseley
1756-1842
English
William Wolseley was born at Annapolis Royal, the son of an officier of the garrison. He entered the Royal Navy in 1769, and served with . . . — — Map (db m78607) HM
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