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Monuments and memorials dedicated or commemorated to specific veterans or units for their outstanding careers. This can be for on duty or off duty commemorations and for single or multiple people. The specific purpose of the memorials posted in this category is to be primarily focused on a particular person or unit. This category is not for memorials which are primarily focused on a specific war(s).
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Specific Veteran MemorialsAlonzo Cushing Marker - Gettysburg, PA

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This monument pays tribute to an artillery officer and marks the spot where he was killed. Recently, an effort has been made to award him posthumously the Medal of Honor.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Math Teacher

location: Pennsylvania

date approved: 4/15/2013

last visited: never

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Specific Veteran MemorialsNew Jersey Memorial - Valley Forge, PA

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With its fully-uniformed Revolutionary soldier on top, this 27-foot shaft is one of the tallest and definitely one of the most ornate of monuments @ Valley Forge equalling in height similar monuments @ Antietam & Gettysburg.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Math Teacher

location: Pennsylvania

date approved: 4/13/2013

last visited: never

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Specific Veteran MemorialsDenig's Demons

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A memorial remembers the Marine combat correspondents who covered the war in the Pacific during World War II and Gen. Robert Denig who recruited and organized them.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member La de Boheme

location: Virginia

date approved: 4/13/2013

last visited: never

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Specific Veteran MemorialsVintír, Cimelice, Czech republic

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Memorial called "Vintýr" was erected in memory of French soldiers and officers who were at this point executed and buried.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Noe1

location: Jihocesky kraj, Czech Republic

date approved: 4/13/2013

last visited: 5/12/2013

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Specific Veteran Memorials80er Denkmal — Bad Homburg v. d. Höhe, Germany

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In memory of the victims of war of the "Achziger", the soldiers of the III. Battalion Fusilier Regiment "von Gersdorff" (Kurhessisches) No. 80, stationed in the city 1871-1918

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member prussel

location: Hessen, Germany

date approved: 4/11/2013

last visited: never

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Specific Veteran MemorialsGeneral Friedrich von Steuben Statue - Valley Forge, PA

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This statue was erected in honor of German-born Friedreich Wilhelm Barnon von Steuben. He created a training drill & reorganized the Army during Encampment & was appointed Inspector General.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Math Teacher

location: Pennsylvania

date approved: 4/8/2013

last visited: never

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Specific Veteran MemorialsDouglas MacArthur - Los Angeles, CA

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This statue of MacArthur is located in the famous Los Anglees Park named after him.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Metro2

location: California

date approved: 4/8/2013

last visited: 4/2/2013

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Specific Veteran MemorialsGeneral Anthony Wayne - York, PA

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Old bronze tablet on the side of a building at an intersection in the heart of the historic district tells of an old Revolutionary War hero even of great import. Naturally the building & the marker are contributing structures to the H.D.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Math Teacher

location: Pennsylvania

date approved: 4/2/2013

last visited: never

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Specific Veteran MemorialsCaptain Michael Doudel's Company - York, PA

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Near this site, Captain Michael Doudel's Company of York Country Riflemen mustered on July 24, 1775, prior to their 600-mile journey to join General George Washington at the siege of Boston, Massachusetts.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Math Teacher

location: Pennsylvania

date approved: 4/2/2013

last visited: never

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Specific Veteran MemorialsGEN Roscoe Robinson Jr. -- Fort Leavenworth KS

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The memorial featuring a bust of General Roscoe Robinson Jr. stands proudly near the Buffalo Soldiers Monument on board Fort Leavenworth KS.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Benchmark Blasterz

location: Kansas

date approved: 4/2/2013

last visited: 3/13/2013

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Specific Veteran Memorials2nd Lt Henry Ossian Flipper -- Fort Leavenworth KS

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The memorial featuring a bust of 2nd Lt Henry O. Flipper stands proudly near the Buffalo Soldiers Monument on board Fort Leavenworth KS.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Benchmark Blasterz

location: Kansas

date approved: 4/2/2013

last visited: 3/13/2013

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Specific Veteran MemorialsBG Benjamin H. Grierson -- Fort Leavenworth KS

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The memorial featuring a bust of Brigadier General (BG) Benjamin Grierson stands proudly near the Buffalo Soldiers Monument on board Fort Leavenworth KS.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Benchmark Blasterz

location: Kansas

date approved: 4/2/2013

last visited: 3/13/2013

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Specific Veteran Memorials555th Parachute Infantry Co. -- Fort Leavenworth KS

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The memorial to the 555th Parachute Infantry, the first black Parachute Infantry unit in a then-segregated US Army stands proudly near Smith Lake on board Fort Leavenworth KS.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Benchmark Blasterz

location: Kansas

date approved: 4/2/2013

last visited: 3/13/2013

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Specific Veteran MemorialsHunt’s US Artillery Headquarters Marker - Gettysburg, PA

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This cannon is one of ten Civil War US Headquarter Markers in the Park erected during the War Dept. Era (1895-1927). The monument marks the location of George G. Meade's Headquarters, commander of the Army of the Potomac, July 1-3, 1863.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Math Teacher

location: Pennsylvania

date approved: 4/1/2013

last visited: never

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Specific Veteran Memorials39th New York Infantry Monument - Gettysburg, PA

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This monument represents one of ninety Monuments dedicated to New York commands present at Gettysburg. The sculpture indicates the battle line position of the 39th New York on July 2 and on July 3, 1863 during Pickett;s charge.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Math Teacher

location: Pennsylvania

date approved: 3/30/2013

last visited: never

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Specific Veteran Memorials1st Delaware Infantry Monument - Gettysburg, PA

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This monument represents one of only two Monuments dedicatde to Delaware commands present @ Gettysburg. The sculpture indicates the position held by the regiment from Jul 2-3, 1863.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Math Teacher

location: Pennsylvania

date approved: 3/29/2013

last visited: never

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Specific Veteran MemorialsJohn Page Nicholson Marker - Gettysburg, PA

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This is the only marker commemorating a member of the Gettysburg National Park Commission. The tablet states his relation to Civil War action, but curiously offers no direct relation to the Gettysburg campaign, even though hr served here in 1863.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Math Teacher

location: Pennsylvania

date approved: 3/29/2013

last visited: never

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Specific Veteran MemorialsPalmetto Regiment Monument - Columbia, South Carolina

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Memorial in the Palmetto Regiment of the Mexican War on the grounds of the South Carolina Statehouse in Columbia, South Carolina.

posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member BruceS

location: South Carolina

date approved: 3/26/2013

last visited: never

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Specific Veteran MemorialsCol. H.H. Sargent Memorial Wall - Jacksonville, OR

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This historic pioneer cemetery whose first burial was in October, 1859, commemorates one of their own retired military veterans.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member thebeav69

location: Oregon

date approved: 3/26/2013

last visited: 4/18/2013

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Specific Veteran MemorialsBattery K, 1st New York Artillery Monument - Gettysburg, PA

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This monument represents 1 of 90 Monuments dedicated to New York commands present @ Gettysburg & indicates the position held by Battery K, on the afternoon of July 3 around 1:00 PM. when aiding Webb's Brigade in repulsing Longstreet's assault.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Math Teacher

location: Pennsylvania

date approved: 3/26/2013

last visited: never

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Specific Veteran Memorials11th New York Independent Battery Monument - Gettysburg, PA

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This monument is 1 of 90 dedicated to New York commands present at Gettysburg & indicates the position held on the afternoon of July 3, of this unit while attached to Fitzhugh's Battery K., assisting in the repulse of Longstreet's advance.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Math Teacher

location: Pennsylvania

date approved: 3/25/2013

last visited: never

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Specific Veteran MemorialsBattery A, 1st Rhode Island Artillery Monument - Gettysburg, PA

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This monument represents 1 of 4 monuments to Rhode Island & indicates the Battery's position on the morning of July 2,1863 & on July 3, 1863, when they exhausted their ammo, retired from field to avoid capture. Flanked by 4 3-inch ordnance rifles.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Math Teacher

location: Pennsylvania

date approved: 3/25/2013

last visited: never

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Specific Veteran Memorials1st Company, Andrews, Massachusetts Sharpshooters Monument - Gettysburg, PA

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This is 1 of 9 Monuments erected to sharpshooters @ Gettysburg & indicates the position held on July 3, 1863. The monument is a beautiful relief sculpture of a sharpshooter poised to fire his rifle.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Math Teacher

location: Pennsylvania

date approved: 3/25/2013

last visited: never

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Specific Veteran MemorialsRonald M. Mayercik Memorial Tree - Cherry Hill, NJ

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A lone dedicated tree for one of our local veterans stands amidst nine other memorials within Memorial Grove, a park mostly dedicated to our country's veterans.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Math Teacher

location: New Jersey

date approved: 3/24/2013

last visited: never

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Specific Veteran MemorialsCaptain John Ericsson Fountain - Philadelphia Museum of Art (Fairmount Park) - Philadelphia, PA

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A dedicated fountain to Captain John Ericsson is one of the focal pieces of the Fairmount Park and greets visitors as they make their way to the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Math Teacher

location: Pennsylvania

date approved: 3/23/2013

last visited: never

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