view gallery |  Alonzo Cushing Marker - Gettysburg, PA
in Specific Veteran Memorials 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: Math Teacher location: Pennsylvania date approved: 4/15/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  New Jersey Memorial - Valley Forge, PA
in Specific Veteran Memorials 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: Math Teacher location: Pennsylvania date approved: 4/13/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Denig's Demons
in Specific Veteran Memorials 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: La de Boheme location: Virginia date approved: 4/13/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Vintír, Cimelice, Czech republic
in Specific Veteran Memorials Memorial called "Vintýr" was erected in memory of French soldiers and officers who were at this point executed and buried. posted by: Noe1 location: Jihocesky kraj, Czech Republic date approved: 4/13/2013 last visited: 5/12/2013 |
view gallery |  80er Denkmal — Bad Homburg v. d. Höhe, Germany
in Specific Veteran Memorials 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: prussel location: Hessen, Germany date approved: 4/11/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  General Friedrich von Steuben Statue - Valley Forge, PA
in Specific Veteran Memorials 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: Math Teacher location: Pennsylvania date approved: 4/8/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Douglas MacArthur - Los Angeles, CA
in Specific Veteran Memorials This statue of MacArthur is located in the famous Los Anglees Park named after him. posted by: Metro2 location: California date approved: 4/8/2013 last visited: 4/2/2013 |
view gallery |  General Anthony Wayne - York, PA
in Specific Veteran Memorials 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: Math Teacher location: Pennsylvania date approved: 4/2/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Captain Michael Doudel's Company - York, PA
in Specific Veteran Memorials 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: Math Teacher location: Pennsylvania date approved: 4/2/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  GEN Roscoe Robinson Jr. -- Fort Leavenworth KS
in Specific Veteran Memorials The memorial featuring a bust of General Roscoe Robinson Jr. stands proudly near the Buffalo Soldiers Monument on board Fort Leavenworth KS. posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Kansas date approved: 4/2/2013 last visited: 3/13/2013 |
view gallery |  2nd Lt Henry Ossian Flipper -- Fort Leavenworth KS
in Specific Veteran Memorials 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: Benchmark Blasterz location: Kansas date approved: 4/2/2013 last visited: 3/13/2013 |
view gallery |  BG Benjamin H. Grierson -- Fort Leavenworth KS
in Specific Veteran Memorials 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: Benchmark Blasterz location: Kansas date approved: 4/2/2013 last visited: 3/13/2013 |
view gallery |  555th Parachute Infantry Co. -- Fort Leavenworth KS
in Specific Veteran Memorials 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: Benchmark Blasterz location: Kansas date approved: 4/2/2013 last visited: 3/13/2013 |
view gallery |  Hunt’s US Artillery Headquarters Marker - Gettysburg, PA
in Specific Veteran Memorials 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: Math Teacher location: Pennsylvania date approved: 4/1/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  39th New York Infantry Monument - Gettysburg, PA
in Specific Veteran Memorials 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: Math Teacher location: Pennsylvania date approved: 3/30/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  1st Delaware Infantry Monument - Gettysburg, PA
in Specific Veteran Memorials 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: Math Teacher location: Pennsylvania date approved: 3/29/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  John Page Nicholson Marker - Gettysburg, PA
in Specific Veteran Memorials 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: Math Teacher location: Pennsylvania date approved: 3/29/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Palmetto Regiment Monument - Columbia, South Carolina
in Specific Veteran Memorials Memorial in the Palmetto Regiment of the Mexican War on the grounds of the South Carolina Statehouse in Columbia, South Carolina. posted by: BruceS location: South Carolina date approved: 3/26/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Col. H.H. Sargent Memorial Wall - Jacksonville, OR
in Specific Veteran Memorials This historic pioneer cemetery whose first burial was in October, 1859, commemorates one of their own retired military veterans. posted by: thebeav69 location: Oregon date approved: 3/26/2013 last visited: 4/18/2013 |
view gallery |  Battery K, 1st New York Artillery Monument - Gettysburg, PA
in Specific Veteran Memorials 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: Math Teacher location: Pennsylvania date approved: 3/26/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  11th New York Independent Battery Monument - Gettysburg, PA
in Specific Veteran Memorials 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: Math Teacher location: Pennsylvania date approved: 3/25/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Battery A, 1st Rhode Island Artillery Monument - Gettysburg, PA
in Specific Veteran Memorials 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: Math Teacher location: Pennsylvania date approved: 3/25/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  1st Company, Andrews, Massachusetts Sharpshooters Monument - Gettysburg, PA
in Specific Veteran Memorials 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: Math Teacher location: Pennsylvania date approved: 3/25/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Ronald M. Mayercik Memorial Tree - Cherry Hill, NJ
in Specific Veteran Memorials 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: Math Teacher location: New Jersey date approved: 3/24/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Captain John Ericsson Fountain - Philadelphia Museum of Art (Fairmount Park) - Philadelphia, PA
in Specific Veteran Memorials 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: Math Teacher location: Pennsylvania date approved: 3/23/2013 last visited: never |
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