Alabama, Elmore County, Wetumpka
To the memory of
The Wetumpka Light Guard
And Other Confederate Soldiers
from this vicinity who shouldered arms and
marched to the front in 1861 in defense of
their rights, their homes and their Southland.

(War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Alabama, Elmore County, Wetumpka
In memory of those who served
and those who made
the supreme sacrifice
in that forgotten war
from Elmore County
Booth Izea PVT AR 11/28/50 Died Capture
Brozell Albert M CPL AR 09/09/50 Killed in Action
Causey Billy J PVT AR 08/17/50 Killed in Action
Graham, Leonard F PFC AR 05/18/51 Killed in Action
Jarrell Cleveland PFC AR 09/03/50 Killed in Action
Mayo Marvin CPL AR 10/03/51 Killed in Action
McCullers Charles PVT AR 11/10/50 Died Capture
Piper Ransom D Jr CPL AR 10/07/51 Killed in Action
Sanford Barnie L MSGT AR 04/25/51 Killed in Action

(War, Korean) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

California, Los Angeles County, Lancaster
The Flight Test Mission Control Center at Edwards Air Force Base is named for Colonel Ridley who lost his life in 1957 in the crash of a C-47 aircraft while serving on the U.S. Military Assistance Advisory Group in Japan.

Ridley was a pioneer of aviation engineering, an innovator, and one of the architects of modern aircraft testing. He logged more than 2,800 flight hours in his short career. He considered himself proficient in the flying of the F-80, F-86, F-84, F-89, B-29, B-45, B-47, B-50, B-25, C-47, T-33 and X-1.

He first served as a test pilot on the B-24 bomber. Ridley served as pilot and project officer on the X-1 project and as pilot and project engineer on the Air Force evaluation of the XB-47. At Edwards Air Force Base, Ridley rose from Chief of the Flight Test Center’s Test Engineering Branch to Chief of the Flight Test Engineering Laboratory. He established the basic testing techniques and philosophy of the Flight Test Center.

He was appointed as one of the original members of the NATO’s Advisory Group for Aeronautical Research and Development. He served on the flight test techniques panel from 1951-1956. Many of the techniques developed by his panel remain in use today.

Jack Ridley was honored by an audience with Pope Pius in Italy and induction into the Oklahoma Aviation and Space Hall of Fame.

Established in 1990 by the Lancaster City Council, the Aerospace Walk of Honor celebrates test pilots who were associated with Edwards AFB. Recognition is awarded for distinguished aviation careers marked by significant and obvious achievements beyond one specific accomplishment.

(Air & Space) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

California, Los Angeles County, Lancaster
Colonel Jacobs received the Legion of Merit for meritorious service as Director and test pilot on the C-5A Test Force. It was at the time, one of the world's largest aircraft.

During his 46 years in aerospace, Jacobs logged more than 10,600 flight hours in over 100 types, models and series of aircraft. He flew 28 combat missions over Germany in B-17's in World War II. He added 121 combat missions in F-80's in Korea. He served as a test pilot for more than 19 years at Edwards, Wright Patterson and Holloman Air Force Bases.

Jacobs served as Test Director and pilot of the XC-142 Tri-Service V/STOL Test Force. Significant test flights included performance, handling qualities and operational evaluation. He also conducted a wide variety of tests on B-17, B-26, B-29, B-47, B-50, B-52 and B-57 aircraft, which included a six-engine XB-52, that had four inboard J-57's, and two J-75 afterburning engines.

He served as Assistand Director of Range Operations controlling safety and flights over the White Sands Missile Range and as Director of the Interceptor Improvement Program flying test on the F-101B/MG13 Fire Control System at Air Force Missile Developement Center.

Jacobs' awards include the Legion of Merit, Distinguished Flying Cross, Airman's Medal Air Medal with 11 clusters and Air Force Commendation Medal with cluster. He is a fellow in, and received the Wings of Man Award from, the Society of Experimental Test Pilots.

Established in 1990 by the Lancaster City Council, the Aerospace Walk of Honor celebrates test pilots who were associated with Edwards AFB. Recognition is awarded for distinguished aviation careers marked by significant and obvious achievements beyond one specific accomplishment.

(Air & Space) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

South Carolina, Charleston County, North Charleston
Micah Jenkins,
Brig. Gen.   C.S.A.
Born   Dec. 1835
Edisto Island, S.C.
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A graduate of
the Citadel
Academy
with first honors.
Killed at the head
of his brigade in
the Battle of
the Wilderness,
May 6th, 1864.
“Integer VitÆ”.
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Erected to his
memory by the
Association of
Citadel Graduates
and other comrades
and friends.
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(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

South Carolina, Charleston County, North Charleston
“Rich in red honors, that upon him lie
as lightly as the summer dews
fall where he won his fame beneath the sky
of tropic Vera Cruz”

In memory of
Brig.-Gen. R. S. Ripley, C.S.A.
Born at Worthington, Ohio, 14th March 1823.
Graduated at West Point   1843
Died   29th March 1887

( Left Side : )
1846-48
Monterey
Vera Cruz
Cero Gordo
Contreras
Churubusco
Chapultepec
City of Mexico

( Right Side : )
1861-65
Defence
of
Charleston Harbor
Seven Pines
Malvern Hill
2nd Manassas
Sharpsburg

( Back of Monument : )
Gay Chieftain! on the crimson rolls of Fame
Thy deeds are written with the sword;
But there are gentler thoughts which, with thy name,
Thy country’s page shall hoard.
In recognition of his military skill
and his
devoted services in the defence of Charleston Harbor
1861-65


(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

South Carolina, Charleston County, Sullivans Island

U.S. forces under Major Robert Anderson hastily expanded this part of the fort in 1860 on the eve of the Civil War. From here musket fire could sweep the adjoining walls to repulse an expected land attack.

(Forts, Castles • War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

South Carolina, Charleston County, Sullivans Island

This solid brick structure protected the entrance to the main powder magazine from enemy projectiles.

(Forts, Castles • War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Connecticut, Middlesex County, Middletown
Near This Site In 1750 The foundations were laid for Middletowns first Protestant Episcopal Church. This building, completed in 1755, was named Christ Church. The predecessor of the Church of the Holy Trinity.
In this church the Right Reverend Samuel Seabury, DD. Bishop of Connecticut and the first bishop of the American Protestant Episcopal Church, first met with his clergy on August 2, 1785, after his return from his congregation in Aberdeen, Scotland.
Here a few days later services were held for the ordination of four deacons and one priest of the church. These were the first such services of ordination to be held in this country. Erected by
The Church of the Holy Trinity
August 6, 1950

(Churches, Etc. • Colonial Era) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Switzerland, Valais (canton), Visp (district), Zermatt
Rudolf Taugwalder 1867 – 1953
Betreuer des Alpinen Museums
1909 – 1944 und Bergfuehrer
Ararat 1893 Himalaya 1898 Nord-
Gipfel Hlascaran 1908
In Dankbarkeit Seiler Hotels, Zermatt

German-English translation:

Rudolf Taugwalder 1867 - 1953
Supervisor of the Alpine Museum
1909 - 1944 and Mountain Guide
Ararat 1893 Himalaya 1898
North Summit Hlascaran 1908
In gratitude Seiler Hotels, Zermatt


(Education • Sports) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Connecticut, Middlesex County, Middletown

“Hurrah! Hurrah! We bring the Jubilee.
Hurrah! Hurrah! The flag that makes you free!
Se we sang the chorus from Atlanta to the sea,
While we were marching through Georgia”     “Marching through Georgia,” by Henry Clay Work

Henry Clay Work was born in Middletown in 1832, the son of an impassioned abolitionist named Alanson Work. When Henry was about three years old, his father moved the family to Illinois o that he could help slaves escape to Canada on the Underground Railroad. During the next few years, Alanson Work helped over 3,000 slaves reach freedom, and finally was arrested and imprisoned for his activities. After his release from prison, Alanson Work brought his family back to Middletown for several years.
When Henry Clay Work grew up, he worked as a printer in Hartford and Chicago. In his spare time, he taught himself music and began composing songs. Before long, his first song was published; in the decades following, Work penned some of the 19th century’s favorite tunes. Many focussed on social issues of the time, such as the temperance movement or the condition of African Americans. In 1865, Work wrote “Marching through Georgia,” a Civil War anthem celebrating Union General William T. Sherman’s 1864 campaign that destroyed Confederate supplies, liberated slaves and helped bring about the South’s surrender.
Henry Clay Work’s most popular composition was “Grandfather’s Clock,” a sentimental ballad about his grandfather’s “treasure and pride,” a tall clock that “stopped short, never to go again, When the old man died.” The 1875 song sold nearly a million copies and earned the then considerable sum of $4,000 in royalties.
Despite his success as a songwriter, Henry Clay Work’s life had many tragedies: three of his children died young, his wife lost her sanity and had to be institutionalized, and Work lost nearly all of his money in two ill-fated investments. In 1881, the composer died in Hartford after writing over seventy songs. People around the world still sing some of them today.

Middletown Heritage Trail
Welcome to the Middletown Heritage Trail! You’ll find “stations” like this one throughout the downtown area. Each gives a brief glimpse into the city’s past, recounting stories about interesting people, places, and events in Middletown’s history. You can follow the Heritage Trail as a whole, or just visit individual stations. An overview of the Trail is located beside Police Headquarters at 222 Main Street. Heritage Trail brochures are available at the Middletown Police Headquarters, the Middlesex Chamber of Commerce (393 Main Street), the Russell Library (123 Broad Street) and the Middlesex Historical Society (151 Main Street).

More Music from Middletown
Henry Clay Work was not the only Middletown native to influence American music. In Reginald deKoven composed the first important American operetta, “Robin Hood, “ which featured the ever-popular song, “O, Promise Me.” DeKoven, who had studied music throughout Europe, was a conductor and music critic as well as a composer. In the 20th century two more Middletown natives drew the spotlight in the entertainment scene. From the 1930s to the 1960s, Elias Paul “Allie” Wrubel composed songs for film, including the jaunty “Zip-A-Dee-Doo Dah” for “Song of the South, “ which won the Academy Award for Best Song of 1947. Tony Pastor serenaded Americans with his saxophone during the “Big Band” era of the thirties and forties. Born Antonio Pestritto in 1907 to parents who had emigrated from Melilli, Sicily, Tony grew up in Middletown’s North End. He took saxophone lessons first from Allie Wrubel, and later from Lucio Pandolfini, a Melillese native who had studied at Italy’s Conservatory of Music. Young Tony soon crashed the national scene, gaining acclaim for his exceptional solo on “Begin the Beguine” with the Artie Shaw Band.

(Arts, Letters, Music) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Pennsylvania, Lebanon County, near Jonestown
A stevedore training program was established in 1942 at Fort Indiantown Gap. Soldiers were trained to load and unload cargo using three wood and concrete dry land ships. Many recruits were African Americans whose companies were segregated from their parent port battalions during instruction but not in WWII combat locales such as Italy and Normandy Beach on D-Day. Training provided here enabled efficient operations instrumental in Allied victory.

(War, World II) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

South Carolina, Charleston County, Sullivans Island

The growth of powerful iron navies during the 1890’s prompted the United States to build hundreds of new anti-battleship batteries such as this, which mounted four 10-inch guns.

Each shell, weighing as much as 617 pounds, had a range of nearly 8.5 miles (14,700 yds. or 13,436 M.) and was capable of penetrating 20 inches of armor at close range. A well-trained gun crew could fire at the rate of 1½ times a minute. This rate of fire was made possible by the use of the disappearing carriage, which employed the energy of its recoil to lower the gun behind the fortification. Counterweights raised the gun for the next round.

These 82,000 pound giants remained on active duty from 1898 to 1943.

(Forts, Castles) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Connecticut, Middlesex County, Middletown

( left tablet )
Acaglia Frank T. • Acerboni Ernest A. • Acheson Dean G. • Adamski John • Adamson Ernest L. • Adorno Vincenzo • Agostino Everisto • Ahern Joseph W. • Ahern Maurice J. • Ahlberg Carl A. • Ahlberg Carl L. • Ahlberg Eric A. • Alleta Nichola • Allison Carl E. • Allison John J. • Alsop Archibald S. • Alsop John Dek. • Altman Nathan • Amato Antonio • Amatore Sebastiano • Amerosia E. Harry • Anderson Alfred H. • Anderson Joel A. • Anderson William M. • Arendt George E. • Aresco Michael • Arico Antonio • Armstrong James S. • Armstrong Sinclair W. • Arnold Alfred C. • Bacon C. Everett • Bacon Frank W. • Baer Raymond J. • Bailey Elvina K. • Bailey Irving S. • Baldwin Raymond E. • Baltz Oswald H. • Bancroft George • Bancroft Walter • Bannon John F. • Bardinella Tony • Barone Carmelo • Barone Louis • Barrett Edward P. • Barrett Robert A. • Barry Frank W. • Bartlett Paul O. • Bartolotta Guy • Bartolotta Valentino • Barton H. Raymond • Basile Antonio B. • Bates H. Anson Jr. • Bates William B. • Batzner George J. • Bauer James L. • Bauer Walter J. • Becker Harry W. • Beebe Charles • Beers Austin • Beers James R. • Beers Joseph F. • Behrens Arthur • Behrens Henry G. • Bell Ernest G. • Bell Frank I. • Bell William H. • Bellmore Ernest A. • Belniak Stephen • Bennett Edward E. • Bennett Israel C. • Bengsron Hilding B. • Bengtson Monder S. • Bensonhaver Claude • Berrie Allyn C. • Berrie George E. • Beosekian Martin • Bjornberg Arthur W. • Bidwell Edgar M. • Bielefield Fred’k J. Jr. • Bielefield Walter R. • Binge Burt • Binge Walter • Birdsey George H. • Binke Walter • Blancato Ignazio • Blenus Claude I. • Boardman Raymond H. • Boothroyd George H. • Bohuslav Ernest G. • Bowers Fred • Boyce Charles P. • Bolink Marinus • Borus Gek • Bradley Frank T. • Brady Patrick • Brady William E. • Brainard Henry H. • Brainard Lyman B. • Brainard Robert B. • BrainerdFrank C. • BrainerdMarjory • Brazos Ronald S. • Brennan James J. • Brewer Arnold • Broadbent Fred J. • Brown William J. • Buell George R. • Buell John H. • Buell Oliver F. • Bulluss Joseph F. • Burke John E. • Burke Martin J. • Burke Thomas P. • Burns John F. • Burton Florence • Butler E. Dudley • Butler Howard L. • Butler H. Russell • Butterworth Harry G. • Burr Harold L. • Cacchillo Rocco F. • Cahill Gertrude F. • Cahill John E. • Cahill Joseph D. • Cameria Dominic • Cameria Guy • Camillo Rossi • Camp D. William Jr. • Camp Stanley R. • Campbell Arthur J. • Campbell John H. • Campbell Merrill J. • Campisi Mario M. • Canavan Henry F. • Cannata James • Cannata Sebastiano • Cannon George D. • Capello James • Carberry James A. • Cardone Mike • Carlson Alfred B. • Carlson Arthur • Carlson Arvid N. • Carlson Carl E. • Carlson Carl E. • Carlson Gustave E. • Carey John M. • Carey Maurice F. • Carey William F. • Carey William G. • Carnes Frank J. • Carrier E. McCoy • Carroll John F. • Carta Frank • Casazza August • Cazzetto Giovanni • Cecchini John • Cederholm Arvid A. • Cederholm William W. • Cell Paul R. • Cerbo Raphael • Chadsey Ofa E. • Chagaris John • Chapman Chauncey • Chapman Courtland W. • Charchishen Feodor J. • Churchill Hugh C. • Ciampaglia Lawrence • Citron Jacob N. • Citron William M. • Clark Earl R. • Clark Eugene S. • Clark Frank M. • Clark Gilbert Z. • Cody Edward B. • Cody Clarence • Cofrank Arthur J. • Coleburn Arthur D. • Coleman Jeremiah J. • Coleman Thomas W. • Coleman Timothy • Comerford William J. • Comiskey George L. • Commerford Warren • Como James H. • Congdon Albert H. • Conroy Robert A. • Contio Dominick • Cook Archibald L. • Cook George H. • Cornwell Merritt J. • Cordo Anthony J. • Corvo Rutilio C. • Cosky Joseph S. • Cosky Stanley A. • Cotter James A. • Cotton Fred • Coughlin Robert E. • Coughlin William H. • Coughlin William J. • Coulalis George • Craig G. Mansfield • Crampitz Amil • Crampton Earle W. • Creamer Granville L. • Croft Russell • Crokan Thomas F. • Cronin John F. • Cronin Thomas J. • Cronley Edward J. • Crosley Ernest W. • Crosley Joseph W. • Crowell Raymond F. • Crowley John C. • Crum Clifford H. • Cubeta Costodi • Cullen W. Howard • Cunningham John H. • Cunningham Peter J. • Curkin Herman • Curtis Nelson • Czaja Teofil • Dadey Harry J. • Daley James E. • Daley James J. • Daniels Archer H. • Daniels Arthur M. • Daniels Edwin D. • Daniels William A. • Davis A. Kieth • Davis Harold W. • Davis Walter B. • Dfay John J. • Deacon Warren M. • Decherd Kirtland W. • Dean Frederick • Dean Lewis P. • D’Emanulle Sebastian • Dee Mary H. • Deforest Clinton • Deitch William • Delamater Edgar H. • Deming Raymond A. • Dillon Edward J. • Dillon Thomas H. • Dillon William H. • Dimauro Angelo • Dimodica Salvatore • Dinart Edward • Dodd Alfred • Dodge Ernest R. • Dodge Raymond • Doebener Clarence L. • Doerken William H. • Doherty John S. • Dolan Patrick L. • Donohoe E. Clare • Donohoe Walton E. • Dooley Edward J. • Dooley James E. • Dooley Joseph R. • Dooley Robert J. • Dooley William J. • Dore Joseph W. • Dougherty Hugh • Dougherty James G. • Dougherty Joseph M. • Doyle Edward J. • Drennan Andrew H. • Dreusek Joseph • Drew John G. • Dripps David V. • Drobnis Wallace P. • Duffy Harry J. • Dugan Frank M. • Dumeer Albert J. • Dunican John D. • Dunklee Lester M. • Durrange George • Dutting William S. • Dwyer Daniel J. • Dwyer Maurice P. • Dziato John • Earle Harold • Eaton Robert P. • Eckersley Herbert • Ekstrom Herbert R. • Elliott Elmer L. • Emerson George • Engblom George O. • Erbal Joseph • Epee Joseph • Evans George I. • Fabrizio Carmine A. • Fall Burton B. • Fantini Harry • Faraci Michael F. • Farnum Kingsley R. • Farnum Wilson H. • Farrall Herbert • Fenn Samuel R. • Ferguson A. Lynwood • Ferraro Frank W. • Fitzgerald Daniel P. • Fitzgerald Irene G. • Fitzgerald James J. • Fitzgerald John P. • Fitzgerald Patrick B. • Fitzgerald Thomas J. • Fitzgerald Andrew J. • Flanagan Joseph A. • Flanagan William P. • Flynn John H. • Flynn Maurice J. • Foley Catherine F. • Footit James H. Jr. • Footit William J. • Forant Mazie E. • Fosa Joseph W. • Fox J. Carl Jr. • Francis Paul W. • Frank Harry • Frankenberger Frank E. • Frissell Ralph A. • Fuller Enoch D. • Gablowski Stephen • Galanto Fred J. • Gallagher James J. • Gann John H. • Cannon Walter L. • Cannon William S. • Garafola Antonio • Geary Edward F. • Geary James • Geary Jerry J. • Geary Margaret • Gentile Carmello • Germain L. Norman • Getz George J. • Ghent William J. • Giardino Guiseppe • Gilkinson James F. • Gillespie Edeme R. • Gizia Joseph • Gleason James J. • Glowienski Steven • Goodreau Eldrick H. • Goodrich Ernest S. • Goodrich Hubert B. • Gorin Harrison • Gorman Daniel H. • Gorman Frank • Grace Joseph A. • Greco Santo • Green Patrick E. • Greene Frederick W. Jr. • Griffin James J. • Griffin J. Philip • Grippo Frank B. • Grower Nathan • Gugliemino Salvatore • Guida Joseph V. • Guldstrand Edward • Gustafson Albert O. • Gustafson John E. • Hale David S. • Hale Raymond J. • Rockwell F. • Halfmann Charles L. • Hall Frank A. • Hall Fred L. • Hallihan John J. • Halloran Michael D. • Hanford Wesley W. • Hansen Edward A. Jr. • Hansen Thomas A. • Hansen William • Hanson Adolph L. • Hanson Charles J. • Hanson Ragnar • Harbert William E. • Harney George E. • Harney William F. • Harris Albert I. • Harris Frederick A. • Harris Louis H. • Harris Tracy D. • Harris Wallace B. • Harvey Carl C. • Hastings G. Alden • Hawley George L. • Hayes Edward J. • Hayes Robert J. • Hazen Maynard T. • Heil George L. • Heise Arthur R. • Heinrich George C. • Heinrich John M. • Hence Henry • Hennesey George E. • Hennesey James V. • Hennesey Mary M. • Hennesey Thomas S. • Heppenstall Arthur • Heppenstall Joseph • Herdman Burnet W. • Herdman David • Herdman George L. • Herdman James H. • Herdman John A. • Herdman Robert E. • Herean John W. • Herrmann Theodore • Hewett Richard M. • Hewett Robert G. • Hill Fred B. • Hill George W. • Hilliker Charles S. • Hills Edward • Hills Harold F. • Hines George H. • Hines Henry P. • Hines William H. • Hinz Kenneth H. • Hinz Richard C. • Hippler Henry A. • Hiscock Ira V. • Hoar John D. • Hobson Harold • Hoffman Harry W. • Holohan William J. • Hopkins Paul M. • Hoppe Harry P. • Hoops Lloyd F. • Hoops Lyman B. • Hordon Douglas • Howard William L. • Howley John R. • Hoyland William A. • Hubbard E. Dyer • Hubbard Elijah K. 2nd • Hubbard Leland T. • Hubbard Philip S. • Hubbard Raymond E. • Hughes D. Earl • Hulse Sylvester J. • Hulse William E. • Humphrey Walter • Hunt Adelbert • Hunter John F. • Hunter William A. • Hyatt Irvin P. • Iverson Emma A. • Jackson Charles E. • Jackson Edward Q. • Jackson Robert F. • Jackson William L. • James Walter T. • Jetl John • Joel Ira D. • Johnson Arthur F. • Johnson Arthur L. • Johnson Arthur L. • Johnson Bert • Johnson Carl J. • Johnson Edward L. • Johnson George H. • Johnson Frank L. • Johnson Gerald C. • Johnson Harold S. • Johnson Herbert M. • Johnson Louis H. • Johnson Richard E. • Johnson Robert G. • Jones Forrest S.
Go nigh to grandeur in our dust.
So near is God to Man.
When duty whispers low, thow must.
The youth replies, I can!
( right tablet )
Jones Robert C. • Jones Sybil M. • Joyce John T. • Joyce William M. • Juliano Rosario • Jurozak Charles F. • Kalish Stanley B. • Karpe Charles J. • Karpe John J. • Kavanaugh William J. • Kearney David P. • Keenan James J. • Kelley James V. • Kelley Joseph H. • Kelly Charles A. • Kelly Thomas F. • Kelsey Clinton E. • Kidney David F. • Kieft Cecil W. • Kincaid Shelbourne • King Aubrey G. • King Clifton L. • King E. Harold • Kinnirey Maurice F. • Kirton Annie L. • Kiski John • Klein Alois • Klemba Stanislaw • Klick Joseph T. • Knight James • Knopek Jacob J. • Koehler Charles • Kolinsky John T. • Kolinsky Joseph C. • Konopka Frank P. • Kosicki Bernard A. • Kowaleski Joseph • Kowalczyk Leon V. • Kowal John J. • Kratesky Vincent • Kristensen Margaret • Krnietek Jakob • Kulaski John • Kulaski Stephen G. • Kuhns Austin • Kurt Howard C. • Labbadia John • Labbadia Pompeo • Labella Louis O. • Labella Sebastian S. • Lachowicz Stanley R. • Larouche John C. • Lamb Vincent Dep. • Lannon James M. • Lannon John J. • Lancer William M. • Larson Alfred J. • Laverty Hugh B. • Law Edward H. • Lawlor Edward D. • Lawton G. Leroy • Lawton Joseph I. • Lawton Leo P. • Lay Thomas N. • Leach Walter L. • Leahy Charles J. • Leary Danide E. • Leary Daniel J. • Leary Joseph P. • Lebarge George H. • Lemieux Ovide A. • Lemieux William P. • Leineweber George C. • Leonard Clifford G. • Lese Alfonso • Lester Charles J. • Levine Joseph • Levison Abner S. • Lewis Edgar B. • Lindholm F. Edward • Lindstrom Frank E. • Linton Harry E. • Locke Milton H. • Lohneiss Andrew J. • Lohneiss Lawrence W. • Lombardo Frank • Long John J. • Longworth Samuel A. • Lord James O. • Lorette Prosper • Luby Stanley S. • Lucas Wiley • Luckhardt Frank • Lunden Harry E. • Lyman Howard R. • Lynch Thomas J. • Lynch William F. • Lynch William T. • Machel John • Magnano Emilio • Magnano Michael • Magnano Saverius • Malowanchyk Aaron T. • Mandolfo Angelo • Mann Alexander • Marchese Joseph • Marchese Samuel • Marino Antonio • Marino John J. • Markowitz Jacob • Maron Frank • Martin Edward E. • Martin Harold L. • Martinelli Domenico • Masella James • Mastragiorgio Leonardo • Mathison Willard L. • Mattarolo Giuseppe • Mattes Israel • Mattes Samuel S. • Maxwell C. Warren • Mayhew Harry • Maynard James E. • McAllister James L. • McAuliffe John • McBride Joseph P. • McCarthy Edward C. • McCarthy J. Ford • McCarthy Victor • McCutcheon Ernest L. • McCutcheon Harry L. Jr. • McCutcheon Ronald M. • McDonald Charles • McDonough George J. • McDonough Michael E. • McDowell Edwin T. • McGeowan John P. • McGuinnis Charles J. • McKensie Donald M. Jr. • McKinley James J. • McNeill Charles V. • McNulty Edward J. • Mead Eugene H. • Medoglia Vittorio • Melien Henry L. • Melin George E. • Melvin George M. • Merriam Paul A. • Merrill Frank C. • Miceli Sebastiano • Milardo Louis J. • Milardo Michael S. • Milardo Sebastiano • Millane Daniel H. • Millane Neal A. • Miller William W. • Minnum Edward C. • Misenti Guy E. • Mitchell Wallace • Mitchell William • Mittleman Benjamin D. • Mittleman Israel • Mittleman Reuben • Molander Robert E. • Molosky Walter • Moore Charles F. • Moore Charles H. • Moore Claude H. • Moore John J. • More Claude B. • Morsell Albert • Mott Hubert L. • Moss Malcolm W. • Murphy Edward L. • Murphy Glenville J. • Murphy Joseph • Murphy William J. • Murray Edward J. • Murray Thomas • Myers Charles B. • Mylchreest J. Warren • Mylchreest William B. • Nejako Adam A. • Nelson Walter N. • Neville Frederick P. • Newell Charles R. • Newell Elmer E. • Newell Walter S. Jr. • Newman William J. • Nielsen Oscar Nolan Daniel A. • Nordgren Ernest • Nuelsen Albert E. • O’Brien Edward F. Jr. • O’Brien Francis j. • O’Brien John B. • O’Brien John P. • O’Brien Richard • O’Connor Daniel J. • O’Connor John • O’Connor Malachi • Oehmen Henry C. • O’Keefe J. Gerald • O’Keefe Thomas F. • Olson P. A. • O’Sullivan Eugene L. • Otterbein J. Arthur • Pajank Mateuse • Palmer F. Lee • Palumbo John • Paone Raphael • Parmalee George F. • Parshley Paul C. • Pattarrina Giuseppe • Pearson Edward N. • Peck Everett L. • Peck Harry D. • Pedicino Patsey • Pellow Edward G. • Pellow William H. • Pelton C. Hamlin • Perlin Harry • Perry Herbert W. • Perry William F. • Peterson Carl F. • Peterson C. George • Peterson Ernest G. • Peterson Oscar H. • Peterson Paul • Petras Joseph W. • Petrofsky John F. • Petrofsky Joseph J. • Petruzzello Salvatore • Piccolo Angelo • Pierson Harold C. • Pitruzzello Joseph D. • Pitruzzello Michael • Pitt Lester I. • Poliner Harry • Pope Robert B. • Poste John B. • Powell Newell W. • Pratt George A. • Press Isador M. • Preston Nelson H. • Prince Albert I. • Prince John W. • Prout Claude C. • Pruden A. Sears • Ptak Jozef • Pune James Jr. • Quirk Robert D. • Raffalo Angelo • Rapp George P. • Rattman Max • Rawson Kenneth C. • Rawson Lucy • Reed Russell A. • Reiland Erwin W. • Reilly Philip E. • Reilly Thomas F. • Reinsch Harold W. • Rentcheller Bennie C. • Rettel Sigmund • Repozo Joseph J. • Rich Wesley E. • Richards Ira H. • Rieser Lawrence R. • Rieser Sidney L. • Rinaldo Sebastiano • Risk Earl R. • Ristaino Gennarino • Rizzo Salvatore • Roberts Albert D. • Roberts Francis E. • Roberts Raymond M. • Robinson William J. • Roccapriore Vitaliano S. • Rochette William • Roglia Jan • Rogalsky Frank A. • Rogers George E. • Rogers Michael J. • Rohan Elmer J. • Romano Sebastian • Ronan Harold F. • Rossi Camillo • Rozanski Walter A. • Ruderman Isaac • Ruderman Max • Ruderman Nathan • Rudkin Charles N. • Ruffin Allen F. • Ruffin Horace E. • Ruitto Vincenzo • Rumsey William T. • Rusconi Giuseppi • Russell George L. • Russo Joseph W. • Russo Vianzo • Ryan Thomas L. • Salafia James • Samuelson Gustaf J. • Sanders William • Sandstrom Godfrey C. • Santangelo Earl • Satagaj Peter T. • Savage Nathan H. • Sawyer William J. • Scanlon Frank J. • Scota Carmelo • Schaefer Albert E. • Schaefer Philip J. • Schening Emil • Schilke Michael • Schilling Erwin A. • Schilling Walter H. • Schneck Henry P. • Schram Harry E. • Schuler William A. • Schultz Arthur P. • Schultze J. H. • Schwarer Martha • Scranton Arthur J. • Scranton Austin L. • Scully John A. • Scully William P. • Secord Belmont • Segerbeg Carl E. • Sellew Roland W. • Settipane Joseph • Shapiro Jacob S. • Shaw Harold C. • Shea Maury J. • Short Edward h. • Shea Patrick J. • Sheldon Amy • Simonson David • Sipel Earl W. • Skubel Stanley A. • Slater John E. • Sliwinski Joseph • Sloper Eugene W. • Smith Edward • Smith Ernest B. • Smith Florence K. • Smith Harold J. • Smith Henry J. • Smith Howard J. • Smith Steven C. Jr. • Smith Tracy W. • Smith Walter J. • Sochacki Alfred C. • Sochacki Francis C. • Somerville Luke B. • Spatcher Emma L. • Spear William P • Spencer Sidney A. • Stanley A. Robbins • Stanley Charles F. • Stanton Bartholomew S. • Starr Reginald S. • Starr Samuel J. • Steinmeyer Gustave A. • Stempel E. H. Jr. • Stevens Albert E. • Stevens Charles H. • Stevens Wynne C. • Stevenson Lawrence • Stomberg Oscar R. • Stookey George E. • Stubbings Harold B. • Strohla Frederick • Sutter Walter F. • Sweet Alfred N. • Tagliari Frank • Tarchini Alfredo • Taylor Clifford E. • Taylor Geoffrey • Taylor Sherman • Tenenbaum Abe • Terragna Edmond P. • Terry William J. • Thibodeau Arthur L. • Thompson Ira M. • Thompson Warren E. • Thompson William J. • Thomas William H. • Thrall Lyle F. • Tillbrook George C. • Tochko Joseph G. • Tochko Louis S. • Toletti Charles A. • Toomey Harold J. • Toomey Richard F. • Topoleski John • Topolou George C. • Townsend William Jr. • Tusco Alexander L. • Travers William H. • Trevithick Frederick W. • Tringale Frank • Turning Ejnar • Turner Nelson B. • Turney Matthew • Tuttle George B. • Tuttle G. Howard • Tynan Edward J. • Tynan Jeremiah Jr. • Tynan John J. • Tynan Joseph D. • Tynan Joseph E. • Tynan Morris R. • Tynan William J. • Umba Arnold D. • Umba Walter H. • Vacca Angelo • Vaka Paul F. • Vanturas Felix • Varson Louis J. • Vechitto Antonio • Vinal Charles H. • Vincent John J. • Vinci Emanuel • Wadsworth Seymour • Walsh F. Desales • Walsh James T. • Walsh James V. • Walsh T. Francis • Walter Gilbert E. • Wamester Raymond J. • Ward Henry P. • Warmsley James • Weeks Julius C. • Wells Alfred F. • Wells Chauncey H. • Wells Lewis G. • Welch Martin J. • Werbasky Ezedor • Whalen Benjamin J. • White Carl • White Roland J. • White William E. • Whitmore Elwyn C. • Whittlesey Percival W. • Wiernas Josef • Winiecki Jakob • Wilkinson Harold • Wilkinson Walter • Williams Daniel • Williams Harold A. • Winkler Charles H. • Wilcox Horace L. • Wilcox Raymond H. • Wilcox Robert M. • Wilson James • Wilson William J. • Wiseman John J. • Wisnieski Teofil • Wojtowiec George • Wolfe Ernest H. • Wolfe John E. • Woolstenholme Roy J. • Wrang Frank L. • Wrang William E. • Wrubel Arthur M. • Xanhos Steven • Zakszewski Bronislaw • Zawisza John W. • Zawisza Joseph • Zeeb George C. • Zimmerer Edward J. • Ziprik Gustav • Zovowynski Bennie • Zwyno Nicholas
The men and women whose names are on these tablets served in
the Army, the Navy and the Marine Corps during the World War 1917-1918

(War, World I) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

South Carolina, Charleston County, Sullivans Island

This rooftop cavity held the carriage mechanism for one of Battery Jasper’s four 10-inch disappearing rifles. Installed in 1898, these formidable weapons represented the latest technology. Weighing 55 tons with a range of 8.5 miles, they fired 571-pound shells.

Rising above the parapet to fire, the rifle recoiled by moving back and down, “disappearing” behind the thick concrete walls to allow the crew to reload in safety. The breech-loading rifle was raised and lowered by using a counterweight which rested on the deep center cavity of the gun mount.

In 1943, Charleston Harbor’s Endicott batteries were obsolete, and the coast artillerymen removed the guns and carriage.

(Forts, Castles) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

South Carolina, Charleston County, Sullivans Island

This gun emplacement, manned by the Regular Army in peacetime, drew upon the Coast Artillery units of the National Guard for its huge manpower needs in wartime. One 10-inch gun crew alone consisted of 43 men – 26 of the gun detachment, 11 handling ammunition, and 6 as relief.

Artillerists not assigned to the guns performed other vital duties including position finding, searchlight operation, and harbor mine defense. In addition, all were cross-trained as infantry. The work was strenuous but required precision and specialized skills, as well as constant drill and practice.

(Forts, Castles) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Oklahoma, Tulsa County, Tulsa


First church in Tulsa
First meetings - 1883
Chartered as a congregation - 1885

The Centennial Marker
Given 1985 by the
Mr. and Mrs. Class
Organized in 1929

(Churches, Etc. • Man-Made Features) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Switzerland, Lucerne (canton), Lucerne (district), Lucerne
Stammhaus
Corragioni D’Orelli
v. Broglio Maggiatal
Eingebürgert 1669
Letzter Stammhalter † 1944

German-English translation:

Family Headquarters of the
Corragioni D'Orelli
from Broglio, Maggiatal
Granted citizenship in 1669
Last heir died in 1944

(Industry & Commerce • Notable Buildings) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

South Carolina, Georgetown County, Georgetown
The rice culture in Georgetown County is one of the most colorful chapters in American History. Through maps, dioramas, artifacts, "The Garden of Gold" video produced by the museum, and other exhibits, the Rice Museum tells the story of the rice plantation era and a society based on one agricultural crop.

The Kaminski Building next door houses the Maritime History Museum, home of the "Browns Ferry Vessel." Listed on the National Register, this is the oldest vessel of colonial manufacture in the United States. This 50-foot vessel was built around 1700 and sank in the Black River in the Browns Ferry area of Georgetown County in 1730.

Other exhibits in the museum include the history of the Kaminski Hardware Company, Gullah history of the S.C. Low Country; the life of Miss Ruby Forsythe, one of South Carolina's great educators; and the story of Joseph Hayne Rainey, the first African American elected to the U.S. Congress.

The Provost Gallery houses rotating exhibits of art and history, and the gift shop features local arts and crafts, as well as items from museum collections throughout the world.

(Agriculture • Colonial Era • Industry & Commerce) Includes location, directions, 7 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Switzerland, Lucerne (canton), Lucerne (district), Lucerne
Erbaut um die Mitte des 16. Jahrhunderts fur Schultheiss Jost Pfyffer-Cloos. Auf der Rückseite spätgotischer Treppenturm und kleiner ummauerter Hof.
Im Innern des Hauses Fresken, wohl von Martin Moser, aus der Mitte des 16. Jahrhunderts.
Fassadenmalerei um 1720.
Im Erdgeschoss des Hinterhauses ein gotischer Saal. Von seinem reichen Bilderschmuck sind drei Holztafeln mit biblischen Szenen, gemalt 1557 von Martin Moser, erhalten (heute im Kunstmuseum).
Unter Denkmalschutz seit 1964.
Restauriert 1976 und 1987.

German-English translation:

Pfyffe-Cloos house

Built in the middle of the 16th Century for Schultheiss Jost Pfyffer-Cloos. At the rear of the building are a late Gothic tower (with stairs) and small walled courtyard. Inside the building are frescoes, probably by Martin Moser, from the mid-16th Century.
Facade painting from around 1720.
On ground floor of the rear building is a Gothic-style hall. Three richly decorated wooden panels of biblical scenes, painted in 1557 by Martin Moser, were preserved (currently in the Art Museum).
A protected historical monument since 1964.
Restored in 1976 and 1987.

(Notable Buildings) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.