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New Mexico, Santa Fe County, Santa Fe
New Mexico’s third governor, Pedro de Peralta was instructed to relocate the capital to a more central location. He founded the Villa de Santa Fe, or Town of Holy Faith. The villa was named for a city of Spain built by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabel, SantaFe, Granada, which is now a sister city. Established in 1610 Santa Fe is the oldest capital city in the United States.

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Baron Von Steuben: Father of the American Infantry

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New York, Oneida County, Remsen

Early Training
Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard August von Steuben is perhaps best known in this country for turning a motley assortment of untrained American colonists into an effective fighting force capable of defeating the powerful British army on 1783. Born in Magdeburg, Prussia, in 1730, Steuben began his military career by enlisting in the Prussian army at age 16. By 1760, Frederick the Great chose Steuben for his general staff. Discharged in 1763 at the end of the European Seven Years’ War, Steuben held various appointments in Prussia’s principalities before volunteering his military talents to the Continental Army and the American Revolution.

Creating a Professional Army
In the winter of 1777-1778, Steuben reported to General Washington at Valley Forge where he found a demoralized army without supplies and near starvation. Under Steuben’s direction, using a modified Prussian training exercise, the Continental recruits became disciplined, professional soldiers who grew to appreciate his genuine concern for their welfare. Impressed with Steuben’s accomplishments, Washington created the position of Army Inspector General and appointed Steuben to this new responsibility with the rank of Major General. On October 19, 1781, having been awarded his own field command, Steuben was one of three division commanders at Yorktown when British General Lord Cornwallis offered to surrender.

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Paying Tribute to the Baron

August 13, 2014, 8:11 pm

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New York, Oneida County, Remsen

Recognition from the Commander In Chief
General Washington’s final official letter as commander of the Continental Army was written to Steuben on December 23, 1783. In it, Washington paid tribute to Steuben and thanked him for his role in helping America achieve independence. Steuben and other leading figures of the period were on the balcony at Federal Hall in New York City in 1789 when Washington was inaugurated as the first U.S. President.

New York State Honors
In gratitude for his service, several states and cities offered Steuben land grants and tributes. New York State conferred honorary citizenship on Steuben in 1786 and awarded him 16,000 acres of land in the Mohawk Valley. Shortly thereafter, he erected a log cabin on his property and spent his summers there. When poverty forced him to leave his New York City residence, the baron retired to the cabin full time.

After military retirement in 1783, Steuben was regularly consulted on a variety of Congressional initiatives. He was appointed to the New York State Board of Regents in 1787. Steuben also presided at the laying of the cornerstone of what is now Hamilton College, in Clinton, New York.

Death of a Humble Servant
Following seven years of debate, Congress voted in 1790 to provide the baron with an annual pension of $2,500, a figure far less than he expected. On November 28, 1794, Steuben died suddenly at his frontier home. According to his wishes, he was wrapped in his military cloak and quietly buried in an unmarked grave. His first grave site is now identified by a historic marker.

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Peavey Fountain

August 13, 2014, 8:12 pm

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Minnesota, Hennepin County, Minneapolis
Given to the people of Minneapolis in 1891 by F.H. Peavey as a drinking fountain for horses. This monument was rededicated as a memorial to the horses of the 151st Field Artillery Minnesota National Guard killed in action in the First World War.

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August 13, 2014, 8:36 pm

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New York, Oneida County, Remsen

Reburial & Commemoration
When road construction disturbed Steuben’s burial site in 1804, his former aide and estate executor, Benjamin Walker, had the baron’s body moved to the five-acre wooded area, now called the Sacred Grove. Walker donated 50 acres, including the baron’s grave site, to the Welsh Baptist Society, which agreed to maintain and preserve the Sacred Grove.

In 1824, caught up in the renewed patriotic fervor that swept the nation after the War of 1812, the citizens of Oneida County placed a simple limestone marker bearing the inscription STEUBEN over the baron’s grave. By 1857, that marker had deteriorated, causing German-American societies and newspapers to launch a fundraising campaign to erect a permanent memorial. Completed in 1872 with assistance from New York State, that grander public monument commemorates Steuben’s leadership role in the struggle for American independence.

A Fitting Memorial
To celebrate the bicentennial of the baron’s 1730 birth, New York State enacted legislation creating the 50-acre Steuben Memorial State Historic Site with the Sacred Grove at its commemorative center. When Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicated the site on September 12, 1931, the original historic trail from the west was paved as an empty drive, its modest parking lot fenced, and the area outside the Sacred Grove planted with rows of Norway spruce said to represent the rank and file of Valley Forge.

The state built and furnished a replica log cabin in 1936 to interpret the baron’s life. Its design was based on an 1857 engraved version of the 1802 pencil drawing of the cabin by Reverend John Taylor. Land on which the Baron’s original cabin stood was donated to the state in the 1990s and is located nearby.

Steuben Memorial State Historic Site maintains a long and proud New York State tradition of commemorating people, places, and events that shaped our early nation. Thank you for honoring Steuben with your visit today.

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New Mexico, Santa Fe County, Santa Fe
In the seventeenth century New Mexico was plagued by drought, conflicts between civil and church authorities, and extreme demands placed by the Spanish settlers on the native population. The latter situation caused a deterioration so severe that by 1680, the Pueblo Indians under the leadership of Popé and others, revolted against the Spanish and succeeded in driving them completely out of New Mexico. During this revolt, 21 Franciscan priests and friars lost their lives. The monument on this hill commemorates their martyrdom.

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Leo A. Beuerman

August 13, 2014, 8:40 pm

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Kansas, Douglas County, Lawrence


"Remember Me - I'm that little Man gone blind. I used to sell Pencils on the street corner."

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Davidson Windmill

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Wisconsin, Douglas County, near South Range
Built by Finnish immigrant and homesteader, Jacob (Tapola) Davidson, it served Old-Brule and Lakeside in the South Shore region from 1904 to 1926. Constructed of native materials, it was used for milling locally grown grains for both animal and human consumption.

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House Building

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Kansas, Douglas County, Lawrence


Built 1858-1860 for Josiah Miller
Survived Quantrill's Raid, August 21, 1863
Facade altered 1921
Jacob House and descendants, clothiers,
occupied this site 1862-1935

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Lawrence Studio

August 13, 2014, 9:13 pm

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Kansas, Douglas County, Lawrence


Constructed late 1860s
Alexander Marks, jeweler,
was an early occupant

This building, now reflective of Mission style, housed dry goods, drugs, and jewelry businesses and several barber shops

Alfred A. Lawrence Photography Studio 1917-1943
Jayhawk Barber Shop 1936-1980
George's Pipe Shop 1950-1997

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17th Georgia Infantry

August 14, 2014, 3:21 am

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Georgia, Catoosa County, near Fort Oglethorpe
C.S.A.
Georgia.
Lieutenant Colonel Charles W. Matthews.
Benning's Brigade.
Law's Hood's, Division.
Noon, September 20, 1863.

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20th Georgia Infantry

August 14, 2014, 5:14 am

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Georgia, Catoosa County, near Fort Oglethorpe
C.S.A.
Georgia.
20th Infantry.
Colonel J.D. Waddell.
Benning's Brigade.
Law's Hood's Division.
Noon, September 20, 1863.

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15th Georgia Infantry

August 14, 2014, 5:50 am

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Georgia, Catoosa County, near Fort Oglethorpe
C.S.A.
Georgia.
15th Infantry.
Colonel Dudley M. DuBose.
Major P.J. Shannon.
Benning's Brigade.
Law's Hood's Division.
Noon, September 20, 1863.

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Havis' Georgia Battery

August 14, 2014, 6:35 am

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Georgia, Catoosa County, near Fort Oglethorpe
C.S.A.
Georgia
Havis Battery.
Captain M.W. Havis.
Robertson's
Reserve Artillery.
Army of Tennessee.
Noon, September 20, 1863.

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Havis' Georgia Battery

August 14, 2014, 7:32 am

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Georgia, Catoosa County, near Fort Oglethorpe
Havis' Georgia Battery.
2 Napoleons, 1 James Rifle.
Robertson's Reserve Artillery.
September 20, 1863
Captain M.H. Havis, Commanding.
1st Lieutenant James R. Duncan.
1st Lieutenant Hamblin R. Felder.
2d Lieutenant C.H. Smith
2d Lieutenant James R. Rice.
The battery was not engaged on the 19th. Soon after noon of the 20th it came into position on this ground and opened fire on the enemy then falling back on Snodgrass Hill. About 5 o'clock p.m. the battery took position on left of Major Williams' Battalion, in front of and west of this ground, and opened fire on the enemy's line east of the Kelly Field, taking it in reverse, and continued to fire till his line at that point was abandoned and the Confederate infantry line intervened. Casualties: men killed 1, men wounded 1, horses killed 1, horses wounded 1.

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Bernardo De Galvez

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Mississippi, Adams County, Natchez

Don Bernardo de Galvez, Spanish Governor of Louisiana, 1776-1783, in a brilliant campaign, with the aid of regular troops, militia, volunteers, and a few Americans, captured Baton Rouge from the British on September 21, 1779. Terms included the surrender of Fort Panmure in Natchez, which was occupied by Spanish troops on October 5, 1779. The signing of the Treaty of San Lorenzo on October 27, 1795 ended Spanish control of Natchez.
Dedicated October 29, 1985 by
Mississippi State Society
Daughters of the American Revolution
Mrs. William Edwin O’Hare, State Regent

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Texas' First Rice Mill

August 14, 2014, 8:07 am

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Texas, Jefferson County, Beaumont
Beaumont Rice Mill, founded 1892 by J. E. Broussard, was developed after first commercial planting of rice in Texas in 1863. Earlier crops, due to dependence on rain, were dubbed “providence rice.”

Broussard, pioneer grower and irrigator, was also co-founder of Rice Millers' Association. His efforts caused factories to spring up in nearby counties.

Firm is still operated by his descendants. Present building was erected in 1907.

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2nd Georgia Infantry

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Georgia, Catoosa County, near Fort Oglethorpe
C.S.A.
Georgia.
2d Infantry.
Lieutenant Colonel William S. Shepherd.
Major W.W. Charlton.
Benning's Brigade.
Law's Hood's, Division.
Noon, September 20, 1863.

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Elkhart Civil War Monument

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Indiana, Elkhart County, Elkhart

(Front (West) Panel)
Erected A.D. 1909, by the Ex-Soldiers and Sailors Association Elkhart Indiana

To the memory of our departed heroes of the Union Army. Their services to a grateful country were gallant and self sacrificing. May they enjoy a heavenly reward.

(Right Side (South) Panel)
This country owes its greatness and prosperity to the soldiers of the Union Army. Had it not been for their valorous deeds the American people would not have been afforded opportunity to enjoy the peaceful progress which has so richly blessed this nation.

(Rear (East) Panel)
May God bless the Union women of the Civil War. Without their sympathy, support and encouragement, the struggle for right would never have been won.

(Left Side (North) Panel)
The conflict between the armies and navies of the North and the South was vigorous and fiercely contested. But now that the mantle of peace has descended over this fair land there is no bitterness between the contestants. Let this happy condition be an object lesson to future generations.

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32nd Tennessee Infantry

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Georgia, Catoosa County, near Fort Oglethorpe
Tennessee
32nd Regiment Infantry
Brown's Brigade
Stewart's Division
11:30 A.M. September 20, 1863

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