Woltersdorf House

August 25, 2014, 8:20 am

Wisconsin, Eau Claire County, Eau Claire

Historic Building This Queen Anne style house was built by Frederick and Mary Woltersdorf in 1893. Frederick moved to Eau Claire in 1874 from Germany. He worked in a book bindery and a barbershop before becoming a partner in cigar manufacturing in 1891.

Designated June Seventh
Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Nine

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Barrack / Baracke

August 25, 2014, 8:32 am

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Germany, Thuringia, Weimarer Land Kreis (District), Buchenwald Memorial

This barrack has been mistaken for the seat of the "Political Department" for a long time.

"Political Department" was the name of the Gestapo branch office (secret state police) located in a wooden barrack behind this building and destroyed during the air-raid in August 1944.
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Lange fãlschlich für den Sitz der „Politischen Abteilung” gehalten.

Die Zweigstelle der Geheimen Staatspolizei (Gestapo), Politische Abteilung genannt, befand sich in einer Holzbaracke hinter diesem Gebäude und wurde im August 1944 beim Luftangriff zerstört.
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Camp Headquarters / Lagerkommandantur

August 25, 2014, 9:06 am

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Germany, Thuringia, Weimarer Land Kreis (District), Buchenwald Memorial

Camp Headquarters was the office of the camp commandants Karl Koch (1937-1941) and Hermann Pister (1942-1945) and of the commandant's staff. The wooden barrack of the adjutant's office originally formed the western wing of the building. The extensions were built at the beginning of the 1950s.

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Sitz der Lagerkommandanten Karl Koch (1937-1941) und Hermann Pister (1942-1945) und des Kommandanturstabes. Den westlichen Flügel bildete ursprünglich die Holzbaracke der Adjutantur. Die Anbauten erfolgten Anfang der 50er Jahre.
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Gate building / Torgebäude

August 25, 2014, 9:17 am

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Germany, Thuringia, Weimarer Land Kreis (District), Buchenwald Memorial

Title is text

[French and Russian text not translated]

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Unknown and Known Afro-Union Civil War Soldiers Memorial

August 25, 2014, 11:37 am

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Virginia, Chesapeake

This memorial is the first and only memorial of its kind in the Commonwealth of Virginia dedicated to honor Afro-Union patriot heroes. It is located in the northeast section of the Sgt. March Corprew Family Memorial Cemetery.

Sgt. March Corprew, Company I, 2nd Regiment, Union States Colored Troops is interred east of the Memorial, was one of the founders of the Bells Mill community. He and Pvt. Jeremiah Locker, Company F, 1st Regiments, United States Colored Troops were among the early founders of the community. The marker of Pvt. Locker is one of the six markers found in the Memorial.

On May 28, 2007, the United States Colored Troops Descendants (U.S.C.T.D.) unfurled at the dedication of a 25 foot aluminum flagpole, the National Standard and the Composite National Standard Regimental Colors according to the October 11, 1864 order given by Major General Benjamin Franklin Butler:

“…it is ordered that there be inscribed upon the colors of the First and Tenth U.S. Colored Troops the name Wilson’s Wharf, that being the place where they defeated the cavalry of Fitzhugh Lee.

That the Second U.S. Colored Cavalry have inscribed the word Suffolk on their colors, for their conduct in the battle of March 9, near that place.

That the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Twenty-second U.S. Colored Troops have the word Petersburg inscribed on their banners, for their gallantry in capturing the line of works and the enemy’s guns on the 15th of June, 1864.

That the First, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Twenty-second, Thirty-sixth, Thirty-seventh, Thirty-Eighth U.S. Colored Troops, and the Second U.S. Colored Cavalry have the words New Market Heights inscribed upon their colors for their gallantry in carrying the enemy’s works at that point on September 29th of September.”

The memorial includes gravemarkers for Private Samuel Hopper, Co.C, 38th U.S.C.T. infantry, Private Daniel Corprew, Co.C., Private Lemuel Babb, Co.A., and Private Jeremiah Locker, Co.F., of the 1st Regiment, U.S.C.T. infantry and Private Robert Lee Johnson, Co.E., 10th U.S.C.T. infantry regiment.

The regiments that the Afro-Union patriot heroes identified here also fought at Swift Creek, Fort Darling, Deep Bottom, Fair Oaks, Darbytown Road, Plymouth and the occupation of Richmond. After the surrender of Lee to Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia on April 9, 1965, they served at various points in Texas at Brownsville, Rio Grande, Brazos Santiago, Indianola and Galveston at various times from May 1865 to January 1867.

United States Colored Troops Descendants, Officer in Charge
Dr. E. Curtis Alexander — 11-7-2009

(captions)
(lower left) Gen. Benjamin F. Butler, commander of the Army of the James, was an early and enthusiastic advocate of using USCTs in combat roles. Courtesy of Library of Congress
(lower left) Sgt. James H. Harris served in the 38th USCT with Pvt. Samuel Hopper and was awarded the Medal of Honor for valor during the Battle of New Market Heights, in which Hopper was killed. Courtesy Library of Congress
(lower right) Composite National Standard Regimental Colors

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Tamaha Jail and Ferry Landing

August 25, 2014, 12:54 pm

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Oklahoma, Haskell County, Stigler

One of the earliest port towns and trading centers in Choctaw Nation, I.T. Choctaws brought from Mississippi up Arkansas River to Tamaha on steamboats as early as 1831. Tamaha developed as port and ferry crossing around 1836. Post office built 1884 and jail in 1886. Last steamboat landed in 1912, 3 mi. east of Stigler, SH 9.

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99th Ohio Infantry

August 25, 2014, 12:54 pm

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Georgia, Catoosa County, near Fort Oglethorpe

Text on the Front Side of the Monument:

99th Ohio Infantry
Barnes' Brigade, Van Cleve's Division
21st Army Corps.
Text on the Back Side of the Monument:

This regiment, Colonel Peter T. Swaine commanding, moved with the brigade into action September 19, 1863, at 3:30 P.M., advancing in an easterly direction from this point, through a dense woods; was attacked by a superior force on front and flank; after a spirited battle, lasting till near 5:30 P.M. was forced to retire, which was done in good order.

September 20, at 10:30 A.M. engaged the enemy near General Baird's left, at the north end of Kelly's Field, maintaining position there until the Army retired to Rossville at night.

Loss, killed 3; wounded 30; captured or missing 24; total 57.

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Inmates’ living quarters / Häftlingsunterkünfte

August 25, 2014, 1:46 pm

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Germany, Thuringia, Weimarer Land Kreis (District), Buchenwald Memorial

photograph, April 1945 / Foto April 1945

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Polish Patriots / Polischen Patrioten

August 25, 2014, 6:23 pm

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Germany, Thuringia, Weimarer Land Kreis (District), Buchenwald Memorial

In October 1939, 2098 Polish patriots came to this special camp. 1650 died in 5 months. 123 were locked in a barbed wire cage where after 12 days they froze and starved to death. They suffered and died for the freedom of Poland.
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Im Oktober 1939 kamen 2098 Polnische patrioten in dieses sonderlager. 1650 starben in 5 monaten. 123 wurden in einen stacheldrahtkäfig gesperrt, in dem sie nach 12 tagen erfroren und verhungerten. Sie litten und starben für die freiheit Polens.

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Crematorium / Krematorium

August 25, 2014, 6:47 pm

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Germany, Thuringia, Weimarer Land Kreis (District), Buchenwald Memorial

In view of the growing numbers of dead, the SS had a crematorium built in 1940 and extended in 1942. The company Topf & Söhne from Erfurt, developed and delivered the crematorium ovens. About 1,110 people were strangled in the Corpse Cellar.
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Angesichts wachsender Totenzahlen ließ die SS 1940 ein Krematorium errichten und 1942 ausbauen. Die Erfurter Firma Topf & Söhne entwickelte und lieferte die Verbrennungsöfen. Im Leichenkeller des Gebäudes wurden etwa 1.100 Menschen stranguliert.
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Dear visitors
The crematorium is a central testimony to the crimes of the National Socialists. For former inmates and their relatives it also symbolises [sic] the grave which was denied the victims in an attempt to blot out all memory of them.

We therefore ask that you respect the crematorium as a place of silence.
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Liebe Besucherinnen und Besucher,
das Krematorium ist ein zentrales Zeugnis der nationalsozialistischen Verbrechen. Für ehemalige Häftlinge und ihre Angehörigen symbolisiert es zugleich das Grab, das man den Häftlingen vorenthalten hat, damit nichts an sie erinnert.

Wir bitten Sie, das Krematorium als Ort der Stille zu respektieren.
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Alderson Baptist Academy and Junior College

August 25, 2014, 6:59 pm

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West Virginia, Greenbrier County, Alderson

Alderson Academy opened September 18, 1901, a coeducational secondary school founded mainly through the efforts of Miss Emma C. Alderson. Closely associated with Greenbrier Baptist Church, after 1910 control was assumed by W. Va. Baptist Association. Designed as a home school it provided academic work in classics, sciences, and normal studies. Under Dr. M. F. Forbell the Academy grew in size and number and achieved Junior College status. After 31 years as the cultural light for large neglected areas of Greenbrier and Monroe Counties the school was moved to Philippi as part of the consolidated Alderson-Broaddus College.

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Ernst Thälmann

August 25, 2014, 9:06 pm

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Germany, Thuringia, Weimarer Land Kreis (District), Buchenwald Memorial

Eternal Glory
The great son of the German people,
the leader the German working class
Ernst Thälmann
on 18th August 1944
at this point of fascism
was murdered
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Ewiger Ruhm
dem grossen sohn des Deutschen volkes,
dem führer der Deutschen Arbeitklasse
Ernst Thälmann
der am 18. august 1944
an dieser stelle vom faschismus
ermordet wurde
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This memorial plaque, put up by the government of the GDR in 1953, was the first to appear within the area of the inmates' camp.

The commemoration of the Buchenwald Concentration Camp, focusing primarily on Ernst Thälmann and the communist resistance, played a prominent role in how the GDR perceived itself.

In the night of August 17-18, 1944, Ernst Thälmann, a member of the Reichstag and the chairman of the German communist party, was transferred from Bautzen Prison to Buchenwald Concentration Camp and shot dead by the SS upon entering the crematorium.
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Diese Tafel wurde 1953 als erste Erinnerungstafel im Bereich des Häftlingslagers von der Regierung der DDR angebracht.

Dem auf Ernst Thälmann und den kommunistischen Widerstand zentrierten Gedenken an das KZ Buchenwald kam für das Selbstverständnis der DDR herausragende Funktion zu.

Ernst Tällmann, Reichstagsabgeordneter und Vorsitzender der KPD, wurde in der Nacht vom 17./18. August vom Zuchthaus Bautzen in das KZ Buchenwald gebracht und von SS-Männern beim Betreten des Krematoriums erschossen.
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Baptist Church

August 26, 2014, 6:28 am

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New York, Fulton County, Mayfield

Of Mayfield and Broadalbin
Organized Here in 1792,
Then The Home of Caleb
Woodworth, Soldier Of
Revolution, First Settler

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A. J. & G. Park

August 26, 2014, 6:30 am

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New York, Fulton County, Gloversville

Opened July 12, 1906
Home of N.Y.S. League Jags
Host to Future HOF Players,
MLB, Negro League, Semi-Pro
& Industrial Baseball Teams
Dedicated October 13, 2013

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Death of Gen. William P. Sanders

August 26, 2014, 9:31 am

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Tennessee, Knox County, Knoxville

Brig. Gen. William P. Sanders, using dismounted cavalry to hold off the Confederate advance from the west, was fatally wounded on this ridge, Nov. 18, 1863, dying the next day.

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Princess Anne Port

August 26, 2014, 9:42 am

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Virginia, Williamsburg

This site was used from 1699 when Governor Nicholson designated it as one of two ports for Williamsburg, the colonial capital of Virginia.

This port was used primarily for the export of tobacco, the basis of Virginia's economy, and also as a landing and military supply port.

Placed by the Reverend James Blair Chapter, Virginia Society, Colonial Dames XVII Century and the City of Williamsburg.

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51st Ohio Infantry

August 26, 2014, 10:35 am

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Georgia, Catoosa County, near Fort Oglethorpe

Front Side of the Monument:

51st Ohio Infantry
3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 21st Army Corps.
Back Side of the Monument:

September 18th, 1863, this Regiment, Colonel Richard W. McClain commanding, was under fire of the enemy at Class' Mill. At 5:00 P.M. ordered to a position about one half mile north of Lee and Gordon's Mills, where we lay on our arms all night.

September 19th, about 3:00 P.M. became heavily engaged in the timber southeast of this point and near Hall House, the engagement lasting till about 6:00 P.M. when being overpowered, were forced to retire.

September 20th, marched to the extreme left of our line, charged and drove the enemy at 10:30 A.M. and occupied a position near General Baird's left until the Union troops were ordered to retire to Rossville. In consequence of this retirement without notice, to this Regiment, it became involved with the enemy and part of it was captured.

Loss, killed 8; wounded 35; captured or missing 55; total 98. Organized at Camp Meigs, Ohio, October 3d, 1861. Mustered out October 3d, 1865, at Victoria, Texas, by Captain William Nicholas, Commissary of Musters.

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Barnes' Brigade

August 26, 2014, 12:16 pm

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Georgia, Catoosa County, Fort Oglethorpe

First Tablet:

Barnes' Brigade.
Van Cleve's Division - Crittenden's Corps.
Colonel Sidney M. Barnes.
September 19, 1863, 2 P.M.

35th Indiana - Major John P. Dufficy.
8th Kentucky - Lieutenant Colonel James D. Mayhew.
8th Kentucky - Major John S. Clark.
51st Ohio - Colonel Richard W. McClain.
99th Ohio - Colonel Peter T. Swaine.
3rd Wisconsin Battery - Lieutenant Cortland Livingston.

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Second Tablet:

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The brigade arrived upon this ground from near Lee and Gordon's mills at 2 p.m. and at once formed line and advanced into the woods east of the road. The line soon encountered and became heavily engaged with troops of Longstreet's corps. It continued to advance until it had passed into the front of Carlin's brigade, then fighting in the field east of Viniard's. Here about 3:30 p.m. it was attacked on the right flank by Trigg's brigade of Preston's division and forced back to the vicinity of the Lafayette road where the 51st and 99th Ohio formed on the right of the battery and the 8th Kentucky and 35th Indiana on the left and maintained position until 2 a.m. of the 20th. During the night the left of the line connected with Buell's brigade.

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Battle of Chemung

August 26, 2014, 12:25 pm

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New York, Chemung County, near Chemung

General Sullivan's troops were attacked by Indians posted on this ridge. A valorous charge led by Colonel Hubley drove the Indians to the swamp a quarter mile west. The American dead were conveyed to Tioga and buried at Fort Sullivan.

(Reverse Side)
Routes of the Armies of General John Sullivan and General James Clinton 1779
An expedition against the hostile Indian Nations which checked the aggressions of the English and Indians on the frontiers of New York and Pennsylvania extending westward the dominion of the Unities States.

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Col. John M. Stotsenburg - Maj. Harold M. Clark

August 26, 2014, 12:28 pm

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Philippines, Pampanga, "Clark Freeport" a.k.a. "Clark Free Zone", near Angeles

Panel 1:
Col. John M. Stotsenburg
Fort Stotsenburg, now the Stotsenburg Area, was named for John M. Stotsenburg, Captain, Sixth U.S. Cavalry, and Colonel, First Nebraska Volunteers. A native of Indiana, and a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy in 1881, he assist [sic] in organizing the First Nebraska Volunteer Regiment immediately after the declaration of war with Spain in 1898 and took it to the Philippines where he became its commander. Colonel Stotsenburg’s regiment saw almost constant action. On 5 February 1899, the San Juan River Bridge, the Convent of San Juan Del Monte, and San Felipe were taken by troops commanded by Colonel Stotsenburg, who personally led the attacks during this campaign. The colonel commanded more troops than any brigadier general on the field in the Philippines to that time. Colonel Stotsenburg was killed while leading his regiment in action near Quinue, Bulacan, Luzon on 23 April 1899. He is buried in the National Cemetery at Arlington.

Erected by Thirteenth Air Force, 4 July 1984
[Insignia: 13th Air Force, U.S.]

Panel 2:
Maj. Harold M. Clark
Clark Air Base was named for Harold M. Clark, Major, U.S. Army Signal Corps. Born in Minnesota and reared in Manila, Clark was commissioned a Second Lieutenant, U.S. Cavalry in 1913. In 1916 he transferred to the Aviation Section of the Signal Corps, and in 1917 was rated a junior military aviator. His first assignment included Columbus, New Mexico; Kelly Field, Texas; and Fort Sill, Oklahoma. He went to the Hawaiian Islands to command an Air Service Station and became the first United States airman to fly in Hawaii. Upon his return to the United States, Clark served at fields in Washington, D.C. and San Diego, California after completion of a pursuit [i.e. "fighter-plane"] course, he was appointed the commanding officer of a pursuit group of the First Provisional Wing at Mineola, Long Island. He later became an executive officer with the Aviation Section in Panama. Major Clark died on 2 May 1919 in a seaplane crash in the Miraflores Locks, Panama Canal Zone and was interred in the National Cemetery, Arlington

Erected by Thirteenth Air Force, 4 July 1984
[Insignia: Thirteenth Air Force, U.S.]

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