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Birds of Prey

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Maryland, Anne Arundel County, Tracys Landing
Birds of prey, or raptors, are specially suited to their lives as hunters. Their strong legs and powerful grasping feet with sharp talons help them catch and kill prey. Hooked bills help tear the meat. Hawks, falcons, eagles and owls are an important part of the balance of nature because they help keep insect and rodent populations in check.

(Inscription for the birds, top to bottom, left to right)
American Kestrel, Osprey, Cooper’s Hawk, Turkey Vulture, Barred Owl, Great Horned Owl, Red-tailed Hawk

(Animals • Environment) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.


The Cook Ranch Oil Field

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Texas, Shackelford County, Albany
William Ivy Cook (1857-1923) and his wife Matilda moved to this county in 1895. With a brother-in-law, J.H. Nail, Cook purchased a 27.75-section ranch. The Cooks bought out Nail in 1898, and have owned the ranch ever since. During the 1918 Breckinridge and Ranger booms, Cook sold leases but prophesied he could drink from his hat all of the oil under his land. In 1925 his widow leased all open acreage to Charles Roeser, Tol Pendleton, and Marshall R. Young, of Roeser & Pendleton, Inc. This firm’s second well in 1926 struck oil at 1241 feet and flowed at 1000 barrels a day. This prolific flow of oil at such a shallow depth has been one of Cook Ranch Field’s remarkable features. Commercial low pressure gas injection was started on the ranch in 1927 and helped elevate recovery standards internationally.
     With the oil wealth, Mrs. Cook founded the W.I. Cook Memorial Hospital in Fort Worth in 1929.
     Cook Field enriched Albany and its trade area by expanding petroleum-related business activities. Of the 1087 wells drilled on the ranch, 825 yielded oil and four gas. Production has now exceeded thirty million barrels. Marshall R. Young remains owner of the oil firm.

(Industry & Commerce) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Shackelford County

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Texas, Shackelford County, Albany


Formed from Bosque County
Created February 1, 1858
Organized Septembre 12, 1874

Named in Honor of

Dr. Jack Shackelford
1790–1857
Captain of the “Red Rovers”,
a company from Alabama which
became a unit of Fannin’s Command
one of the few spared by the
Mexicans in the
Massacre at Goliad

Albany, the County Seat

(Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Beaver Dam School

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Virginia, Hanover County, Beaverdam
The original Beaver Dam School was built in 1909 on land acquired by the School Board of Beaver Dam District No. 3 of Hanover County. On 16 Dec 1919, fire destroyed the original two-story frame building that housed both elementary and high school grades. The school reopened in 1922 and a separate high school building was erected in 1932.

When Patrick Henry High School opened in 1959, the high school at Beaver Dam was discontinued, but it continued as an elementary school. In 1961, a new brick building replaced the 1922 frame building. The 1932 brick high school building was demolished to allow expansion of the elementary school.

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

North Anna River

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Virginia, Hanover County, Doswell
General R.E. Lee commanding
the Army of Northern Virginia
crossed here 22d May 1864
and checked
the Army of the Potomac
commanded by General U.S. Grant

"A crisis in the War Between the States"

(Bridges & Viaducts • War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Home and School Movement

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Nova Scotia, Victoria County, Baddeck
Commemorating
the founding of the
Home and School
Movement in Canada
December 18th, 1895
The
Parents Association
of Baddeck
held its first meeting on this, the site of the Baddeck academy.
The idea of such an association was presented to the Young Ladies’ Club of Baddeck
by Dr. and Mrs.
Alexander Graham Bell
and through their combined efforts became a reality.

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

First Lighthouse

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Nova Scotia, Cape Breton Regional Municipality., Louisbourg
English:
Here are the ruins of Louisbourg’s first light, the earliest to be erected in Canada and the second in North America. Lit in 1734, it was badly damaged in a fire two years later, then quickly repaired. The replacement lantern was designed to be fireproof, thick brick vaults, a lead-sheathed roof, and a water cooled oil lamp.

Until the siege of Louisbourg in 1758, this harbour was one of the busiest in the New World, with the lighthouse offering guidance to thousands of approaching mariners. The operating costs of the service, including the keeper’s salary, were paid for from a toll levied on incoming vessels. After 1758, however, the lighthouse was probably no longer used. It is shown in ruins on a 1798 plan. When the present light was being constructed, during the 1920s, local historical enthusiasts lobbied to have the ruins preserved. In 1926 the Historic Site and Monuments Board of Canada unveiled the bronze plaque to your left.

French:
Voici les vestiges du premier phare de Louisbourg, qui était également le premier phare érigé au Canada et le deuxième en Amérique du Nord. Mis en service en 1734, il fut grandement endommagé par un incendie deux ans plus tard, mais rapidement remis en état. Cette lanterne de rechange avait été conçue pour résister au feu, grâce à sa voûte de briques, à son toit plombé et a un système de refroidissement hydraulique de la lampe à huile de morue.

Jusqu’au siege de 1758, le port de Louisbourg fut un des plus achalandés du Nouveau Monde. Le phare guidait l’approche de milliers de marins. Les frais de son exploitation, y compris le salaire du gardien, étaient recouvrés au moyen d’un droit imposé aux navires entrants. Après 1758, on cessa d’utiliser le phare. Un plan de 1798 en montre les ruines. Lors de la construction du phare actuel, dans les années 1920, des passionnés d’histoire locale firent pression sur les autorités pour qu’elles préservent ces ruines. En 1926, la Commission des lieux et monuments historiques du Canada a inauguré la plaque que vous voyez à votre gauche.

(Communications • Waterways & Vessels) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Marie Marguerite Rose

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Nova Scotia, Cape Breton Regional Municipality, near Louisbourg
English:
Captured in Africa at the age of 19 and transported to Ile Royale, where she was sold to a member of the colonial elite, Marie Marguerite Rose is seen to be a key figure of the initial phase of Black slavery in Canada. Gaining her freedom after spending 19 years in slavery, she married a Mi'kmaw man and opened a tavern in Louisbourg, becoming part of the colony's business community. Both were rare occurrences among emancipated slaves in New France. Rose's experience speaks to the presence of slavery on Ile Royale and in Canada, where an estimated population of 1,375 Black slaves existed during the French Regime.

French
Capturée en Afrique à 19 ans et amenée à l'île Royale où elle fut vendue à un membre de l'élite coloniale, Marie Marguerite Rose devint une figure célèbre du premier chapitre de l'esclavage des Noirs au Canada. Elle obtint sa liberté après 19 années de servitude, puis épousa un Mi'kmaq et, par l'ouverture d'une taverne à Louisbourg, accéda au groupe des commerçants de la colonie, faits rarissimes parmi les esclaves affranchis de la Nouvelle- France. Son histoire témoigne de la présence de l'esclavage sur l'île Royale et au Canada, où la population globale d'esclaves noirs était estimée à 1 375 personnes sous le Régime français.

(African Americans) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Reverend Norman McLeod

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Nova Scotia, Victoria County, Saint Ann's
English:
As clergyman, schoolmaster and magistrate, he moulded the character of this community for a generation. Born at Stoer Point, Assynt, Scotland, he emigrated to Pictou in 1817, led his band of Scots to St. Ann in 1820 and remained here until 1851, when he again led his followers first to Australia and finally to New Zealand.

Gaelic:
Threòraucg a a shkuagh ’s an àite so ’n a linn fhéin mar mhinistear, maighistir-sgoile, is fear-lagha. Rugadh e an Rudha Stòrr, an Asaint, an Alvainn. Thàinig e gu Pictou ’s a’bhliadhna 1817, is sheòl e le a chuideachd gu St. Ann an 1820, far an d’fhuirich iad gu ruige 1851, ’n uair a dh’ fhalbh iad an toiseach gu Australia, is mu dheireadh gu New Zealand.

(Education • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Ohio Theater

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Ohio, Franklin County, Columbus

has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places

1973
by the United States
Department of the Interior
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has been designated a
National Historic Landmark
This site possesses national significance
in commemorating the history of the
United States of America
1977
National Park Service
United States Department of the Interior

This plaque unveiled on Saturday Oct. 21, 1978
by
President Gerald R. Ford
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has been recognized as
The Official Theater
for the State of Ohio

by a joint resolution of the Ohio Legislature
[List of Legislators]
1977 1978
112th General Assembly

This plaque unveiled on Saturday Oct. 21, 1978
by
Governor James A. Rhodes

(Notable Buildings) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Columbus City Hall

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Ohio, Franklin County, Columbus

Construction of old City Hall on this site was begun in 1869 and completed in 1872 at a cost of $175,000. The 140-foot high building of Gothic design contained dark cream Amherst stone and was one of the prominent landmarks of its day. First floor was occupied by the U.S. Post Office, the Columbus Public Library and the City Board of Trade. City Council Chamber and office rooms were located on the second floor and a public auditorium seating 3000 persons occupied the third floor. The building was destroyed by a $75,000 fire the night of January 21, 1921. Construction of the present Loew's Ohio Theater building was completed March 17, 1928. On opening night Mayor James J. Thomas delivered the dedicatory address.

This marker sponsored by
the City of Columbus
and
Loew's Theaters
Dedicated April, 1964


(Notable Buildings) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

United Mine Workers of America

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Ohio, Franklin County, Columbus

On this site, January 25, 1890, delegates from the National Progressive Union and the Knights of Labor District Trades Assembly 135 met in convention at old City Hall and founded the United Mine Workers of America. The merger ended years of feuding and divisiveness among miners, and the UMWA began a campaign to bring better wages, safe working conditins, and the eight-hour day to the coal fields of America. The UMWA's national headquarters was at High and Chestnut streets until 1898.

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

Central Presbyterian Church

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Ohio, Franklin County, Columbus

This property has been
placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places

by the United States
Department of the Interior

(Churches, Etc. • Man-Made Features) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Founding of LeRoy, Kansas

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Kansas, Coffey County, LeRoy

In memory
LeRoy, Kansas
Founded in 1855 by
Thomas Crabree, John Scott
and Frederick Troxel.

(Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Trinity Lutheran Seminary

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Ohio, Franklin County, Columbus

The German Seminary of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Ohio, the first Lutheran theological seminary west of the Appalachian Mountains, began instruction under Pastor Wilhelm Schmidt in Canton in 1830. The seminary relocated to Columbus at this location in 1831. After becoming part of Capital University in 1850, it occupied temporary campuses before locating permanently on the National Road, east of Columbus, in 1876. There the seminary was known as the Evangelical Lutheran Theological Seminary. In 1959, the seminary separated from Capital University. In 1978, it merged with the Hamma School of Theology of Wittenberg University, taking the name Trinity Lutheran Seminary. This united seminary was a significant harbinger of the formation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America in 1988. The cornerstone of the first seminary building erected on this site in 1832 is located on the Trinity Lutheran Seminary campus in Bexley.



(Churches, Etc. • Education • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.


The Cassville Veterans Memorial

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Wisconsin, Grant County, Cassville

This Memorial
is Dedicated to
the Noble,
the Proud,
the Brave
Thanks to Them,
Our Country's
Still Free and Our
Stars and Stripes
Still Wave

2007
Dedicated
to the
Men and Women of
the Cassville Area
Who Served Our
Country in Time
of War and Peace
Veterans of Foreign Wars • U.S. American Legion

Department of the Navy U. S. M. C. • Department of the Air Force U. S. A.
Department of the Army U. S. A.
Department of the Navy U. S. A. • United States Coast Guard 1790

Civil War Dietrich, Alfred D. • Schaal, George • Woodington, Johnanthan • Chapman, Collins A. • Bossert, Andrew • Sapp, William H. • Adrian, Sebastian • Okey Samuel • Quigley, William • Renny, Jacobs • Shinoe, James • Trollop, Elijah • Walker, Edwin S. • Hauk, William • Knight, John • Reed, Morgan • Ray, William • Lawrence, Thomas • Turner, Madison • Barron, Francis • Peyton, Samuel • Ackerman, Richard • Esser, Paul • Garner, Chester • Engels, John • Day, Isaac • Woodman, Charles • Adrian, Peter • Muller, Henry • Redman, James • Spiller, William • Young, Henry F. • Hutchcroft, William • Schnering, Stephen • Barrow, Joseph • Esser, Reiner • Hannum, James • Kleinpell, Eugene • Woodington, Moses • Candler, Gustave • Bausch, Anton • Esser, Joseph R. • Schleier, Mathias • Richardson, Charles • Schmitz, Peter • Pottor, Levi • Alcorn, Isaac • Voight, Peter • Sauer, Michael • Esser, Francis J. • Klockner, Anton • Chase, George • Muller, Augustus • Schuelter, Hubert • Metge, August • Simpkins, Sylvester • Williams, David • Finley, James L. • Pierce, Richmond • Robinson, Jasper • Robinson, William • Tenge, William • Fry, John • Cornell, Montreville • Arnold, William • Webb, John C. • Simmons, George • Reed, Urias • Pugh, Alexander • Josten, Peter • Butler, Drury • Groom, Elliah • Curry, John C. • Noble, Oliver A. • Hauck, William • Burton, Joseph • Orcutt, Tom C. • Harp, John D. • Smith, Thomas • Ishmael, John • Petri, Henry • Robins, Amos • Ishmael, Alonzo • Buschbell, Heinrich

1832 Black Hawk War - Fort Cass Price, Glendower M. • Jones, George W. • Hatfield, Robert • Solomon, Arthur • Boyce, James • Cluse, John • Hunt, John • Warfield, William • Bushnell, Henry • Hilla, James • Ramsey, Alexander • Salmon, Cutler • King, John • Boyce, Aaron • Hall, William • Bushnell, John • Druen, Samuel • Blessing, Abram • Hicklin, Moses • Morey, A. P. • Bristoe, Haney • McCartney, Orris • Barber, Woodward • Hinkson, William • Kibbe, Oscar • Newell, John • Blake, Page • Ray, Richard • Segar, Thomas • Warfield, Sylvester • Wheeler, Jesse • Peck, Christopher • Wayman, William

World War I Adrian, Michael J. • Hochhausen, Herman • Dietrich, Raymond • Thole, Fredrick H. • Rochi, Lester • Kirschbaum, Otto J. • Schauff, John C. • Pape, George F. • Bandekow, Henry C. • Chapman, Glenn R. • Kelly, Robert Sr. • Richards, Richard • Stokke, Henry G. • Adrian, Gerhardt • Fullbright, Harry • Reed, Ralph R. • Okey, Rusk J. • Duincan, Lloyd • Willkomm, Joseph • Scharfenstein, Otto • Webber, Harry E. • Garner, Lee • Tofsted, Melvin H. • Kirschbaum, Adam J. • Gurney, Lee H. • Wiest, Vincent J. • Groom, Willis B. • Foehringer, Arthur • Koppen, John H. • Bernhardt, Herbert • Mumm, John P. • Willkomm, Matt • Finney, Arthur T. • Woodington, Walter • Dietrich, Julius • Stoney, Ruby R. • Eckstein, Raymond J. • Kirschbaum, Ben • Foehringer, Julius J. • Schmelz, Paul • Lorscheter, Francis • Bernhardt, John P. • Meyer, Theodore C. • Henry, Glen L. • Bossert, Harry A. • Dietrich, Ross R. • Pauley, Glen V. • Haas, Joseph N. • Bernhardt, Ambrose • Cohoe, Charles • Phelps, Wendell • Kleinpell, Karl L. • Schmitz, William B. • Thomsen, Albert C. • Kelly, John • Lenz, Herman • Woodington, Rolland • Burrows, William • Greenwood, Adam • Perz, Clarence A. • Fields, Earl E. • Hilger, Peter H. • Schmitz, William • Garner, George L. • Welsh, LeRoy • Bennett, Ralph • Dresen, Adam J. • Mink, Fred C. • Kleinpell, Dr. H.H. • Kirschbaum, Gerhardt • Schmitz, William B. • Schneider, Leo A. "Tony"

1812 War Reed, Benjamin
Mexican Rech, John C.
Spanish American Moon, Eugene • Halritz, Edward • Ortseheid, Ben • Habermann, John

World War II7051 Lau, Hebert A. • Harbaugh, Calvin W. • Koelker, Joseph Bud • Peters, William • Klauer, Herb • Cammack, Robert • Bernhardt, John M. • Fullbright, Melvin • Clauer, Charles O. • Koehler, Mary A. • Koehler, Walter J. • Neises, Eugene J. • Lau, Charles E. • Giesen, Thomas • Lau, Leo F. • Kirschbaum, Cletus • Bartels, Walter • Clauer, Lyle F. • Heatherington, Earl • Kuchenberg, Robert • Skinner, Eugene • Yager, Lowell E. • Vogt, Robert F. • Schaal, Vernon E. • Wiest, Gus C. • Rush, John C. • Smith, Russell A. • Smith, Melvin D. • Lau, Vincent P. • Bausch, Clarence • Dexter, Austin R. • Smith, Louis C. • Klindt, Norman • Reding, Charles • Wiest, Cyril L. • Uppena, John H. • Schnering, Stanley • Wiest, Leonard • Uppena, Eugene • Schier, Frank • Wilder, Floyd • Kartman, Douglas • Grattan, Kenneth • Lenz, Lavern H. • Metcalfe, Robert J. • Kloser, Eldon • Vogt, Gerald M. • Skinner, Monroe • Tennessen, Sylvester • Wiest, Maurice G. • Retallick, Richard • Kelley, Robert P. • Brown, Clifford • Elskamp, Oscar B. • Jackering, George • Lau, Chris C. • Schnering, Vernon • Hampton, Eugene C. • Kirschbaum, Frederick • Adrian, Virgil M. • Clauer, George W. • Esser, Lawrence H. • Groom, Donald E. • Hetletved, Loran C. • Leonard, Kenneth L. • Schaal, Walter D. • Roe, Walter A. • Beattie, Alexander • Cornell, Etna C. • Hurst, Bernard • Liscum, Fred • Schnering, Charles • Ackerman, Richard • Bernhardt, Leonard • Roe, Maynard • Wilder, Laverne • Garner, Stanley • Kotewa, Clarence • Mayne, Sylvan J. • Giesen, Arthur C. • Heraty, Edward • Daley, Catherine • Cale, Evan C. • Gerhards, Vincen • Wimer, Dale F. • Lindner, Walter • Hutchcroft, Ervin B. • Engler, Paul G. • Vold, Harold • Reed, Carter • Kelley, Norman A. • Pauley, Frank • Hayes, Norman L. • Walsh, Bernard Pat • Burrows, Lewis • Pauley, Harland • Reed, Henry J. • Meier, Lavern L. • Grimm, Phill C. • Kirschbaum, Walter C. • Lorscheter, Mathias J. • Boyce, Raymond E. • Fullbright, Lorraine • Barrette, Paul S. • Kartman, Paul J. • Kirschbaum, Marion • Adrian, Lloyd M. • Reifsteck, Eldon J. • Williams, Charles • Kitto, Gerald W. • Brake, Douglas • Wilder, Burnell • Biggin, Russell L. • Pauley, Dale • Mellon, James L. • Weidemann, Cliford O.

World War II  (continued  –HMdb) Donaldson, Paul L. • Kirschbaum, Lavern J. • Wood, Raymond L. • Bausch, Louis V. • Krogman, James J. • Cadwell, Howard A. • Groom, Julius D. • Schaal, Harry E. • Pauley, John E. • Vogt, William C. • Lau, Carl R. • Hauk, William A. • McCann, Patrick G. • Kartman, Francis H. • Jackering, Lawrence • Adrian, David L. • Clauer, Clyde F. • Smith, James R. • Willkomm, Bernard A. • Tofsted, James H. • Rauch, Carson W. • Wildman, William Sr. • Bown, George W. • Finney, Thomas A. • Adrian, Kenneth G. • Schmidt, Arnold H. • Oates, Donald F. • Latakas, Bernard • Bradley, Walter • Frederick, William A. • Reynolds, Harold W. • Buschbom, Wilbur K. • Dietrich, Charles • Ackerman, Herbert G. • Blum, Albert G. • Fluetsch, Donald D. • Yunk, Gerald V. • Russell, Charles M. • Smith, Richard • Bossert, Harlyn L. • Eckstein, George J. • Bausch, George H. • Fried, Edward B. • Adrian, Keith W. • Buss, Warren L. • Kirschbaum, Norman E. • Mumm, Vincent J. • Adrian, Francis W. • Glass, Robert B. • Bown, Norma H. • Zittel, Alfred F. • Slaght, Robert F. • Reed, Francis • Bennett, Robert H. • Craig, Gerald • Adrian, John Jack • Groom, Paul E. • Breese, Frederick • Bradley, Stewart • Adrian, Richard M. • Hubbard, Thomas M. • Elwell, Norman J. • Martin, Buford E. • Kalrath, Raymond • Bennett, Arthur R. • Fried, Chester J. • Dietrich, Robert E. • Adrian, Hubert G. • Weidemann, Elnor A. • Potter, Cecil • Unterscheidt, Maurice • Schauff, Clarence J. • Willkomm, Frances N. • Lenz, Floyd • Buschbom, Ted • Knight, LeRoy E. • Grimm, Tom • Conley, Francis E. • Burggraf, Arnold J. • Foehringer, Lynn J. • Baliff, Warren R. • Kirschbaum, Herbert M. • Meyer, Leonard O. • Roe, Norman E. • Unterscheidt, Raymond • Schauff, Leonard G. • Stoney, Dale H. • Blum, Mark C. • Bausch, Sylvester • Cadwell, Marlin W. • Duncan, Darrel J. • Thorpe, Vernon G. • Bethke, Harold E. • Wiest, Paul J. • Slaght, Homer H. • Yager, Lloyd L. • Stappert, Kenneth Sr. • Worsham, Donald D. • Vogt, Paul J. • Bennett, Marjorie J. • Cadwell, Junior V. • Davidson, John D. • Kelly, John • Adrian, Stanley • Liscum, Jack H. • Kirschbaum, Lawrence • Bartels, Paul R. • Clauer, Oscar M. • Krohn, Herbert M. • Hauk, Jerome A. • Lau, Fred W. • Kirschbaum, Loren • Olsen, Ernest E. • Houghtojn, Melvin L. • Smith, Fay • Reed, Leonard • Swartzbaugh, Curtis • Weidemann, Reubin • Bausch, Lee J. • David, Dr. John J. • Clow, Kenneth • Slaght, Murten J. • Taylor, Paul • Smith, Erskine

Korean Cadwell, Loren, L. • Adrian, Monroe J. • Roe, James A. • Mumm, Ambrose • Fure, Clarence J. • Udelhoven, James • Morley, Harold • Noll, Robert A. • Perrin, Clarence D. • Chapman, William C. • Rauch, Gerald A. • Schaal, Burdette E. • Kohlstedt, Elmer G. • Cook, Harold A. • Wood, Robert D. • Martin, Thane • Yager, Sylvan M. • Houghton, Lyle K. • Whitish, Walter • Metcalfe, Russell A. • Rauch, Raymond C. • Tranchita, Vincent R. • Giesen, Donald C. • Wilder, Ken • Harris, Ronald L. • Flitsch, Delbert • Mayne, Gerald W. • Reed, Harland • Lenz, Harold • Valentine, Nicholas J. • Rech, Raymond J. • Gehde, John J. • Houghton, Lawrence • Rauch, Richard W. • Esser, Charles • Kirschbaum, Cletus L. • Bernhardt, James K. • Metcalf, Donald J. • Ploessl, Delano A. • Oelke, Calvin D. • Esser, Lester W. • Cook, Ivan R. • Adrian, Duane A. • Ackerman, Raymond J. Bauer, Francis • Udelhoven, Jerry W. • Kirschbaum, Norman • Biggin, Robert H. • Adams, Donald C. • Kirschbaum, Alois • Hampton, Walter • Donaldson, Keith R. • Kuenster, Dale A. • Klein, Norman S. • Erickson, Gus E. • Schnering, Richard L. • Breuer, Charles A. • Koelker, Gale H. • Adrian, Alan R. • Bauman, Kenneth • Wiest, Roger W. • Bausch, Walter P. • Heathman, Charles • Ley, Raymond N. • Kartman, Carter • Blodgett, Russell • Rech, Herbert J. • Bernhardt, Bernard L. • Udelhoven, Wilfred J. • Moore, Allen L. • Dean, Charles L. • Hochhausen, Julius • Hanger, George • Meyer, Gerald • Blum, Paul A. • Smith, Harold K. • Ley, Donald P. • Richter, Paul • Schnorrenberg, R. John • Wood, Loyle K. • Boyer, Arthur • Adrian, Paul E. • Gardner, Monroe C. • Marlow, Howard L. • Hudson, Robert • Cadwell, Paul J. • Murray, Claude A. • Fishnick, Walter D. • Wiest, Martin F. • Pellock, Richard J. • Cadwell, Lee G. • Cook, Glen M. • Vaassen, LaVern U. • Puhl, James M. • Schmelz, Melvin P. • Chapman, Sylvan R. • Valentine, Paul N. • Whyte, William • Ley, James N. • Udelhofen, James • Udelhofen, Wilfred

Vietnam Roe, Terry L. • Lenz, James • Breuer, Richard L. • Brinkmann, John P. • Klauer, Robert J. • Esser, Donald • Joyce, John • Martin, Robert D. • Davidson, James D. • Hauk, Richard J. • Junk, Richard • Ploessl, Joseph J. • Kirschbaum, Dennis C. • Green, Darrel • Bausch, Loren A. • Haas, Maurice J. • Uppena, Dennis C. • Wildman, Robert O. • Brinkman, Marcus • Ledbury, Gary D. • Koehler, Mike • Perrin, William H. • Wilder, Ken • Kalnins, Guntis • Krohn, Herbert Mark • Cook, David L. • Craig, George J. • Vogt, Larry J. • Udelhoven, Paul A. • Kolkovich, Michael E. • Davidson, Michael J. • Adrian, Ronald • Bausch, Maurice • Johll, Dennis • Kirschbaum, Gary W. • Cammack, Timothy L. • Hauk, Thomas • McCann, Lawrence P. • Pauley, Keith • Bausch, Mark J. • Koehler, David • Blum, Dale • Esser, Francis J. • Uppena, Carl J. • McCann, Gary P. • Bausch, John L. • Kafar, Kenneth F. • Schauff, Tom • Laufenberg, Francis W. • Kauffman, Donald J. • Esser, Joseph R. • Hoffman, John A. • Udelhofen, Paul A. • Glass, Robert B. Jr. • Bausch, Dennis S. • Ploessl, David J. • Udelhoven, Michael L. • Vogt, Richard B. • Budd, Grant P. • Lenz, Gene • Clauer, Gary F. • Kauffman, Stephen M. • Reifsteck, Nick • Wiest, Gregory L. • McCann, Dennis J. • Bilderback, Spencer E. • Koehler, Larry • Reynolds, Jerome E. • Breuer, Maurice P. • Holpin, James H. • Esser, Robert N. • Kirschbaum, Steven G. • Schmidt, Jerry A. • Rauch, Michael • Martin, David A. • Breuer, Paul • Fjelsted, Larry C. • Friederick, Leo H. • U'Ren, John W. • Udelhofen, Michael L. • Adrian, Francis W. • Ley, Dennis N. • Obershaw, Richard J. • Meier, Mark J. • Harbaugh, Kevin C. • Christopherson, Randyl L. • Brandt, Paul • Willkomm, Eugene L. • Tanner, Gregory • Bossert, Steven K. • Klug, Helmut S. • Yager, David A. • Wright, Charles R. • Vondrum, Dennis A. • Mish, LeRoy E. • Rauch, Andrew • Russell, Charles P. • Kirschbaum, David H. • Harpin, James W. • Martin, Thane A. • Evans, Gene B. • David, Jake • Bausch, Doug • Willkomm, David C. • Esser, Bruce W. • Kaufman, David L.

Cold War Bausch, William J. • Retallick, James • Garner, Dale • Ackerman, Dale F. • Haas, Norman • Yocum, Tom A. • Bierman, Clarence • Hess, Tina L. • Abing, Carl F. • Martin, Clayton A. • Vogt, Pat • Giesen, Robert C. • Schauff, Kenneth J. • Yocum, Robert E. • Morley, Harvey H. • Udelhoven, Michael W. • Shaben, Paul H. • Chapman, Michael W. • Kirschbaum, Ronald • Schaal, Samuel J. • Wiest, Gerald L. • Adrian, Lynn • Gehde, Timothy A. • Vogt, Dan • Wamsley, Russell C. • Adrian, Scott L. • Saam, Ken • Demert, Len P. • Dean, Charles M. • Dalsing, Nilus A. • Haas, Louis • Klug, Gustav K. • Riedl, Albert N. • Bausch, Laurance • Kartman, Doran • Udelhoven, Steven J. • Noel, Steven E. • Russell, Patrick J. • Stohs, Kathy (Wood) • Theisen, Maurice • Walsh, Patrick Terry • Cook, David L. • Kirschbaum, Alan L. • Adrian, Gregory J. • Kaufman, Ronald J. • Krafjack, Richard A. • Budd, Ruel B. • Ransom, Gary • Willkomm, Angela R. • Schleicher, Shawn A. • Wiest, Douglas G. • Roschi, Kenneth • Wright, John • Vondrum, Travis A. • Ley, Patrick J. • Haas, Francis • Wilder, Mark • Yocum, Fred D. • Messling, Roy W.

National Guard Laufenberg, Richard • Bausch, Dale S. • Tanner, Gail E. • Bausch, Daniel D.

Persian Gulf - Afghanistan - Iraq Hochhausen, Ann K. • Okey, Andrew W. • Bossert, Andrew L. • Ley, Richard P. • Klauer, Nicholas E. • Bernhardt, Samuel • Gossink, Kenneth L. • Bilderback, Timothy R. • Bilderback, Tiffany R. • Giesen, David A. • Hauk, Francis P. • Schiffman, Steven D. • Kasten, Jared J. • Berntgen, Timothy W. • Hochhausen, Laura L. • Kasten, Cody A. • Kirschbaum, Curtis • Reynolds, James H. • Reuter, Nicole • Freed, Andrew D. • Wood, Dennis L. • Dietrich, Michael • Ackerman, Tina M. • Miles, Nathaniel J. • Bass, Thomas E. • Frommelt, Joseph D. • Rauch, Andrew • Adrian, Kyle J. • Manning, Jerry D. • Johnson, Bryan L. • Ledbury, Brian M. • Adrian, Mark L. • Walsh, Michael L. • Karnopp, Jason M. • Mellon, John • Johnstone, Robert F. • Schleicher, Shawn • Sedbrook, John A.

Somalia Hochhausen, Raymond

Kosovo Kartman, James • Klein, Jason M.

Panama Willkomm, Lawrence J.

Dominican Republic Kalnins, Ivars

Libya Cairns, George W.

KIA

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Future Farmers of America

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North Carolina, Bladen County, White Lake

Began in N.C. as Young Tar Heel Farmers, 1928, to promote vocational agriculture in schools. Camp here since 1928.

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William Rufus King

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North Carolina, Sampson County, Newton Grove

Congressman from N.C., 1811-16; Senator from Alabama for 29 years. Vice-President of the United States, 1853. Born six miles east.

(Politics) Includes location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Grace Church - circa 1697

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Virginia, York County, Yorktown

"The pews and windows of the Church all broke & destroyed. The church was used as a magazine." York County Records, Claims for Loses of York County Citizens in the British Invasion, Claim No. 31, 1783.

Grace Church, a religious centerpiece in Yorktown's history, has endured two wars, a devastating fire, and at times, the crumbling of "old age," while continuing to serve as a place of worship for over 300 years.

Constructed about 1697 for the York Parish of the Anglican Church, the official Church of England, the church was an integral part of the colonial community. Citizens were required to regularly attend services or face criminal prosecution. Additionally, religious events such as weddings, funerals, confirmations and Sunday services provide people with social opportunities.

In the aftermath of the American Revolution, Virginian's Anglican churches lost their government support. The churches struggled to survive while reorganization as the Protestant Episcopal Church in Virginia. The Yorktown congregation has additional challenges because the town's population had decreased over 60% as a result of the war.

The resiliency of the congregation was tested again in 1814 when a fire destroyed the church's roof and interior. For the next 34 years worship services were held in various locations, including the courthouse and the Nelson House. In 1847, Bishop John Johns wrote, "The stone walls of the old Church...are still standing. It is proposed to use them, in part, to provide a suitable place for our services." By the fall of 1848, the church has been rebuilt, utilizing the original walls. It became known as Grace Church for the first time.

Today, the congregation of Grace Church remains active in the Yorktown community, while the building continues to offer a link to Yorktown's colonial past.

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(lower left) A photograph of the church taken around 1900. In 1927, restoration work added new features to the church, including a Georgian doorway, front steps, a belfry,and colonial windows.
(upper right) A 1947 archeological excavation revealed the marl "bricks" in the churches foundation.
(lower right) A rendition of the church in the 18th century by W. Wildman, 1996. Courtesy of Grace Episcopal Church

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

Jones Point

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Virginia, Alexandria
American Indians first frequented Jones Point to hunt and fish. The point is likely named for an early English settler. By the 1790's, military installations were established at Jones point due to its strategic location on the Potomac River. The first cornerstone marking the boundary of the District of Columbia was erected on the point in 1791. A ropewalk, a facility for the production of rope, existed here in the 1830s, and a lighthouse was built in 1856 on the peninsula. During World War I the Virginia Shipbuilding Corporation established a shipyard here that employed 7,000 people and built nine freighters.

(Colonial Era • Native Americans • Settlements & Settlers • War, World I) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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