Civil War Soldier Monument at Chandler Park

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Illinois, McDonough County, Macomb
In memory
of the men of
McDonough County,
who
voluntarily offered
and
freely gave their lives,
"That government
of the people,
by the people,
and for the people
shall not perish
from the Earth."

Fort Donelson,
Shiloh,
Corinth,
Stone River.

Vicksburg,
Chickamauga,
Kenesaw,
Atlanta,
Bentonville.

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St. Philip's Way

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Virginia, Richmond

St. Philip's Way
St. Philip's Way is a historical path through Academy Square that connects the 19th-century Egyptian Building with the 21st-century James W. and Frances G. McGlothlin Medical Education Center. Along the way, you will learn more about the people, places and events that shaped the former Medical College of Virginia, now Virginia Commonwealth University and VCU Medical Center St. Philip's Way honors the students, nurses, health care professionals, hospital staff and others from the St. Philip School of Nursing and the St. Philip Hospital who cared for Richmond's African-American community during the era of segregation.

Academy Square
In 1786, Chevalier Quesnay de Beaurepaire established an academy of arts and sciences at this location by erecting a large wooden building with an elaborate French garden. Two years later, delegates to the Virginia Convention of 1788 met there and ratified the U.S. Constitution. The academy itself was short-lived but the area bounded by Broad, College, Marshall and 12th streets became Academy Square. St. Philip's Way retraces the original pathway through de Beaurepaire's French garden.

Monumental Church
Academy Square served as home to several theaters in the first decade oi the 19th century. including the Richmond Theatre. On the evening of Dec. 26, 1811, a fire broke out during e performance claiming the lives of 72 people. Within a month of the tragedy, Richmond organized a committee under the leadership of Chief Justice John Marshall to raise funds for a memorial, which resulted in the construction of Monumental Church designed by Robert Mills. The church has hosted many programs and activities including the inauguration of Robert Blackwell Smith Jr., Ph.D.. as the fourth and final president of the Medical College of Virginia.

Egyptian Building
ln 1844, the forerunner of the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine secured its spot on Academy Square with the opening of a new building designed in the Egyptian Revival style. In this facility, Charles Bell Gibson pioneered the use of anesthesia in Virginia, Charles-Edouard Brown-Séquard conducted groundbreaking work in physiology, Chris Baker prepared cadavers for dissection, Clarence Darrow spoke of his experiences during the Scopes Trial and Baruj Benacerraf, a future Nobel laureate, learned medicine.

Retreat for the Sick
The Medical College of Virginia invited Annabella Ravenscroft Gibson Jenkins, a self-trained nurse who cared for the sick and wounded during the Civil War, to organize a hospital. With the help of a Lady Board of Managers, Jenkins opened the Retreat for the Sick in March 1877 in the former College Hospital building. The Retreat for the Sick, which was initially staffed by physicians from MCV, provided care to all regardless of race, creed, religion or ability to pay. After five successful years, Jenkins and her Lady Board of Managers were asked to vacate the facility. They relocated their hospital just around the corner at 12th and Marshall streets where it remained until 1920.

Hospitals at MCV
On the eve of the Civil War, the Medical College of Virginia opened a new hospital in Academy Square to serve the Richmond community. Both soldiers and civilians benefited from this modern facility that included gas lights, heat and a surgical amphitheatel Sixty years later, the school expanded its medical service to the community with the opening of the Dooley Hospital, dedicated to the treatment of children, and the St. Philip Hospital for African-American patients.

St. Philip School of Nursing
During the first quarter of the 20th century, physicians and hospital directors established nursing training programs or schools to provide staffing for their hospitals. The Medical College of Virginia needed nurses for the St. Philip Hospital when it opened in November 1920 and established a separate school of nursing for African-American women. The Virginia Constitution of 1902 prohibited the education of whites and African- Americans in the same school. The St. Philip School of Nursing prepared and educated nurses from 1920 until its closure in 1962.

Nursing Education Building
When Medical College of Virginia President William T. Sanger, M.D., began his campus expansion in the late 1920s, he set as his highest priority the construction of a nurses’ home and dormitory. To Sanger it was important that the “nursing students should be as well housed as we would expect our daughters to be." Within 10 months, Sanger had raised the money for this new facility that was named in honor of Sadie Heath Cabaniss, founder of the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Nursing. Cabaniss Hall, later the Nursing Education Building, served as a dormitory, classroom, laboratory and research facility for both nursing students and faculty members for more than 75 years.

Hippocrates Statue
The St. Philip's Way includes a nod to antiquity. Students of the health sciences schools are reminded of the Western origins of the health arts when they see the statue of Hippocrates or recite the Hippocratic Oath. The Virginians of Greek Ancestry presented the marble bust of Hippocrates, created by Greek painter and sculptor Menelaos Katafigiotis, to Virginia Commonwealth University in 1985.

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The Nek

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Turkey, Çanakkale Province, Eceabat district, near Eceabat
English:
This key position defended vigorously by both side saw repeated attacks across this narrow ridge. The ANZAC trenches were located close to the cemetery. The Turkish trenches originated near to the raised stone memorial on your right and ran in 8 tiers to the top of the first hill (Baby 700). A courageous but futile attack by the Australians was made on August 7, 1915, when over 300 were killed in the area immediately in front of you.

Turkish:
Her iki tarafın da büyük gayretle savuduǧu bu kılıt mevzi, dar sayır üzerinde sık sık saldırılara şahit oldu. Anzak siperleri mezarlıǧa yakın yerdeydi. Türk siperleri saǧınızda bulunan siyah abideden başlayarak, ilk tepenin (kabak sırtı) sonuna kadar 8 sıradan oluşmaktaydı, 7 Aǧustos 1915 günü Avustralyalılar cesur fakat başarısız bir saldırıda bulundular ve 300 kişilik kayıp verdiler.

German: The German text is at the bottom left, click on the marker image to enlarge and read it.
French: The French text is at the bottom right, click on the marker image to enlarge and read it.

Lest We Forget
25th April 1990

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Chunuk Bair

July 8, 2015, 12:09 am

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Turkey, Çanakkale Province, Eceabat district, Eceabat
English:
New Zealand and British Forces climbed from the beach under cover of darkness and launched a surprise attack on this hilltop, capturing it on 8 August 1915. They held the area immediately around the New Zealand Memorial for 2 nights until, against constant and courageous counter-attacks the Turks retook the summit. As part of this offensive, British Forces landed 7 kilometers to the north at Suvla Bay and by mid-August most of the area between the foothills and Suvla was in Allied hands. The Turks however, held the vital high ground and never again were the Allies to view their goal - the Dardanelles.

Turkish:
Yeni Zelanda ve İngiliz askerleri gece karanlıǧında sahilden tırmanarak bu tepe üzerinden ani bir saldırı başlattılar ve 8 Aǧustos 1915 tarihinde tepeyi ele geçirdiler. İki gece süreyle müttefiklerin elinde kalan Yeni Zelanda anıtı civarındaki bölge Türk kuvvetlerinin cesur ve aralıksız saldırları sonunda geri alında. Bu taarruz sırasında İngiliz kuvvetleri 7 kn kuzeydeki Suvla körfezine çıktı ve Aǧustos ayı ortasına kadar bulunduğunuz yer ile Suvla körfezi arası müttefik kuvvetlerin kontrolündeydi. Öte yandan Türk kuvvetleri de statejik tepeyi bırakmadılar. Bu durum müttefiklerin Çanakkale boǧazını ele geçirme amaçlarının gerçekleşemeyeceǧi demekti.

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French: The French text is at the bottom right, click on the marker image to enlarge and read it.

Lest We Forget
25th April 1990

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Farmington Masonic Temple and Farmington Township Hall

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Michigan, Oakland County, Farmington
The building was constructed in 1876 by the Township of Farmington and the Farmington Masonic Lodge No. 151. The Township government occupied the first floor of the building until 1963 when a new Township facility was constructed. The Masonic Lodge has continued to occupy the building since its opening. The structure is a fine example of Victorian and French Renaissance architecture, making it one of Oakland County's most attractive historical buildings.

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Farmington's First Post Office

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Michigan, Oakland County, Farmington
The original house was built on this site in 1825 for Dr. Ezekiel Webb, Farmington's first physician. Dr. Webb was appointed as Farmington's first postmaster in 1826. This house served as a Post Office, physician's office and as a residence for the doctor. The structure was extensively remodeled in the 1830's. It continues to serve today as a private residence.

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The Nek - Sergeant Mehmet's Memorial

July 8, 2015, 12:21 am

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Turkey, Çanakkale Province, Eceabat district, near Eceabat
English:
The Nek is a hillock, 157 m. above sea level, located at Russell's Top. It is a very important point which connects Russell's Top - which is 700 m. high and 40-100 m. wide and extending over Plugge's Plateau on the southwest - first to the Baby 700 and then to Chunuk Bair over Battleship Hill. Today, there stands Sergeant Mehmet's Memorial on the Nek.

At the night of 25 - 26 April 1915, the 2nd Battalion of the 57th Regiment, which was positioned at the right flank of the attack line, continued its forward operating after Baby 700 was recaptured and succeeded to advance up to first the Nek and then to Arıburnu cliffs.

However, the 2nd Battalion had to leave the territory they captured due to the nightfall, structure of the territory, impossibility of reinforcement and the Anzac counter-attack. They formed forward defence positions at this very point - where Sergeant Mehmet's Memorial is standing today — and they retreated to the slope of Baby 700 on the east.

The Anzac attack which started after the heavy artillery gun fire of the Allied fleet in the morning of 26 April 1915 was stopped by the units of the 57th Regiment who incredibly and selflessly resisted the enemy despite the heavy casualties at the end of the severe fighting lasted about an hour. So, the enemy was repulsed once again.

The Turkish attack, started as the 64th Regiment arrived at the front at 10 am, on 27 April 1915, developed in spite of the heavy bombardment of the allied fleet and the heavy casualties. Consequently, the units of the 57th and 64th Regiments dominated the line of The Nek - Quinn's Post.

The Memorial, on the other hand, is one of the several Turkish memorials built in the region right after the Gallipoli Campaign ended. It was built in memory of “the martyrs of the 19th Division” indeed.

Lt. Col. Mehmet Şefik, the commander of the 27 Regiment was appointed to command the 19th Division as Col. Mustafa Kemal was promoted as Anafartalar Group Commander. Lt.Col. Mehmet Şefik ordered a memorial to be built commemorating the 60 Turkish soldiers who martyred because of a mine exploded beneath the Turkish lines here by the Anzacs who had completely evacuated Ariburnu Front in the very first hours on 20 December 1915.

The memorial which had formerly been named “Mehmetçik‘s Memorial”, was then renamed “Sergeant Mehmet's Memorial".

Turkish:
Cesaret Tepe; deniz seviyesinden yaklaşık 157 metre yüksekte yer alan ve günümüzde üzerinde Mehmet Çavuş Anıtı yükselen, Yüksek Sırt üzerinde küçük bir yükseltidir. Bu mevki; güneybatı yönünde yer alan Hain Tepe'ye doğru uzanan yaklaşık 700 metre uzunluğunda, 40-100 metre genişliğindeki Yüksek Sırt'ı önce 180 Rakımlı Tepe'ye, sonra ise Kılıç Ba yırı ve Düz Tepe üzerinden Conkbayırfna bağlayan önemli bir noktadır.

25 - 26 Nisan 1915 gecesi, 57'nci Alayın taarruz hattının sağ yanında yer alan 2'nci Taburu 180 Rakımlı Tepe'nin geri alınmasından sonra ileri harekâtına devam etmiş, önce Cesaret Tepesi'ne, sonrasında da Arıburnu Yarları'nın bulunduğu bölgeye kadar ilerlemeyi başarmıştır. Ancak 2'nci Tabur; havanın iyice kararmış olması, arazi yapısı, takviye olanağı bulunamaması ve Anzak karşı taarruzu gibi nedenlerle kazanılan araziyi terk ederek, Mehmet Çavuş Anıtı'nın bulunduğu bu noktada ileri savunma mevzileri oluşturarak, buranın doğu yönündeki 180 Rakımlı Tepe'nin yamacına doğru geri çekilmiştir.

26 Nisan 1915 sabahı Ğtilaf donanmasının şiddetli topçu ateşi ardından başlayan Anzak taarruzu, ağır zayiata uğramış 57'nci Alay birliklerinin olağanüstü ve özverili direnişi sayesinde, yaklaşık bir saat süren şiddetli çarpışma sonucunda durdurulmuş ve düşman bir kez daha geri atılmıştır.

64'üncü Alayın cepheye gelmesiyle birlikte 27 Nisan 1915 saat 10.00'da başlayan Türk taarruzu, düşman donanmasının yoğun topçu bombardımanı ve verilen ağır zayiata rağmen gelişmiş, 57'nci Alay ile 64'üncü Alay birlikleri Cesaret Tepe - Bomba Sırtı hattına hâkim olmuşlardır.

Burada bulunan anıt ise Çanakkale Muharebeleri son bulduktan hemen sonra bölgede yapılan birkaç Türk anıtından blri olup aslında "19'uncu Tümen Şehitleri" anısına yapılmıştır. Albay Mustafa Kemal Bey'in Anafartalar Grubu Komutanlığı'na atanması üzerine 19'uncu Tümen Komutanlığı görevine getirillen 27'nci alay Komutanı Yarbay Mehmet Şefik Bey, 20 Aralık 1915 sabahının ilk saatlerinde Arıburnu Cephesi'nl tamamen tahliye eden Anzak kuvvetlerinin çekilmelerinin hemen sonrasında buradaki Türk hatları altında patlattıkları lağımın 60 kadar Türk askerini şehit etmesi üzerine buraya bir anıt yaptırmıştır.

Bu anıt yıllar içinde önce "Mehmetçik Anıtı", daha sonra da "Mehmet Çavuş Anıtı" olarak tanımlanmıştır.

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Sumner County Tennessee Mexican-American War Monument

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Tennessee, Sumner County, Gallatin

This Monument
Was erected by the liberality of the
Citizens of the County
of Sumner
to the memory of her
Patriotic Sons:
who sacrificed their lives
in the defense of the
Flag
of their country
in the war with Mexico.
In 1846. 1847
& 1848.

Gloria in comitatu eorum secuta este et morte eorum increvit: seipsos sola existimatio supervivit: sepulchris unaequaqeque recordationes sepeliuntur, probi et dilecti mor tali vita incluti et immortals modo mortis fiebant. Placeat certo unmquam talium heroium inopiam docerepatriam.

Glory followed in their train, and by their death was increased. Their fame is all that survives them. In their graves all their remembrances are buried. Virtuous and esteemed in life, they have become glorious and immortal in death. May our country never feel the want of such heroes.

The Tenth Legion
Capt William. M. Blackmore’s Company:
First regiment of Tennessee Volunteers.
First Corporal Julius. C. Elliott. born in Sumner County. Tenn. died at Monterey; November 3rd 1846. of wounds received in battle on the 21st of September, 1846. Aged 21 years. ∙ Peter. Hynds. Martin. born in Sumner County. Tenn. was killed in the battle of Monterey; on the 21st of September, 1846. Aged 22 years ∙ Edward. Pryor. born in Sumner County. Tenn. was killed in the battle of Monterey; on the 21st of September, 1846. Aged 23 years. ∙ Benjamin. Soaper. born in Sumner County. Tenn. was killed in the battle of Monterey; on the 21st of September, 1846. Aged 21 years. ∙ Isaac. Elliott. born in Sumner County. Tenn. was killed in the battle at Monterey; on the 21st day of September, 1846. Aged 22 years. ∙ Samuel. W. Lauderdale. born in Sumner County. Tenn. he was killed in the battle at Cero Gordo; On the 18th day of April, 1846. Aged 21 years. ∙ John. D. Watson. born in Sumner County. Tenn. died at Mattamoras; on the 18th day of August, 1846. Aged 22 years. ∙ William. L. Cantrell. born in Sumner County. Tenn. died at his fathers in Sumner County on the 20th day of October 1846 of disease incurred while in the service of the U.S.A. Aged 21 years. ∙ William. Bradley. born in Sumner County. Tenn. died at Camargo; on the 11th day of September, 1846. Aged 24 years. ∙ Zaccheus. D. Wilson. born in Sumner County. Tenn. died at Camargo; on the 31st day of August, 1846. Aged 23 years. ∙ Thomas. Jones. Born in England; was killed at Monterey; on the 2nd day of October, 1846. Aged 43 years.

Polk Guards
Capt. Robert. H. Bennett’s Company
First regiment of Tennessee Volunteers
Second Sergeant James. W. Stubblefield. born in Sumner County. Tenn. died at Point Isabel, Mexico, on the 3rd day of September 1846. Aged 26 years. ∙ Edmond. Estes. Born in Sumner County. Tenn. died in Camargo, on the 31st day of August 1846. Aged 23 years. ∙ Archibald. Hull. born in Sumner County. Tenn. died in Camargo; on the 3rd day of September 1846. Aged 22 years. ∙ John. Ingahm. born in Sumner County. Tenn. died in Camargo; on the 2nd day of September 1846. Aged 35 years. ∙ Robert. Jones. born in Sumner County. Tenn. died in Camargo; on the 5th day of September 1846. Aged 25 years. ∙ Ephraim. Pursley. Jr. born in Sumner County. Tenn. died in Camargo; on the 7th day of September 1846. Aged 19 years. ∙ Oliver. H. Powell. born in Bedford County. Virginia. died in Camargo; on the 13th day of September 1846. Aged 26 years. ∙ Thomas. B. Seawell. born in Sumner County. Tenn. died in Camargo; on the 22nd day of September 1846. Aged 27 years. ∙ Richard. L. Carr. born in Sumner County. Tenn. died at his mothers in Sumner County on 12th day of May, 1848, with a disease contracted while in the service of the U.S. Aged 26 years. ∙ Andrew. J. Thompson. belonged to Capt. Hattans Company, born in Sumner County. Tenn. died at his fathers in Sumner County on the 20th day of October 1848. with a disease contracted while in the service of his country. Aged 17 years. ∙ John. F. Ralphfile. born in Philadelphia. Penn. received a wound in the battle of Monterey. on the 21st day of September; died on the 24th of September 1846. Aged 30 years. ∙ Briscoe. Hatchett. born in Sumner County. Tenn. died at Camargo; on the 4th day of September 1846. Aged 28 years. ∙ Joseph. Marshall. born in Sumner County. Tenn. died at Camargo; on the 5th of September 1846. Aged 21 years. ∙ Richard. Latham. born in Sumner County. Tenn. died at Jallapa; on the 3rd day of September 1847. Aged 26 years. ∙ Thomas. Young. born in Macon County. Tenn. died at Lomita; on the 9th day of August 1846. Aged 28 years. ∙ King. Carr. born in Sumner County. Tenn. died at Camargo; on the 10th day of September 1846. Aged 23 years. ∙ Booker. H. Dalton. born in Sumner County. Tenn. was killed in the battle of Monterey on the 21st day of September 1846. Aged 30 years. ∙ Thomas. E. Harris born in Smith County. Tenn. died at Camargo on the 8th day of November 1846. Aged 27 years. ∙ George. Parker. born in Sumner County. Tenn. died at his fathers in Sumner County on the 12th day of December 1848, with a disease contracted while in the service of the U.S. Aged 21 years. ∙ William. Gambell.belonged to Captain Hattans Company. born in Sumner County. Tenn. died at his uncles in Sumner County about the 16th day of November 1848, with a disease contracted while in the service of the U.S. Aged 21 years. ∙ C.F.E. Blood. Sculpt’r

Legion Second
Capt William. S. Hattan’s Company
Third regiment Tennessee volunteers
Plesant. V. Bell. born in Sumner County. Tenn. died in the City of Mexico; on the 10th day of January, 1848. Aged 28 years. ∙ Powhattan. Childress. born in Sumner County. Tenn. died in the City of Mexico; on the 31st day of December 1847. Aged 19 years. ∙ Joseph. Henry. born in Sumner County. Tenn. died at the City of Mexico; on the 1st day of January, 1848. Aged 19 years. ∙ Henry. W. Perry. born in Pennsylvania. Died in the City of Mexico; on the 5th day of January, 1848. Aged 22 years. ∙ Patrick. H. Saunders. born in Sumner County. Tenn. died in Vera Cruz; on the 19th day of December 1847. Aged 8 years. ∙ Joseph. S. Tennison. born in Sumner County. Tenn. died in the City of Mexico; on the 13th day of January, 1848. Aged 19 years. ∙ Marley. Young. born in Sumner County. Tenn. died at Molino del Rey; on the 9th day of May, 1848. Aged 22 years. ∙ John. G. Kirby. born in Sumner County. Tenn. died at Penal. in Mexico; on the 10th day of April, 1848. Aged 26 years. ∙ Joseph. Rhodes. born in Sumner County. Tenn. died in the hospital at New Orleans; on the 18th day of June 1848. Aged 22 years. ∙ Joseph. Taylor. born in Sumner County. Tenn. died at Puebla, Mexico, on the 5th day of June, 1848. Aged 21 years. ∙ Joseph. Blair. Born in Sumner County. Tenn. died at his fathers in Sumner County on the 6th of Aug. 1848; of disease incurred while in the service of the U.S. Aged 23 years. ∙ William. C. Curry. born in Sumner County. Tenn. died at his fathers in Sumner County on the 5th day of Aug. 1848; of disease incurred while in the service of the U.S. Aged 19 years. ∙ Alexander. R. Schell. born in Sumner County. Tenn. died at Jallapa; on the 17th day of December, 1847. Aged 18 years. ∙ Albert. King. born in Sumner County. Tenn. died at Jallapa; on the 14th day of May, 1848. Aged 33 years. ∙ Richard. C. Ainsworth. born in Sumner County. Tenn. died in the City of Mexico; on the 29th day of June 1848. Aged 26 years. ∙ Josephus. Zarecor. born in Sumner County. Tenn. died on the Gulf of Mexico; on the 29th day of June, 1848. Aged 22 years. ∙ Asa. Lemons. born in Sumner County. Tenn. died on the Mississippi river on the 10th day of July, 1848. Aged 21 years. ∙ Stephen. Goarley. born in Sumner County. Tenn. died at Memphis, on the 19th day of July 1848. Aged 18 years. ∙ James. T. Leddy. born in Sumner County. Tenn. died in Memphis Tenn. on the 21st of July 1847 of disease incured while in the service of the U.S.A. Aged 20 years. ∙ William. T. Turner. Born in Sumner County. Tenn. died in Memphis Tenn. on the 22nd of July 1848 of disease incured while in the service of the U.S. Aged 23 years. ∙ James. K. Frazier. born in Sumner County. Tenn. died at his fathers in Sumner County, on 16th day of November, 1848 of disease incured while in the service of the U.S. Aged 25 years. ∙ Eli. Robertson. born in Sumner County. Tenn. died at his fathers in Sumner County, on the 15th day of Aug. 1848; of disease incured while in the service of the U.S. Aged 22 years. ∙ James. T. Hogan. born in Sumner County. Tenn. died at his fathers in Sumner County, on the 23rd day of Aug. 1848; of disease incured while in the service of the U.S. Aged 21 years. ∙ William. Henry. born in Sumner County. Tenn. died at his fathers in Sumner County, on the 20th day of Dec. 1848; of disease incured while in the service of the U.S. Aged 21 years

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Monument to the Fallen

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Tennessee, Sumner County, Gallatin
The Mexican War
Instigated by the U.S. annexation of Texas and the dispute over its southern boundary, the Mexican War of 1846-1848 resulted in the cession of over 500,000 square miles of the territory then owned by Mexico west of Texas and the Louisiana Purchase. Extending all the way to the Pacific Ocean, the area included the future states of California, Nevada, Utah, most of New Mexico and Arizona, and parts of Wyoming and Colorado.

Long before the war, Sumner Countians looked eagerly to the West. Most of them or their ancestors had migrated westward into Tennessee and, caught up in the westward movement, most strongly supported the Mexican War.

When the governor of Tennessee announced President James K. Polk’s call for 2,800 volunteers, ten times that number volunteered. The response validated Tennessee’s claim to the name “Volunteer State,” and reinforced Sumner County’s reputation as the “Volunteer County of the Volunteer State.”

Among the volunteers were three companies from Sumner County. In combat were the Tenth Legion and the Polk Guards of the First Tennessee Infantry Regiment. The Legion Second was a part of the Third Tennessee which arrived in Mexico after the fighting ceased. Each company included about one hundred men and was commanded by a captain: W. M. Blackmore for the Tenth Legion, Robert A. Bennett for the Polk Guards, and William Hatton for the Legion Second. Fifty-five of their soldiers died in combat or from disease contracted in Mexico.

The Tenth Legion and the Polk Guards won distinction at the battle of Monterrey for their bravery while leading a decisive assault against the enemy’s center. Eight of their number died in the attack and three of them are buried beneath this monument: Julius Calvin Elliott, Inman Elliott, and Peter Hynds Martin. The two companies later participated in the siege of Vera Cruz and the battle of Cerro Gordo.

The Monument
One of only two Mexican War monuments raised in Tennessee in the wake of that conflict, this one was completed in 1850. At first, Sumner Countians planned to subscribe to the construction of a larger memorial to be placed in Nashville. When Davidson County interest in the undertaking waned, the people of Sumner contributed to the funds necessary to erect this memorial. Design and work on it began in 1848.

Built of limestone, it reaches the height of 24 feet above ground. It rises from a square base with four inscribed panels, three bearing the names of the war dead, and one with a tribute to their sacrifice.
Minor repairs to the monument were made in 1871. The first restoration in 1934 included cleaning and righting a dangerous tilt that had developed. In the 1960s the monument was cleaned again. At that time it was determined that the names of the 55 Sumner soldiers and the tribute inscribed on the panels were virtually illegible due to weathering and incidental damage.

Recognizing the need to restore the names and inscriptions, the Sumner County Historical Society undertook a major restoration that was completed in the fall of 2000. Four new limestone panels, faithfully copied and inscribed from the original text which had been preserved in newspaper articles and books, were attached over the damaged ones. Repairs were made to the structure above the panels, all surfaces were cleaned, and joints were refitted and sealed. Signs directing visitors to the site were erected.

"Glory followed their train, and by their death was increased. Their fame is all that survives them. In their graves all their remembrances are buried. Virtuous in life, they have become glorious and immortal in death. May our country never feel the want of such heroes."

Captions: Third day of the Siege of Monterey. Sept. 23rd, 1846. Library of Congress

Two Brothers from Sumner County
Thomas Whitfield Collier, shown in this daguerreotype in his sergeant’s uniform, served in Mexico in company I, 1st Tennessee Regiment. He was wounded at the Battle of Camargo.
Lucas Vines Collier, Jr. served as 1st Major in the 56th Regiment, Tennessee Militia.

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The Village Center

July 8, 2015, 12:36 am

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Michigan, Oakland County, Farmington
Two Indian Trails crossed at this point: the Orchard Lake Trail running north and south, and the Shiawassee Trail running east and west. In 1824, a Quaker settlement began to develop around this point. In the 1850's, the settlement expanded southward towards Farmington Road and Grand River Avenue intersection to what is now the Farmington Central Business District. The community incorporated into a village in 1867, and adopted a City Charter in 1926.

The First Baptist Church, located on this site, was organized in 1826. The original structure was built in 1861, and is still in use as a church.

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The Moment When Mustafa Kemal Was Granted to Our Nation (with his own words)

July 8, 2015, 1:05 am

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Turkey, Çanakkale Province, Eceabat district, near Eceabat
English:
"On 10th of August 1915 the British Forces of 20,000 settled into their trenches where they had spent days digging and waiting for the moment to attack and occupy Chunuk Bair, and thereby dominate the Dardanelles. The darkness of the night had began to disappear and dawn was about to break. I called the commander of the 8th Division and other officers.

I told them that I have total faith in us and I know we will defeat the enemy. However, don't hurry, firstly, I will go forward and when I raise my whip to give the action sign, you will attack all together. I wanted them to inform the soldiers about that. It would be a descent. I walked through to the enemy silenty by 20-30 metres. There was absolutely no sound at Chunuk Bair where there were thousands of soldiers. Lips were praying quietly in this hot night. I paused, lifted my whip over my head and rotating it before bringing it down rapidly. Bedlam broke loose at 4:30 am, The English were in a rude awaking. Sounds of "Allah, Allah" tore the skies in the darkness over the front. Smoke covered all sides and the excitement dominated everywhere. The enemy's bombs tore deep holes in the battlefield, shrapnel suddenly hit me over my heart. I was shaken. I put my hand on my chest. There was no blood, nobody except Lieutenant Colonel Servet Bey saw the incident. Lifting my finger I commended him not to make a sound. It it was heard that I had been shot, it would cause mass panic at the battlefront. The pocket watch which was over my heart had been shattered that day I fought fought until the evening with even greater passion and ambition, commanding my troops. The shrapnel however had left a deep red mark over my heart which didn't recover for months.

During the same night, 10th of August, I gave my watch, which was in pieces and had saved me from certain death, to Liman von Sanders, commander of the 5th Army, as a souvenir. He was very surprised and excited. In return, he gave me his golden pocket watch as a gift.

As a result of this attack the English withdrew completely, leaving thousands of dead behind and fully understanding that the Canakkale Straits could not be passable.

Note: The golden watch given to Mustafa Kemal on 10th August 1915, by Liman von Sanders, is now on display in the Anitkabir Museum, Ankara. Mustafa Kemel's shattered watch is in Germany.

Turkish:
Mustafa Kemal'in Yüce Milletimize Bağişlandiği an (kendisi Anlatiyor.)
10 Ağustos 1915, conkbayırı'nı almak ve butun boğaza haki̇m olmak icin ingilizler 20.000 kişilik bi̇r kuvvetle günlerce kazdıkları si̇perlere yerleşmişler, hucum anını bekliyorlardı. gecenin karanlıǧı tamamen kalkmış, tan aǧarmak üzereydi. 8. tümen komutanı ve diğer subaylarımı çaǧırdım.

'Mutlaka düşmanı maǧlup edeceǧimize inanıyorum. Ancak siz acele etmeyin, evvela ben ileri gideyim, size ben kırbacımla işaret veriǧim zaman hep birlikte atılırsınız" dedim. Bu durumdan askerlerini de haberdar etmelerini istedim. Hucum baskın tarzında olacaktı sakın adımlarla ve süzülerek düşmana 20 - 30 metre yaklaştım. Binlerce askerin bulunduğu conkbayırı'nda çıt çıkıyordu. Dudaklar sessizce bu sıcak gecede dua edi̇yordu. Kontrol ettim. kırbacımı başımın üstünde kaldırıp çevirdim ve birden aşaǧı indirdim saat 04.30'da kıyametler kopmuştu ingilizler neye uğradıklarını şaşırmıştı Allah Allah sesleri bütün cephelerde, karanlıktagökleri yırtıyordu her taraf duman içinde ve heyecan her yere hakim olmuştu düşmanın topçu ateşi gülleleri büyük çukurlar açıyor, her tarafa şarapnel ve kurşun yağıyordu. Büyük bir şarapnel parçası tam kalbımın uzerıne çarpti, sarsildim, elımı göğşüme götürdüm, kan akmıyordu. Olayı yarbay servet bey'den başka kimse görmemişti̇i. Ona parmaǧimla susmasını emrettim. Cünkü vurulduğumun duyulması cephelerde panik yaratabilirdi. Kalbimin üzerinde cebimde bulunan saat paramparça olmuştu. O gün akşama kadar birlikleri̇in başında daha hırslı olarak çarpıştım. Yalnız bu şarapnel vücudumda, kalbimin üzerinde aylarca gitmeyen derin bir kan lekesi bırakmıştı.

Ayni gün gece, yani 10 Ağustos günü beni̇ mutlak ölümden kurtaran ve parçalanan saati̇mi̇ ordu komutanı Liman von Sanders paşaya hatıra olarak verdim. Çok şaşırmış, heyecanlanmıştı kendileri de altın cep saatini
bana hediye ettiler

Bu hucumlarda ingilizler binlerce ölü bırakarak tamamen geri çekildi ve Çanakkalenin geçilemeyeceğini iyice anlamış oldular.
Not : Lıman von Sanders'in 10 Aǧustos 1915 cecesi Mustafa Kemal'e hediye ettiǧi altın saat Anıtkabir Müzesinde bulunmaktadır Mustafa Kemal'in kalbinin üzerinde parçalanan saat Almanya'dır
Vatan Sana Minnettardır
Eşşiz Kahraman Atatürk

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Gov. Fred M. Warner

July 8, 2015, 1:15 am

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Michigan, Oakland County, Farmington
This large white Civil War Era house in the center of Farmington's historic district has been the residence of the Warner family for many decades. Here lived Fred M. Warner, governor of Michigan from 1905 to 1911. Born in England in 1865, Warner spent most of his life in this city and served as its state senator from 1895 to 1898. An agriculturist and businessman, he established in 1889 the first of his thirteen cheese factories. From 1901 to 1904 Warner was Secretary of State. Then he was elected to the first of three terms as state chief executive. This Republican governor championed many Progressive era programs including regulation of railroads and insurance, conservation, food inspection, child labor laws, direct primary elections, and woman's suffrage. Warner died in 1923, leaving a legacy of reform-minded years.

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St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery

July 8, 2015, 7:32 am

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Louisiana, East Baton Rouge Parish, Baton Rouge
In 1825 St. Joseph Church purchased this property for a graveyard. Remains of some of Baton Rouges's first settlers were moved here from the old Spanish Cemetery, or cemetery of the Church of Our Lady of Sorrows, which became St. Joseph's. Philip Hicky, Adreen Persac, and Theophile Allain are among prominent Louisianian buried here. The Catholic Diocese of Baton Rouge owns the cemetery.

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St. Stephens Episcopal Church and Cemetery

July 8, 2015, 7:34 am

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Louisiana, Pointe Coupee Parish, Williamsport
Began as St. James Mission in 1848. Reorganized as a parish in 1855 named after the first martyr at the suggestion of Bishop Leonidas Polk, the "Fighting Bishop" of the Confederacy. The Church and Cemetery were consecrated by Bishop Polk in 1859. The Church was constructed using hand-made bricks. The stained glass windows were made in England. The Confederate Monument in the Cemetery was erected and dedicated in 1904. Restoration of the Church was completed in 1978. A Massive restoration of the Cemetery was completed 1991.

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The Mount Greylock Summit

July 8, 2015, 7:45 am

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Massachusetts, Berkshire County, Lanesborough
The Mount Greylock Summit
Historic District
Has Been Placed on the National Register
Of Historic Places
By the United States
Department of the Interior
1998

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Jonathan Smith

July 8, 2015, 8:01 am

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Massachusetts, Berkshire County, Lanesborough
In Memory Of
Jonathan Smith A plain farmer of Lanesborough who by a speech full of good sense and good feeling carried the Massachusetts Convention September 1787 – February 1788 by a vote of 187 to 168 in favor of ratifying the Federal Constitution
“ . . . . . I have lived in a part of the country where I have known the worth of good government by the want of it . . . . . I had been a member of the convention to form our own state constitution, and had learned something of the checks and balances of power; and I found them all here. . . . . Take things in time, gather fruit when it is ripe. . . . . We sowed our seed when we sent men to the federal convention, now is the harvest; now is the time to reap the fruit of our labor”

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Lanesborough Remembers

July 8, 2015, 8:09 am

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Massachusetts, Berkshire County, Lanesborough
Lanesborough Remembers
1917   World War   1918 James R Adams • * Clarence G Bailey • Redfern Bailey • Joseph C Barnes • Louis D Barnes • Albert Beauvais • Albert E Bennett • Lochiel S Cameron • Robert Carlon • Edward Clairmont • Grover W Cross • John Cross • Nathan Cross • Clarence Dooley • Linwood W Fowler • Louie P Jensen • John Johnson • Arthur R Jones • Paul O Keller • Daniel E MacKinnon • Samuel L Miner Jr • Cornelius J Moynihan • Daniel F Moynihan • Joseph D Newell • Theodore R Newell • Sidney D Newton • Francis P Poulin • Benjamin L Roberts • William C Robinson • Frank Ogerson • * Raymond C Sherman • George R Soboleski • Harold P Talcott • * Clarence R Waite • Laurence Williams
* Died in Service

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The First and Second Meeting Houses of Lanesborough

July 8, 2015, 8:22 am

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Massachusetts, Berkshire County, Lanesborough
This Tablet
On the Original Steps of Marble from Lanesborough Quarries
Marks the Site of
The First and Second Meeting Houses
of the
First Church of Christ in Lanesborough
Organized March 28, 1764.
“I have reared me a monument more lasting than bronze”

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The First Inter-Collegiate Baseball Game

July 8, 2015, 8:29 am

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Massachusetts, Berkshire County, Pittsfield
The First Inter-Collegiate Baseball Game
In America
Was Played On This Site
Between Williams and Amherst Colleges
Under the Sponsorship of the Pittsfield Baseball Club
The Three and One Half Hour Contest Was Won
By Amherst, 73 to 32
Game Re-enacted During Bicentennial Celebration
In 1976 at Wahconah Park

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The Erechtheion

July 8, 2015, 8:58 am

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Greece, Attica Region, Central Athens Regional Unit, Athens
English Text:

The elegant building of the Ionic order is called, according to later literary sources, Erechtheion from the name of Erechtheus, the mythical king of Athens. The construction started before the outbreak of the Peloponnesian War (431 B.C.) or after the conclusion of the "peace of Nikias" (421 B.C.) and was finished in 406 B.C., after the interruption of the works because of the war.

The peculiar plan of the building is due to the natural irregularity of the ground and the need to house the ancient sacred spots: the salt spring, which appeared when Poseidon struck the rock with his trident during the contest with Athena over the patronage of the city, the trident marks and the tombs of the Athenian kings Kekrops and Erechtheus.

The Erechtheion consists of a rectangular cella divided by an interior wall forming two sections. The eastern section, which was at a level at least 3 meters higher than that of the western, was dedicated to Athena Polias and housed the xoanon, the ancient wooden cult statue of the goddess. The western section was divided into three parts and was dedicated to the cult of Poseidon-Erechtheus, Hephaistus and the hero Boutes.

At the north side of the cells there is a magnificent porch with 6 Ionic columns. The bases and capitals along with the frame of the doorway leading to the interior of the cella, have elaborate relief decoration, while the ceiling coffers were painted. The famous Porch of the Maidens (Korai) or Caryatids dominates the south side of the building: six statues of young women, standing on a podium 1.77 meters high, support the roof of the porch, which was part of Kekrops' tomb above the ground.

At the upper part of the building is a frieze of grey Eleusinian stone to which relief figures of white Parian marble were attached. Today they are exhibited in the Acropolis Museum.

Around the end of the 1st century B.C. the Erechtheion was repaired after a fire. During the Christian period it was transformed into a church, while in the Ottoman period it was used as a house. In the first years of the 19th century Lord Elgin carried off the third Caryatid from the west (Kore C) and the column of the northeast corner of the building. Today they have been replaced by copies, as well as the rest of the Caryatids.

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