Eleventh Air Force
Ohio, Montgomery County, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Alaska • Aleutian Islands • Kurile Islands 1941 - 1945 Dedicated 7 October 1994 (Air & Space • Patriots & Patriotism • War, World II)...
View Article416th Bombardment Group (L)
Ohio, MOntgomery County, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Bombardment Squadrons 668th - 669th - HQ - 670th - 671st - Support Units - 4th Ser. Grp - 79th Sta. Comp. 199th Med. Det. - Red Cross 21st...
View ArticlePortuguese Bend Whaling Station
California, Los Angeles County, Rancho Palos VerdesOn the slopes below and west of this plaque stood the quarters of Portuguese whalemen who put out through the surf in boats under oars and sail to...
View ArticleAmericans Home From Siberia
Ohio, Montgomery County, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base In honor of 291 Airmen of Crew 8 Doolittle Raiders, 11th and 20th Air Forces and Fleet Air Wing 4 held captive in the USSR during Apr 42 - Aug...
View ArticleTimms' Point and Landing
California, Los Angeles County, San PedroIn 1852 German immigrant Augustus W. Timms obtained Sepulveda's Landing on the mudflats near here. He built a wharf, added a warehouse, corral and other...
View ArticleHeritage House
California, Los Angeles County, ComptonThe original house of two rooms was built in 1869 by A.R. Loomis. Other rooms were added by successive occupants. It was marked as the "Oldest House in Compton"...
View Article96th Depot Repair Squadron
Ohio, Montgomery County, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base This memorial is dedicated to the members of the 96th who responded willingly to the call of their country, fulfilled all of their duties and...
View ArticleParadox Hybrid Walnut Tree
California, Los Angeles County, WhittierPlanted in 1907 as an experiment for the University of California. (Agriculture • Education • Horticulture & Forestry) Includes location, directions, 3...
View ArticleFirst United States Air Meet
California, Los Angeles County, ComptonAbout one half mile southeast of this spot, on Dominguez Hill in historic Rancho San Pedro, the first Air Meet in the United States was held during January 10-20,...
View ArticlePlaza Fire House
California, Los Angeles County, Los AngelesDedicated to the firemen of the Los Angeles Fire Department - past, present and future - who, since 1871, by their courage and faithful devotion to duty have...
View ArticleWilliam Workman Home
California, Los Angeles County, City of IndustryHome of pioneer William Workman. Workman and co-owner John Rowland developed the 48,790-acre La Puenta Rancho. Workman and co-leader Rowland organized...
View ArticleWorkman Family Cemetery
California, Los Angeles County, City of Industry"El Campo Santo," this region's earliest known private family cemetery, was established in 1850 by William Workman. The miniature Classic Grecian...
View ArticlePort Los Angeles
California, Los Angeles County, Pacific PalisadesIn 1893 the Southern Pacific Railroad Company completed its 4,720-foot wharf which served as a deep water port for the Los Angeles area. After San Pedro...
View ArticleReform School for Juvenile Offenders
California, Los Angeles County, WhittierThe March 11, 1889 Act of the California Legislature authorized the establishment of a school for juvenile offenders. Dedication and laying of cornerstone was...
View ArticleThe Adamson House
California, Los Angeles County, MalibuDesigned by Stiles O. Clements in 1929, this Spanish Colonial Revival home contains the best surviving examples of decorative ceramic tile produced by Malibu...
View ArticleFort Hill
South Carolina, Pickens County, Clemson Fort Hill plantation, home of John C. Calhoun and later Thomas Green Clemson, enjoys a rich history with Clemson University, the state of South Carolina and the...
View ArticleHoward's Rock
South Carolina, Pickens County, ClemsonFrom Death Valley, CA. to Death Valley Clemson, SC Presented to Coach Frank Howard and the Clemson Football Team by S.C. Jones '19 September 1966 (Sports)...
View ArticleThe Barton Street Potter's Field
Virginia, FredericksburgThis marker commemorates the indigent and unknown once interred on this site. Provided by the City in 1816 and once called the Colored Cemetery, it was the final resting place...
View Article14 George Street Middleton-Pinckey House
South Carolina, Charleston County, CharlestonThis three-story, masonry residence set on a raised basement was begun circa 1796 by Mrs. Frances Motte Middleton, daughter of Jacob and Rebecca Motte. The...
View ArticleAAF - USAF Crash Rescue Boat Association
Ohio, Montgomery County, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base World War II • Korea • Viet-Nam 1923 - 1957 (Air & Space • War, Korean • War, World II • Waterways & Vessels) Includes location,...
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