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Mama Sage

Wyoming, Sweetwater County, near Point of Rocks      Oh! "Mama Sage." It seems endless, the sage; the rolling sage-covered Wyoming hills. Sagebrush, the shrub that means survival to the world's largest...

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Can Anything Survive Here?

Nevada, Elko County, near West Wendover Summer temperatures in this high desert can exceed 100 degrees; winter temperatures may fall below zero. Rain and snowfall total a mere six to eight inches per...

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Where Did the Lake Go?

Nevada, Elko County, near West Wendover Imagine Lake Bonneville some 10,000 years ago as a vast lake larger than the present Great Salt Lake. Its eastern boundary would be the Wasatch Mountains at Salt...

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Charles Pinckney

South Carolina, Charleston County, CharlestonOctober 26, 1757 – October 29, 1824He was a delegate tothe Continental Congress,1784-5, 1785-6, 1786-7He was a delegate to theFederal Convention in 1787and...

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John Caldwell Calhoun

South Carolina, Charleston County, CharlestonBorn March March 18, 1732;Died March 32, 1850.----------Representativein the Legislature;Memberof Congress;United StatesSenateSecretaryof War;Vice...

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Wyoming's Sagebrush Sea

Wyoming, Uinta County, Evanston Your trip across Wyoming takes you through vast expanses of shrublands made up mostly of sagebrush. To the casual observer this landscape may appear desolate, but...

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Bear River Watershed

Wyoming, Uinta County, Evanston The Bear River Watershed spreads across 7,500 square miles of mountain and valley lands that encompass portions of Idaho, Utah, and Wyoming. Bear River is the main...

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Anchor of the U.S.S. Coral Sea

South Carolina, Charleston County, Charleston       This monument honors sailors and marines who served aboard the U.S.S. Coral Sea in combat and Citadel men who served in the Navy and Marine Corps....

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Citadel Flag

South Carolina, Charleston County, CharlestonThis flag flies every day and nightas a tribute to those great Americanswho are Prisoners of War or Missing in Actionandto remind each member of theSouth...

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“Thunderbolt”

South Carolina, Charleston County, CharlestonThis M4 Sherman Tank is similar to that used by Lieutenant Colonel Creighton W. Abrams, in World War II while commanding the 37th Tank Battalion – 4th...

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Loretto Perfectus Walsh

Pennsylvania, Lackawanna County, OlyphantRecognized as the first woman to enlist in the U.S. Navy--on March 21, 1917, sixteen days before the nation entered WWI. As a Chief Yeoman (F), she served in...

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McDonnell F-4C Phantom II

South Carolina, Charleston County, CharlestonThis gallant aircraft served with the 12th tactical fighter wing stationed at Cam Ranh Bay Air Base, South Vietnam. In the 1968-69 time frame it was...

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AH – 1 “Cobra”

South Carolina, Charleston County, CharlestonCombat attack helicopterdeveloped by Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc.Flown in all United States combatactions from Vietnam to SomaliaDedicated to all Citadel...

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The Burgher Gate

Switzerland, Lucerne (canton), Lucerne (district), LucerneIm 13. Jahrhundert als Teil einer älteren Stadtbefestigung erbaut, 1314 als Littauertor erwähnt. Es diente zeitweise als Gefängnis für Bürger....

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General Henri Guisan

Switzerland, Lucerne (canton), Lucerne (district), Lucerne 1874 – 1960 Oberbefehlshaber der Schweizer Armee 1939 – 1945 German-English translation: General Henri Guisan 1874 - 1960 Supreme Commander of...

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The Sonnenberg House in Zoepfli

Switzerland, Lucerne (canton), Lucerne (district), Lucerne Sonnenberghaus im Zöpfli Schon in der Diebold-Schilling-Chronik von 1513 erscheint an dieser Stelle ein hölzernes Wohnhaus. Dieses wurde 1662...

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Reinhardt M. King & Crew

Georgia, Chatham County, Pooler 381 BG    534 SQ Neil Wright Jr   CP Edward McGlynn   N   Francis Petrillo   B Maynard Unger      R   Cecil Floura         E Robert Dwyer      LW   Julius Mann...

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Tallassee Vietnam War Memorial

Alabama, Tallapoosa County, Tallassee Dedicated to the young men of Tallassee who gave the ultimate sacrifice in the Vietnam War PFC Richard Clark LT. Charles Davis CW.O. Donald Estes SGT. Joseph...

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Metzgerrainli 6

Switzerland, Lucerne (canton), Lucerne (district), LucerneBürgerhaus aus dem 16. Jahrhundert. Im Innern Fresken aus der Entstehungszeit. Fassadenmalerei in Sgraffitotechnik 1885, von Seraphin...

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Elmore County Vietnam War Memorial

Alabama, Elmore County, Wetumpka In honor of the fallen heroes of Elmore County who gave their lives in the Vietnam War Clark, Richard Cook, Larry Davidson Cottrell, Willie James Davis, Charles William...

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