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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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...
View ArticleWhere 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...
View ArticleCharles 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...
View ArticleJohn Caldwell Calhoun
South Carolina, Charleston County, CharlestonBorn March March 18, 1732;Died March 32, 1850.----------Representativein the Legislature;Memberof Congress;United StatesSenateSecretaryof War;Vice...
View ArticleWyoming'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...
View ArticleBear 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...
View ArticleAnchor 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....
View ArticleCitadel 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...
View Article“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...
View ArticleLoretto 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...
View ArticleMcDonnell 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...
View ArticleAH – 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...
View ArticleThe 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....
View ArticleGeneral 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleReinhardt 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...
View ArticleTallassee 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...
View ArticleMetzgerrainli 6
Switzerland, Lucerne (canton), Lucerne (district), LucerneBürgerhaus aus dem 16. Jahrhundert. Im Innern Fresken aus der Entstehungszeit. Fassadenmalerei in Sgraffitotechnik 1885, von Seraphin...
View ArticleElmore 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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