War in Vietnam

This Monument is dedicated in memory of Decatur born men who fought & died in the Vietnam War.

Roger Pinkey Crow Dec 12 1948- Sept 30, 1970

Billy Wayne Carp March 13, 1947- Sept 10, 1969

Tommy L Nighola's March 2, 1944 - ...

Illinois Memorial

(front)

Illinois

Erects this monument to commemorate her sons

who here gave their services to perpetuate

the honor and glory of the United States.

(east side)

Illinois had in this battle 27 regiments

of infantry, 10 batteries of artillery and

6 detachments of cavalry. Her loss in ...

Lee's Retreat

Lee's army, retreating toward Danville, reached this place, April 4-5, 1865, only to find that the supplies ordered here had gone on to Richmond. The famished soldiers were forced to halt to forage. The result was that Lee, when he ...

Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show

Fort Worth Stock Yards Company publicist Charles C. French and local cattleman Charles C. McFarland organized the first livestock show in north Fort Worth in 1896. Members of the Texas Cattle Raisers Association (TCRA) participated in the initial show. The ...

Painter Park World War II Memorial

World War II

Dedicated To

The Valiant Men And

Women Who Gloriously

Served Our Country

In The Armed Forces

Of The United States

Of America

Let us never forget

their sacrifice

[ plaque on north side ]

To Our Honored Brothers, United In Death,

We Dedicate This Tribute

World War ...

Lamkin’s Battery

This mortar belonged to the battery cammanded by Captain J.N. Lamkin. On July 30, 1864, at the “Crater”, the battery helped check the Union advance until Mahone came up. Four mortars were captured near flat Creek in Lee’s Retreat, April ...

Forrest's Cavalry

C.S.A.

Colonel Nathan Bedford Forrest's CavalryOn February 15, 1862, during the attack Forrest's Cavalry covered the extreme left of the Confederate line. The backwater in lick creek and the swampy condition of the flats along the creek interfered with the movements ...

“The Indian Fires Are Going Out”

The Trail of Tears led thousands of Creek Indians through Tuscaloosa, capital of Alabama in 1836. Chief Eufaula addressed the legislature with these words:

"I come here, brothers, to see the great house of Alabama and the men who make laws ...

Amelia Court House

Lee's Retreat

General Lee ordered all columns of his army from the Richmond and Petersburg trenches to rendezvous at this village on the Richmond & Danville Railroad. Here he hoped to obtain rations before continuing the march to North Carolina to ...

Grave of Gen. John R. Chambliss, Jr.

Brig. Gen. John Randolph Chambliss, Jr., C.S.A., is buried just west of here. Born in Hicksford (present-day Emporia) on 23 January 1833, Chambliss graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1853. During the Civil War, he commanded ...