Service Star Legion World War I Memorial

To the memory of those

who served

1917-1918

Marker is at the intersection of Prospect Avenue and Mason Street, on the right when traveling north on Prospect Avenue.

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William W. Loring

Major general in the Confederate Army, lieut. colonel in Mexican War, general in Egyptian Army, 1870-79. His birthplace was 1 bl. W.

Marker is on South 3rd Street (U.S. 17) 0.1 miles south of Orange Street, on the right when traveling ...

Harts Mills

The Founding Fathers of Wauwatosa were brothers Charles and Thomas Benjamin Hart from New England. In 1835 Charles Hart settled where an old Indian trail forded the Menomonee River. About 1838 the brothers built a water powered sawmill across the ...

George Davis

(west face)

George Davis

Senator and Attorney General

of the Confederate States of America

1820-1896

(south face)

Scholar

Patriot

Statesman

Christian

(east face)

His wisdom illustrated the

principles of law and equity.

His eloquence commanded

the admiration of his peers.

Beloved for his stainless

integrity, his memory dwells

in the hearts of his people.

Shining in the pure ...

Rose Greenhow

Confederate spy and Washington society woman. Drowned near Fort Fisher in 1864, while running Federal blockade. Grave 1 m. N.E.

Marker is at the intersection of North 3rd Street (U.S. 74) and Dock Street, on the right when traveling north on ...

County Courthouses

On May 15, 1905 Senator William Clark's railroad auctioned off lots to found the new town of Las Vegas. Block 20, between Second and Third and Carson and Bridger, was reserved for public purposes. In 1909 when the state legislature ...

Crescent (La.) Regiment

Pond's Brigade - Ruggles' Division

C.S.

Crescent (La.) Regiment,

Pond's (3d) Brig., Ruggles' (1st) Div., Bragg's Corps,

Army of the Mississippi.

This regiment came into position here about 5.30 p.m., April 6, 1862 and assisted in the capture of a part of the 23d Mo.

Marker ...

New Harmony

Location of two attempts at communal living: The Harmonists under Reverend George Rapp, 1814-1825, and the Owenites under philanthropist Robert Owen, 1825-1826. New Harmony remained, an important cultural center for many, years thereafter.

Marker is on Church Street (Indiana Route 66) ...

Vanport

Within a year of the US entering World War II, more than 160,000 people moved to Portland — a city of only 360,000 — to work in Home Front industries. Industrialist Henry Kaiser's three shipyards employed the most workers. To ...

Theodore Roosevelt / William Howard Taft

Theodore Roosevelt

Former President Theodore Roosevelt

addressed a large crowd from

these steps on May 16, 1912.

He was introduced by C. B. De Weese.

William Howard Taft

President William Howard Taft

was the first sitting President to

visit Sidney. He spoke from this

location on May 23, 1912.

Taft ...