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The Men of Quincy, Mass.

In Grateful Remembrance of

The Men of Quincy, Mass.

formerly called Braintree

who on land and sea fought

to establish the independence of the

United States of America

in

The Revolution of 1775-1783

Ebenezer Adams • Daniel Arnold • Hezekiah Bass • Jonathan Bass • Joseph Bass • ...

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“The Bullets Would Whistle Around my Head”

1862 Peninsula Campaign

After the 15th North Carolina’s repulse, Brigadier General Howell Cobb (a former governor of Georgia and secretary of treasury) rallied the Confederates and prepared to drive the Vermonters into the water. Cobb commanded a brigade in Brigadier General ...

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Origin of Cedar Creek / Mills on the Creek

(Double Sided Marker)

Origin of Cedar Creek

Dropping approximately eighty feet in two and half miles, Cedar Creek’s falling water power provided enough energy to drive Cedarburg’s many mills for over one hundred years. The creek rises from big and Little Cedar ...

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African American Veterans of the Korean War

1950-1953

Dedicated to all African American Veterans of the Korean War, 1950-1953, for your valor, pride, patriotism and professionalism.

Your pioneering efforts and sacrifices have contributed immensely to the development of today's Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines, Coast Guardsmen, and Merchant Mariners: the ...

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“Just Like Sap – Boiling, in the Stream”

1862 Peninsula Campaign

The Vermont troops waited in vain for reinforcements; Corporal Alonzo Hutchinson was mortally wounded while crossing the Warwick River and died without signaling for support. The Union leaders also failed to exploit the break in the Confederate lines. ...

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Battle of the Bulge Monument

In Memory of

Veterans

Battle of the

Bulge

Triumph of Courage

World War II

Dec.16, 1944 – Jan. 25, 1945

This is undoubtedly the greatest American

battle of the war and will, I believe, be

regarded as an ever famous American victory.

Sir Winston Churchill

Marker is on North 5th ...

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March to the Sea: Ebenezer Creek

One mile north, on December 9, 1864, during the American Civil War, U.S. Gen. Jeff. C. Davis crossed Ebenezer Creek with his 14th Army Corps as it advanced toward Savannah during Gen. William T. Sherman’s March to the Sea. Davis ...

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The Customhouse, 1859

Construction of this customhouse began in 1852 and was completed in 1859, replacing an 1819 customhouse located at Water and Church Streets (now Waterside Drive and St. Paul’s Boulevard). This building was designed by Ammi B. Young (1798–1874), the first ...

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First Order Fresnel Lens from the Hog Island Light

This pavil­ion dis­plays a first order Fresnel lens from the sec­ond Hog Island Light. The lens began ser­vice in 1896. Originally built in 1852, the first build­ing was destroyed by ero­sion and rebuilt in 1896, only to be deac­ti­vated in ...

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The Garcia and Maggini Warehouse

San Francisco Landmark No. 229

At this location, on July 3, 1934, a dramatic clash occured, one that eventually touched the nation. Longshoremen, sailors, teamsters, and other waterfront workers had closed down Pacific coast shipping since May, in what came ...

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