Richmond County Vietnam War Memorial

Richmond County Men & Women Who Lost Their Lives in the Vietnam War

Donald Lincoln Covington PFC Army 7-8-69

Benjamin Tally Dawkins SGT Army 9-6-68

Jimmie Louis Ellerbe PFC 4-5-67

Lonnie Ellerbe Jr. LCPL MC 8-13-68

Thomas Lee Lewis SFC Army 5-28-64

James Edward McPherson 5-30-68

Billie ...

Keeper of the Plains

Kiowa-Comanche artist Blackbear Bosin donated his famous work, the "Keeper of the Plains," to the citizens of Wichita in May of 1974. The Keeper of the Plains stands at the confluence of the rivers were his ancestors camped. With his ...

Burlington Heights 1813 - 1814

[English Text]:

Here in June, 1813, General John Vincent assembled troops that made the successful night attack on the invaders at Stoney Creek. From this point of vantage, in December, 1813, the force which retook Fort George and carried Fort Niagara ...

Wichita Vietnamese American Memorial

Republic of Vietnam • Viêt Nam Công Hòa

We, the Vietnamese American Community of Wichita, Kansas, dedicate this plaque in the memory and honor of American, Vietnamese and Allied soldiers who fought to resist the North Vietnamese Communist aggression against the ...

Gold Star Families

Spouses • Children • Parents • Siblings

In Memory Of Our Loved Ones

You Will Never Be Forgotten

Freedom Is Not Free

Dedicated Nov. 2003

Courtesy hmdb.org

Valatie Santa Claus Club

First in the Nation

The Valatie Santa Claus Club was founded on Christmas Eve, 1946. Veterans of World War II pooled their discharge pay to bring gifts to every child in Valatie.

These Santas and their successors prove the truth ...

Battle of Stoney Creek 1813

On June 5, 1813, an invading United States army of about 3,000 men, commanded by Brigadier - General John Chandler, camped in this vicinity. That evening some 700 British regulars of the 8th and 49th Regiments, under the command of ...

Architectural Significance of the First Lexington Park Community

The U.S. Navy developed Lexington Park to house the civilian workers who streamed into the area following the establishment of the Patuxent River Naval Air Station. Named for the storied carrier Lexington, it was the first planned community in St. ...

The Field House

One of the oldest brick houses in Ontario, this handsome Georgian structure was built about 1800. Originally a farm house, it was the home of Gilbert Field (1765-1815), a United Empire Loyalist who was in possesion of the land by ...

Don't Spit on the Sidewalk

Samuel J. Crumbine

Samuel J. Crumbine (1862-1954) was a Pennsylvania native who established a medical practice in Dodge City in the 1880s. He became executive officer of the State Board of Health in 1906, and was famous for his efforts to ...