Corporal Jonathan R. Spears

USMC Corporal Jonathan R., J.R., Spears was a selfless individual that became an unfortunate casualty of the recent conflict in Iraq. Born in Pensacola, Florida on June 30, 1984 to Marie and Timothy Spears, J.R. grew up in the small ...

Rear Admiral John H. Fetterman, Jr.

Admiral John H. Fetterman, Jr., known to his family and friends as Jack, dedicated his life to public service, from his career as a naval aviator to his time as a civic and community leader. A native of Ashland, Pennsylvania, ...

Captain Richard Bradford State Historical Marker

In March 1861, 15 days before Confederate batteries began firing on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, Richard Bradford enlisted in the Confederate army at Madison. Less than seven months later, Bradford became the first Confederate officer from Florida to die ...

Thompson House & Civil War Skirmish

A double-sided State Historical Marker for The Thompson House and the Skirmish on the Blackwater provides Information on the c.1847 Thompson House and on the October 1864 Union raids in the area. The house was the residence of Benjamin W. ...

Florida Monument-Winchester

Located in the Stonewall Confederate Cemetery section of the Mount Hebron Cemetery, the Florida plot contains an obelisk monument in front of the marked graves of 38 Florida Confederate soldiers. It was erected in 1902 by the Florida Division of ...

Florida Monument-Franklin

Maintained by the United Daughters of the Confederacy, the McGavock Confederate Cemetery is believed to be the largest privately held Confederate cemetery in the United States.

It contains the remains of nearly 1,500 Confederate casualties from the November 1864 Battle ...

Florida Monument-Gettysburg

At the Battle of Gettysburg, the Florida Brigade (comprised of the 2nd, 5th, and 8th Florida Infantry Regiments), under the command of Colonel David Lang, participated in the heaviest fighting of July 2 and 3, 1863, including an advance in ...

Florida Monument- Vicksburg

Erected by the Florida Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy in 1954, the Florida Monument is located on former national park property, which was later deeded back to the City of Vicksburg.

This granite monolith monument commemorates the ...

Woodlawn Cemetery - West Palm Beach

In a roundabout at its center, this cemetery contains a Confederate monument erected by the United Daughters of the Confederacy in 1941.

Also buried in this cemetery are approximately 30 Union veterans, including Willmon Whilldin of the 6th New Jersey ...

Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse

The Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse is the oldest surviving structure in Palm Beach County. Designed by Lieutenant George Gordon Meade, who would later command the Union Army at the Battle of Gettysburg, it was completed and lit on July 10, 1860, ...