Cooper County World War Memorial

They died that Freedom might

not perish from the Earth

1917-1919

Stanley Ira Bell • Oscar H. Bishop

Merritt H. Boswell • Mack L. Blackstone

William O. Diel • John Edwards

Sidney E. Emery • Harry English

Lon S. Fairfax • Richard Wm. Haller

Emmett W. Hamilton • ...

Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument

[ North Side ]

A Tribute

To the Memory of the Men

Who Risked Their Lives That

The Nation Might Live

1861-1865

[ South Side ]

Erected By

George Van Horn Post

No. 39. G.A.R.

And Friends

[ Battle ...

Naval Assault at Drewry’s Bluff

On May 15, 1862 a small federal fleet including the ironclads, the Monitor, the Galena, and three wooden war ships sailed up the James River to try to enter the Confederate capital at Richmond. Their efforts were blocked at Drewry’s ...

Battle of Plum Run Bend

On May 10, 1862, Confederates defeated the Union navy in one of only two Civil War gunboat fleet engagements on the Mississippi River, ramming and sinking two Union ironclads, Cincinnati and Mound City. A reinforced Union armada routed the outnumbered ...

Darbytown Road / Pioneer Baptist Church

The Battle of Darbytown Road, 7 Oct. 1864, was the last large Confederate offensive north of the James River. Gen. Robert E. Lee personally supervised the operation. Attacking from the west astride the Darbytown Road, Lee’s infantry shattered the right ...

In Honor of Nathaniel Haraden

In Honor Of

An Intrepid Son of Gloucester

Nathaniel Haraden

Sailing Master of The

U.S. Frigate Constitution

Commended for Gallantry in Action

At the Seige of Tripoli, August 3, 1804

Placed by the City of Gloucester - 1932

Marker is at the intersection of Western Avenue (Massachusetts Route ...

Nearby On This Tract of Land Called Mount Vernon

Stood the home of Colonial Patriot

John Wallace, Junior

February 15, 1755 - May 1811

Founder

of

Waynesboro, Pennsylvania - 1797

The town laid out in 1797 was named Waynesburg until 1831.

The plot included the original "settlement" which came to be

called Wallacetown in honor of John ...

Milford Korea - Vietnam Monument

[ southeast side ]

“We mourn the fallen,

We grieve for the missing,

We celebrate the return of

Our valiant men and women”

[ northeast side ]

Vietnam

1961 – 1973

[ southwest side ]

Korea

1950 – ...

Gloucester World War II Merchant Marine Monument

With Thanks From The

People of Gloucester

To Our Sons Who

Served As

Merchant Mariners

1941 – 1945

Marker is at the intersection of Western Avenue (Massachusetts Route 127) and Essex Avenue (Massachusetts Route 133), on the right when traveling north on Western Avenue.

Courtesy ...

Soldiers Monument

Ansonia’s Tribute

To the Memory of Her Sons

Who Gave Their Lives

To Their Country

In the Rebellion Of

1861. – 1865.

[ Battle names on base of pedestal: ]

Malvern Hill • Gettysburg • Antietam • Mobile

Marker can ...