Franklin County Veterans Memorial

Freedom Is Not Free

World War I

They Died for Freedom

[Roll of Honored Dead]

World War II

The Supreme Sacrifice

[Roll of Honored Dead]

Korea

They Died for Freedom

[Roll of Honored Dead]

Vietnam

[Roll of Honored Dead]

Dedicated May 31, 2002

Marker is on 16th Avenue (U.S. 136) near Q Street, ...

Roanoke County / Franklin County

Roanoke County

Area 305 Square Miles

Formed in 1838 from Botetourt and Montgomery, and probably named for Roanoke River. General Andrew Lewis lived here. The city of Roanoke is known as the Gate City of the South.

Franklin County

Area 697 Square Miles

Formed in ...

Franklin County

This County, created by Act of the Legislature Feb. 25, 1784, is named for Benjamin Franklin, Revolutionary patriot and statesman. It was formed from lands obtained from the Indians by the Treaty of Augusta, 1783. Capt. James Terrell of the ...

Old Franklin County Jail

Of Georgian design, this jail was built in 1818 and was in continuous use for 152 years. The third oldest building in the borough, it survived the burning of Chambersburg by Confederate forces during the Civil War.

Marker is at the ...

Lincoln County / Franklin County

Lincoln County

Established 1809; named in honor of Maj. Gen. Benjamin Lincoln of the Revolutionary Army. After service at Saratoga, he was put in Chief Command in the Southern Colonies. Later, he was Secretary of War under the Confederation, 1718-83.

Franklin County

Established ...

Union Soldiers of Franklin County

Erected in memory

of the

Soldiers of Franklin County who

fought for the Union in the

War Between the States 1861-1865

Dedicated July 17th, 1878

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Approximately 40 feet southwest of this tablet, Generals Robert E. Lee and A. P. Hill met mounted, and held a brief ...

Franklin County War Memorial

[ Plaque ]

The original monument on this site was erected by the Grand Army of The Republic and bore the following inscription: “I am dying, but I die for my Country” Gen. P. A. Hackleman was the only General from ...

Brookville, Franklin County

Home of four Indiana Governors:

James B. Ray, 1825-1831;

Noah Noble, 1831-1837;

David Wallace, 1837-1840 and

Abram A. Hammond, 1860-1861.

Location of United States Land Office

from 1820 to 1825.

Marker is on U.S. 52 south of Sonja Avenue, on the ...

The Franklin County Courthouse

constructed in 1893, was designed by Geo. P. Washburn (Ottawa) one of the state's most prominent early architects. He designed fifteen courthouses in three states. This courthouse, because of its architectural excellence and being the best-kept example of his use ...

Coffee County / Franklin County

Coffee County

Establised 1836; named in honor of

Major General John Coffee

Soldier, surveyor and close friend of Andrew Jackson. Tennessee troops under his command took a decisive part in the New Orleans Campaign, December 23, 1814 to January 8, 1815.

Franklin County

Established 1807; ...