SACRAMENTO COUNTY MAINE MEMORIAL FLAG POLE
AT FORTY MINUTES PAST NINE ON THE EVENING OF THE 15TH OF FEBRUARY 1898 THE UNITED STATES BATTLESHIP MAINE WAS RIPPED BY A SUDDEN AND DEVASTATING EXPLOSION, DEMOLISHING THE … Read More
CALIFORNIA VOLUNTEERS’ MEMORIAL
ERECTED BY THE CITIZENS OF SAN FRANCISCO IN HONOR OF THE CALIFORNIA VOLUNTEERS, SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR 1898 “FIRST TO THE FRONT”.
COMMODORE DEWEY MONUMENT
ON THE NIGHT OF APRIL THIRTIETH 1898 COMMODORE DEWEY’S SQUADRON ENTERED MANILA BAY AND UNDAUNTED BY THE DANGER OF SUBMERGED EXPLOSIVES REACHED MANILA AT DAWN OF MAY FIRST 1898. … Read More
THE ORDONEZ GUN MEMORIAL CANNON
Location: PERSHING SQUARE-MORGAN AVENUE AND GRAHAM STREET
City: SAN FRANCISCO
State: California
Zip Code: 94123
IN SEPTEMBER 1899, A COMBINED U.S. ARMY-NAVY FORCE ATTACKED THE FILIPINO POSITIONS AT SUBIC BAY. THIS GUN WAS REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN DESTROYED BY SHELLFIRE FROM THE AMERICAN CRUISER … Read More
IRVING HALE MEMORIAL PLAQUE
IRVING HALE GRADUATED FROM THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY 1884. IN THE WAR WITH SPAIN, HE WAS A COLONEL WITH 1ST COLORADO INFANTRY U.S. VOLUNTEERS. HIS REGIMENT LED THE … Read More
FAIRFIELD COUNTY U.S.S. MAINE MEMORIAL
Location: SEASIDE PARK-WALDEMERE AVENUE AND PARK AVENUE
City: BRIDGEPORT
State: Connecticut
Zip Code: 6604
IN MEMORIAM U.S.S. MARINE DESTROYED IN HAVANA HARBOR FEBRUARY 15TH 1898 THIS TABLET IS CAST FROM METAL RECOVERED FROM THE U.S.S. MAINE.
DANBURY SOLDIERS AND SAILORS MEMORIAL
DEDICATED TO THE SOLDIERS AND SAILORS OF DANBURY 1776 1861 1898 1917
MORMON BATTALION MEMORIAL PLAQUE
U.S 101ST INFANTRY (MORMON) BATTALION. SERVED DURING THE WAR WITH MEXICO.
MORMON BATTALION INFANTRY MEMORIAL PLAQUE
Location: VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK-8TH STREET AND FLORIDA AVENUE
City: DOUGLAS
State: Arizona
Zip Code: 85607
THE BATTALION, U.S. 101ST INFANTRY (MORMON) BATTALION, MARCHED 2,000 MILES TO SAN DIEGO WHICH IS THE LONGEST INFANTRY MARCH ON RECORD DEC 6, 1846.
MORMON BATTALION CROSSING MEMORIAL PLAQUE
THE MORMON BATTALION, 101ST U.S. INFANTRY, CONSISTED OF 500 VOLUNTEER SOLDIERS FROM AMONG THE MORMON PIONEERS. THEY WERE MUSTERED INTO THE UNITED STATES ARMY TO SERVE IN THE WAR … Read More
MORMON BATTALION SAN PEDRO MEMORIAL PLAQUE
Location: WEST PATTON STREET AND SOUTH CHURCH STREET
City: SAINT DAVID
State: Arizona
Zip Code: 85630
THE MORMON BATTALION, 101ST U.S. INFANTRY, CONSISTED OF 500 VOLUNTEER SOLDIERS FROM AMONG THE MORMON PIONEERS. THEY WERE MUSTERED INTO THE UNITED STATES ARMY TO SERVE IN THE WAR … Read More
MORMON BATTALION BATTLE OF THE BULLS MEMORIAL PLAQUE
THE MORMON BATTALION, 101ST U.S. INFANTRY, CONSISTED OF 500 VOLUNTEER SOLDIERS FORM AMONG THE MORMON PIONEERS. THEY WERE MUSTERED INTO THE UNITED STATES ARMY TO SERVE IN THE WAR … Read More
GENERAL KEARNEY’S ARMY OF THE WEST MEMORIAL
IN 1845 GENERAL KEARNEY’S ARMY OF THE WEST GUIDED BY KIT CARSON FOLLOWED THE GILA RIVER FROM NEW MEXICO TO THE OCCUPATION OF CALIFORNIA IN THE MEXICAN WAR, THUS … Read More
MORMON BATTALION MEMORIAL
Location: PINA COUNTY COURTHOUSSE-165 WEST ALAMEDA STREET
City: TUCSON
State: Arizona
Zip Code: 85701
ON DECEMBER 16-17, 1846 THE U.S. 101ST INFANTRY (MORMON) BATTALION UNDER THE COMMAND OF COLONEL PHILIP ST. GEORGE COOKE PEACEFULLY OCCUPIED THE PRESIDO SAN AUGUSTIN DEL TUCSON.
TO THE MORMON BATTALION MEMORIAL
UNDER THE COMMAND OF COL. COOKE IN THE COURSE OF THEIR 2,000 MILE INFANTRY MARCH TO THE PACIFIC COAST, THE BATTALION ARRIVED AND RAISED THE FIRST AMERICAN FLAG IN … Read More
IN HONOR OF MORMON BATTALION MEMORIAL
Location: WEST BISNAGA STREET AND NORTH PINAL AVENUE
City: CAS GRANDE
State: Arizona
Zip Code: 85122
THE MORMON BATTALION CAMPED HERE DEC 20, 1846 IN ROUTE TO CALIFORNIA WAR WITH MEXICO.
MORMON BATTALION TRAIL MEMORIAL
THE MORMON BATTALION, 101ST U.S. INFANTRY, CAMPED HERE DURING THE WAR WITH MEXICO.
CAMP STEPHEN D. LITTLE MEMORIAL PLAQUE
THIS CAMP WAS NAMED FOR PRIVATE STEPHEN D. LITTLE, KILLED IN ACTION DURING THE BORDER TROUBLES WITH MEXICAN REVOLUTIONIST.
MORMON BATTALION SOLDIER MEMORIAL
Location: WEST WETLANDS PARK-COLORADO STREET AND WATER STREET
City: YUMA
State: Arizona
Zip Code: 85369
THE MORMON BATTALION CONSISTED OF 500 VOLUNTEER SOLDIERS FROM AMONG THE MORMON PIONEERS. THEY WERE MUSTERED INTO THE UNITED STATES ARMY TO SERVE IN THE WAR WITH MEXICO.THE BATTALION … Read More
COLONEL ARCHIBALD YELL MEMORIAL
Location: WASHINGTON COUNTY COURTHOUSE-COLLEGE AVENUE AND CENTER STREET
City: FAYETTEVILLE
State: Arkansas
Zip Code: 72701
COLONEL OF ARKANSAS VOLUNTEERS IN WAR WITH MEXICO 1846-1847. KILLED IN ACTION AT BATTLE OF BUENA VISTA MEXICO, FEB 23, 1847.
COL. JOHN COFFEE HAYS MEMORIAL PLAQUE
AS A COLONEL OF 1ST REGIMENT, TEXAS MOUNTED VOLUNTEERS, MEXICAN WAR, HE FOUGHT UNDER TAYLOR AND SCOTT AT MONTEREY, VERACRUZ, PUEBLA AND MEXICO CITY.
FORT MOORE TROOP MEMORIAL
THIS MEMORIAL HONORS THE TROOPS WHO HELPED WIN THE WEST. THE UNITED STATES 1ST DRAGONS WHO FOUGHT AT SAN PASQUAL. THE NEW YORK VOLUNTEERS WHO CAME BY SEA. THE … Read More
BATTLE OF THE RIO SAN GABRIEL MEMORIAL
BATTLE OF RIO SAN GABRIEL BETWEEN AMERICAN FORCES LEAD BY CAPT. STOCKON U.S. NAVY AND BRIG. GEN. KEARNEY AND MEXICANS LEAD BY GEN. JOSE MARIA FLORES.THE BATTLE LASTED AN … Read More
SITE OF ORIGINAL FLAGSTAFF MEMORIAL PLAQUE
COMMODORE JOHN DRAKE SLOAT RAISED THE AMERICAN FLAG IN TAKING POSSESSION OF CALIFORNIA IN THE NAME OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
SLOAT’S LANDING MEMORIAL
ON THIS SPOT ON JULY 7, 1846 U.S. MARINES AND SAILORS LANDED AND RAISED THE AMERICAN FLAG AND SECURED 600,000 SQUARE MILES FOR THE UNITED STATES DURING THE WAR … Read More
BATTLE OF NATIVIDAD MEMORIAL PLAQUE
Location: SAN JUAN GRADE ROAD AND CRAZY HORSE CANYON ROAD
City: SALINAS
State: California
Zip Code: 93907
AMERICAN FORCES UNDER CAPTAIN CHARLES D. BURRASS AND BLUFORD K. THOMPSON CLASHED WITH COMANDANTE MANUEL DE JESUS CASTRO’S MEXICAN CALIFORNIANS IN THIS VICINITY ON NOVEMBER 16, 1846.
GENERAL GEORGE WRIGHT MEMORIAL PLAQUE
HIS GALLANTRY ON THE FIELD OF BATTLE EARNED HIM COMMENDATIONS.
BATTLE OF CHINO MEMORIAL
ON SEPTEMBER 26-27 1846 WAS FOUGHT THE FIRST IMPORTANT ENGAGEMENT IN CALIFORNIA OF THE WAR WITH MEXICO.
AN INCIDENT OF THE MEXICAN WAR MEMORIAL
THE AMERICAN FORCES WERE DRIVEN UPON A BUTTE IN THE DESERT, ON WHICH THERE WAS NO WATER AND WERE SURROUNDED BY THE MEXICAN FORCES. EDWARD F. BEALE AND KIT … Read More
BATTLE OF SAN PASQUAL MEMORIAL
THIS MEMORIAL HONORS THE AMERICAN SOLDIERS WHO UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF BRIG. GEN. STEPHEN W. KEARNY GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE BATTLE OF SAN PASQUAL BETWEEN THE AMERICANS AND … Read More
SAN PASQUAL BATTLEFIELD MEMORIAL
THE BATTLE OF SAN PASQUAL IS ONE OF THE SIGNIFICANT ACTIONS DURING THE MEXICAN WAR OF 1846-1848.
FORT STOCKTON MEMORIAL
DURING THE MEXICAN WAR THE FORT WAS TAKEN BY AMERICAN FORCES AND RE-NAMED FORT STOCKTON AND USED AS THEIR CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS.
MULE HILL MEMORIAL PLAQUE
DURING THE BATTLE OF SAN PASQUAL THE AMERICANS COUNTER-ATTACKED OCCUPYING A HILL UNTIL DECEMBER 11, 1846. WHEN THE MARCH RESUMED THE MEN WERE SHORT OF FOOD AND THEY ATE … Read More
SERVICES OF THE MORMON BATTALION SOLDIER MEMORIAL
THE BATTALION BLAZED THE FIRST WAGON TRAIL TO THE PACIFIC. LT. COL. COOKE SAID “HISTORY MAY BE SEARCHED IN VAIN FOR AN EQUAL MARCH OF INFANTRY”.
THE 500 VOLUNTEERS SOLDIERS OF THE MORMON BATTALION MEMORIAL PLAQUE
ERECTED IN HONOR OF THE 500 VOLUNTEER SOLDIERS OF THE MORMON BATTALION. THE BATTALION COMPLETED THE LONGEST MARCH OF ANY U.S. INFANTRY UNIT IN HISTORY.
COMMANDER JOHN B. MONTGOMERY’S LANDING SITE MEMORIAL PLAQUE
ON JULY 9, 1846 COMMANDER MONTGOMERY LANDED NEAR THIS SPOT FROM THE U.S. SLOOP-OF-WAR “PORTSMOUTH” TO RAISE THE STARS AND STRIPES DURING THE WAR WITH MEXICO.
LT. COL. JOHN C. FREMONT MEMORIAL
LT. COL. JOHN C. FREMONT AND HIS 430 AMERICAN VOLUNTEERS CAMPED ON THIS HILL DECEMBER 10-11 1846 AND TOOK MISSION SAN MIGUEL.
BRIGADIER GENERAL HENRY MORRIS NAGLEE MEMORIAL
Location: ST. JAMES PARK-EAST SAINT JOHN STREET AND NORTH 3RD STREET
City: SAN JOSE
State: California
Zip Code: 95113
BRIGADIER GENERAL UNITED STATES VOLUNTEERS, LIEUTENANT COLONEL UNITED STATES ARMY. THIS MEMORIAL COMMEMORATES HIS SERVICE TO THE COUNTRY IN THE MEXICAN AND CIVIL WAR.
JUZGADO MEMORIAL MARKER
ON THIS SITE STOOD THE JUZGADO, OR TOWN HALL WHERE CAPTAIN THOMAS FALLON TOOK POSSESSION OF THE TOWN DURING THE MEXICAN WAR. HE SIGNALED VICTORY ON JULY 14, 1846 … Read More
ARMISTICE OAK TREE MEMORIAL MARKER
HERE ON JANUARY 8, 1847 THE BATTLE OF SANTA CLARA ENDED. THIS ARMISTICE ENDED THE LAST UPRISING AGAINST THE TIDE OF AMERICAN CONQUEST IN THE SANTA CLARA VALLEY.
BATTLE OF SANTA CLARA MEMORIAL
ON JANUARY 2, 1847 SOMEWHERE HERE ABOUT WAS FOUGHT THE LAST NORTHERN BATTLE OF THE MEXICAN WAR.
SANTA CLARA CAMPAIGN TREATY MEMORIAL PLAQUE
Location: CIVIC CENTER PARK-EL CAMINO REAL AND LINCOLN STREET
City: SANTA CLARA
State: California
Zip Code: 95050
MARINE CAPT. WARD MARSTON, COMMANDER OF THE UNITED STATES EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, AGREED TO A TREATY HERE ON JANUARY 7, 1847. UNITED STATES FORCES WERE TO RECOGNIZE THE RIGHTS OF … Read More
THE BATTLE OF SANTA CLARA MEMORIAL
THE BATTLE OF SANTA CLARA WAS THE ONLY CAMPAIGN FOUGHT IN THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA DURING THE WAR WITH MEXICO. SEE ALSO-THE BATTLE OF SANTA CLARA MEMORIAL PLAQUE
MAJOR GENERAL JOHN C,. FREMONT MEMORIAL
IN COMMEMORATION OF MAJOR GENERAL JOHN C. FREMONT, U.S. ARMY AND HIS EXPEDITION, ENCAMPED IN THE SUTTER BUTTES DURING THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR.
REAR ADMIRAL SAMUEL FRANCIS DU PONT MEMORIAL
REAR ADMIRAL SAMUEL FRANCIS DU PONT UNITED STATES NAVY STATUE WAS ERECTED BY THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES IN RECOGNITION OF HIS DISTINGUISHED SERVICE IN THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR … Read More
REAR ADMIRAL SAMUEL FRANCIS DU PONT MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN
Location: 19TH STREET AND MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE NW
City: WASHINGTON
State: District of Columbia
Zip Code: 20036
THIS MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN IS IN RECOGNITION OF REAR ADMIRAL SAMUEL FRANCIS DU PONT’S DISTINGUISHED SERVICE IN THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR AND THE CIVIL WAR.
BIRTHPLACE OF JOHN C. FREMONT MEMORIAL MARKER
ONE OF TWO NATIVE GEORGIANS WHO SERVED AS GENERALS IN THE U.S. ARMY DURING THE CIVIL WAR. FREMONT WAS KNOWN AS THE “PATHFINDER” AND ALSO SERVED DURING THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN … Read More
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