NATIONAL MEMORIAL ARCH
Location: VALLEY FORGE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK-1400 NORTH OUTER LINE DRIVE
City: KING OF PRUSSIA
State: Pennsylvania
Zip Code: 19406
THE ARCH IS DEDICATED “TO THE OFFICERS AND PRIVATE SOLDIERS OF THE CONTINENTAL ARMY DECEMBER 19,1777-JUNE 19, 1778”.
WASHINGTON GRAYS MEMORIAL
Location: UNION LEAGUE CLUB-140 S. BROAD STREET
City: PHILADELPHIA
State: Pennsylvania
Zip Code: 19102
A VOLUNTEER FORMATION CALLED “WASHINGTON GRAYS” WAS THE FIRST PHILADELPHIA REGIMENT SENT OUT OF THE CITY DURING THE CIVIL WAR. SEE ALSO-WASHINGTON GRAYS MEMORIAL PLAQUES A, B, C, & … Read More
PHILADELPHIA CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS AND SAILORS MONUMENT (SAILORS)
Location: FRANKLIN PARKWAY-LOGAN SQUARE AND 19TH STREET
City: PHILADELPHIA
State: Pennsylvania
Zip Code: 19103
ONE OF TWO MONUMENTS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE FRANKLIN PARKWAY. ONE HONORING UNION SOLDIERS THE OTHER HONORING UNION SAILORS. SEE ALSO-PHILADELPHIA CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS AND SAILORS MEMORIAL PLAQUE
PHILADELPHIA CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS AND SAILORS MONUMENT (SOLDIERS)
Location: FRANKLIN PARKWAY-LOGAN SQUARE AND 19TH STREET
City: PHILADELPHIA
State: Pennsylvania
Zip Code: 19103
ONE OF TWO MONUMENTS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE FRANKLIN PARKWAY. ONE HONORING UNION SOLDIERS THE OTHER HONORING UNION SAILORS. SEE ALSO-PHILADELPHIA CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS AND SAILORS MEMORIAL PLAQUE
THE BATTLE OF COWPENS MEMORIAL
Location: COWPENS NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD-4001 CHESNEE HIGHWAY
City: GAFFNEY
State: South Carolina
Zip Code: 29341
THE ONLY DOUBLE ENVELOPMENT IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. THIS MEMORIAL COMMEMORATES THE PLACE WHERE DANIEL MORGAN AND HIS ARMY TURNED THE FLANKS OF THE BRITISH ARMY.
THE MEMORIAL OBELISK
Location: MINUTEMAN NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK-174 LIBERTY STREET
City: CONCORD
State: Massachusetts
Zip Code: 1742
A MEMORIAL TO THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
THE CONCORD MINUTEMAN MEMORIAL
Location: MINUTEMAN NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK-174 LIBERTY STREET
City: CONCORD
State: Massachusetts
Zip Code: 1742
THIS STATUE COMMONLY CALLED “THE CONCORD MINUTEMAN” IS OFTEN CONFUSED WITH NEARBY “THE LEXINGTON MINUTEMAN.” BY THE RUDE BRIDGE THAT ARCHED THE FLOOD, THEIR FLAG TO APRIL’S BREEZE UNFURLED, … Read More
THE LEXINGTON MINUTEMAN MEMORIAL
THIS STATUE REPRESENTING CAPTAIN JOHN PARKER IS OFTEN CONFUSED WITH “THE MINUTEMAN” STATUE IN CONCORD.
THE MICHIGAN SOLDIERS’ AND SAILORS’ MONUMENT
THIS MONUMENT COMMEMORATES MICHIGAN’S SAILORS AND SOLDIERS KILLED DURING THE CIVIL WAR.
ETHAN ALLEN MEMORIAL
ETHAN ALLEN WAS THE COLONEL COMMANDANT OF THE FAMOUS GREEN MOUNTAIN BOYS DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
JOHN PAUL JONES MEMORIAL
Location: NATIONAL MALL AT 17TH STREET SW
City: WASHINGTON
State: District of Columbia
Zip Code: 20006
JOHN PAUL JONES IS THE FATHER OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY, THE ONLY NAVEL OFFICER TO RECEIVE A CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. HE WAS ALSO FAMOUS … Read More
GENERAL GEORGE GORDON MEADE MEMORIAL
Location: E. BARRETT PRETTYMAN FEDERAL COUTHOUSE-333 CONSTITUTION AVE NW
City: WASHINGTON
State: District of Columbia
Zip Code: 20001
THIS MEMORIAL IS A TRIBUTE TO GENERAL GEORGE GORDON MEADE WHO COMMANDED THE UNION FORCES AT GETTYSBURG.
FATHER CAPODANNO MEMORIAL
Location: CORNER OF SAND LANE AND FATHER CAPODANNO BOULEVARD
City: STATEN ISLAND
State: New York
Zip Code: 10305
VINCENT ROBERT CAPODANNO WAS A UNITED STATES NAVY ROMAN CATHOLIC CHAPLAIN (NICKNAMED “THE GRUNT PADRE”) AND A POSTHUMOUS RECIPIENT OF THE MEDAL OF HONOR FOR ACTIONS DURING THE VIETNAM … Read More
GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC MEMORIAL HALL
THE MEMORIAL HALL IS A MEMORIAL TO UNION CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS.
GEORGE ROGERS CLARK MONUMENT
Location: GEORGE ROGERS CLARK NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK
City: VINCENNES
State: Indiana
Zip Code: 47591
CELEBRATES LIEUTENANT COLONEL GEORGE ROGERS CLARK’S CAPTURE OF FORT SACKVILLE FROM THE BRITISH. THIS REMAINS ONE OF THE GREAT VICTORIES AND FEATS OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
BUNKER HILL MONUMENT
COMMEMORATES THE BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL, JUNE 17, 1775. SEE ALSO-BUNKER HILL MONUMENT PLAQUE
PRINCETON BATTLE MONUMENT
Location: PRINCETON'S BOROUGH HALL-ONE MONUMENT DRIVE
City: PRINCETON
State: New Jersey
Zip Code: 8542
THE MONUMENT COMMEMORATES THE JANUARY 3, 1777 BATTLE OF PRINCETON AND DEPICTS GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON LEADING HIS TROOPS TO VICTORY.
LINCOLN’S TOMB AND WAR MEMORIAL
BURIAL TOMB FOR PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND HIS WIFE MARY TODD LINCOLN.
GENERAL NATHANAEL GREENE MEMORIAL
Location: GUILFORD COURTHOUSE NATIONAL MILITARY PARK-2332 NEW GARDEN ROAD
City: GUILFORD
State: North Carolina
Zip Code: 27410
AT THE END OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR THE BRITISH FORCES CONTROLLED A COUPLE OF SOUTHERN COASTAL CITIES WHILE GENERAL GREENE CONTROLLED THE REST OF THE SOUTH.
THE WOMEN IN MILITARY SERVICE FOR AMERICA MEMORIAL
HONORS ALL WOMEN WHO HAVE SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES. IT IS THE ONLY MAJOR NATIONAL MEMORIAL HONORING WOMEN WHO HAVE SERVED IN OUR NATION’S DEFENSE DURING … Read More
CIVIL WAR UNKNOWNS MONUMENT
Location: ON THE GROUNDS OF ARLINGTON HOUSE-ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
City: ARLINGTON
State: Virginia
Zip Code: 22211
A BURIAL VAULT AND MEMORIAL HONORING UNIDENTIFIED DEAD FROM THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR.
THE BIVOUAC OF THE DEAD MEMORIAL PLAQUE
Location: GOLDEN GATE NATIONAL CEMETERY-1300 SNEATH LANE
City: SAN BRUNO
State: California
Zip Code: 94006
THIS IS A POEM WRITTEN BY THEODORE H’HARA TO HONOR THIS FELLOW SOLDIERS FROM KENTUCKY WHO DIED IN THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR.
COMPANY B, 192ND TANK BATTALION MEMORIAL PLAQUE
Location: VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK-FIRST AND OAK STREETS
City: MAYWOOD
State: Illinois
Zip Code: 60153
THIS PLAQUE COMMEMORATES THE MEN FROM COMPANY B, 192ND TANK BATTALION WHO FOUGHT AT BATAAN.
LIBERTY MEMORIAL
A MEMORIAL TO THE SOLDIERS WHO DIED IN WORLD WAR I. SEE ALSO-LIBERTY MEMORIAL DEDICATION STONES A, B, & C SEE ALSO-LIBERTY MEMORIAL DEDICATION PLAQUE SEE ALSO-LIBERTY MEMORIAL PERSHING … Read More
GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC MEMORIAL
Location: PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE NW AND 7TH STREET
City: WASHINGTON
State: District of Columbia
Zip Code: 20004
THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC WAS A VETERANS ORGANIZATION OF UNION SOLDIERS AND SAILORS. ONE INSCRIPTION READS “WHO KNEW NO GLORY BUT HIS COUNTRY’S GOOD”.
AKRON DOUGHBOY MEMORIAL
THIS STATUE IS KNOWN AS “THE SPIRIT OF THE AMERICAN DOUGHBOY”, DESIGNED TO HONOR THE VETERANS AND CASUALTIES OF WORLD WAR I. MASS PRODUCED DURING THE 1920S AND 1930S … Read More
FORT SMITH DOUGHBOY MEMORIAL
THIS STATUE IS KNOWN AS “THE SPIRIT OF THE AMERICAN DOUGHBOY”, DESIGNED TO HONOR THE VETERANS AND CASUALTIES OF WORLD WAR I. MASS PRODUCED DURING THE 1920S AND 1930S … Read More
CEDAR RAPIDS VETERANS MEMORIAL BUILDING
BUILT IN HONOR AND MEMORY OF OUR WORLD WAR I SOLDIERS.
JACKSONVILLE VETERANS MEMORIAL WALL
THIS MONUMENT CONTAINS THE NAMES OF SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN FROM JACKSONVILLE FROM WORLD WAR I THROUGH OPERATION DESERT STORM
CUYAHOGA COUNTY SOLDIERS’ AND SAILORS’ MONUMENT
THIS MONUMENT DEDICATED JULY 4, 1894, HONORS CUYAHOGA COUNTY MEN AND WOMEN, WHO PERFORMED MILITARY AND PATRIOTIC DUTIES DURING THE CIVIL WAR (1861-1865)
OREGON KOREAN WAR MEMORIAL
THIS MEMORIAL HONORS THE OREGON SOLDIERS AND THE KOREAN PEOPLE FROM THE KOREAN WAR. THE WALL INCLUDES THE NAMES OF THOSE OREGONIANS WHO DIED OR WERE LISTED AS MISSING … Read More
ULYSSES S. GRANT MEMORIAL
Location: UNION SQUARE-1ST STREET BETWEEN PENNSYLVANIA AVE AND MARYLAND AVE
City: WASHINGTON
State: District of Columbia
Zip Code: 20005
THIS MEMORIAL IS THE SECOND LARGEST EQUESTRIAN STATUE IN THE UNITED STATES.
WINFIELD SCOTT MEMORIAL
Location: SCOTT CIRCLE AT 16TH STREET AND MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND AVENUES
City: WASHINGTON
State: District of Columbia
Zip Code: 20005
WINFIELD SCOTT, GENERAL-IN-CHIEF U.S. ARMY.
PORT CHICAGO MEMORIAL
THIS MEMORIAL HONORS THE 320 SAILORS AND CIVILIANS WHO WERE KILLED AT PORT CHICAGO WHEN THE SHIPS THEY WERE LOADING WITH AMMUNITION AND BOMBS EXPLODED. THIS RESULTED IN THE … Read More
THE BATTLE OF PALO ALTO MEMORIAL
THE BATTLE OF PALO ALTO WAS THE FIRST MAJOR BATTLE OF THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR AND WAS FOUGHT ON MAY 8, 1846.
MEMPHIS VETERANS PLAZA
VETERANS PLAZA CONTAINS MEMORIALS TO WORLD WAR I, WORLD WAR II, KOREAN WAR, VIETNAM WAR AND DESERT STORM. IT HONORS VETERANS OF MEMPHIS AND SHELBY COUNTY WHO WERE KILLED … Read More
ST. LOUIS SOLDIERS MEMORIAL BUILDING
DEDICATED TO THE SOLDIERS WHO FOUGHT IN WORLD WAR I.
ST. LOUIS SOLDIERS MEMORIAL
ST. LOUIS SOLDIERS MEMORIAL IS A MEMORIAL AND MILITARY MUSEUM. FOUR SCULPTURAL GROUPS REPRESENTING FIGURES OF LOYALTY, VISION, COURAGE AND SACRIFICE. THIS FIGURE IS “SACRIFICE”.
THE TRIBUTE MEMORIAL WALL
Location: THE MARINES MEMORIAL-609 SUTTER STREET
City: SAN FRANCISCO
State: California
Zip Code: 94102
A MEMORIAL TO AMERICAN SOLDIERS KILLED IN THE IRAQ WAR AND THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN.
TEXAS MEDAL OF HONOR MEMORIAL
Location: COMMEMORATIVE AIR FORCE INTERNATIONAL HEADQUARTERS-9600 WRIGHT DRIVE
City: MIDLAND
State: Texas
Zip Code: 79706
THE MEMORIAL DEPICTS MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT GEORGE H. O’BRIEN JR. FOR ACTIONS DURING THE KOREAN WAR. For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above … Read More
BLACKFORD COUNTY WORLD WAR I MEMORIAL
Location: BLACKFORD COUNTY COURTHOUSE-503 E. VAN CLEVE STREET
City: HARTFORD CITY
State: Indiana
Zip Code: 47348
THIS STATUE IS KNOWN AS “THE SPIRIT OF THE AMERICAN DOUGHBOY”, DESIGNED TO HONOR THE VETERANS AND CASUALTIES OF WORLD WAR I.MASS PRODUCED IN THE 1920’S AND 1930’S FOR … Read More
NATIONAL JAPANESE AMERICAN MEMORIAL
Location: LOUISIANA AVENUE AND D STREET NW
City: WASHINGTON
State: District of Columbia
Zip Code: 20001
THE MEMORIAL CONSIST OF TWO JAPANESE CRANES CAUGHT IN BARBED WIRE. THIS COMMEMORATES JAPANESE AMERICAN HEROISM AND PATRIOTISM AS WELL AS THOSE HELD IN INTERNMENT CAMPS.
ADRIAN CIVIL WAR MEMORIAL
THIS MEMORIAL COMMEMORATES SOLDIERS FROM ADRIAN WHO DIED IN THE CIVIL WAR 1861-1865. SEE ALSO-ADRIAN CIVIL WAR MEMORIAL PLAQUES A THROUGH I
AFRICAN AMERICAN CIVIL WAR MEMORIAL PLAQUE
Location: VERMONT AVENUE AND 10TH STREET NW
City: WASHINGTON
State: District of Columbia
Zip Code: 20011
SEE ALSO-AFRICAN AMERICAN CIVIL WAR MEMORIAL.
AFRICAN AMERICAN CIVIL WAR MEMORIAL
Location: VERMONT AVENUE AND 10TH STREET NW
City: WASHINGTON
State: District of Columbia
Zip Code: 20011
THIS MEMORIAL AND IT’S PLAQUE SYMBOLIZES “THE SPIRIT OF FREEDOM”.
DEKALB COUNTY CIVIL WAR MEMORIAL CLOSE-UP
THIS IS A MEMORIAL TO THE THOUSANDS OF DEKALB COUNTY RESIDENTS WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.
TOWN OF WEBSTER CIVIL WAR MEMORIAL
THIS MEMORIAL CONSIST OF FOUR CORNERS OCCUPIED BY AN INFANTRYMAN, ARTILLERYMAN, CAVALRYMAN AND A SAILOR. SEE ALSO-TOWN OF WEBSTER CIVIL WAR MEMORIAL PLAQUES A, B, C, & D
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