Memorials
IN MEMORY OF AUGUST CANFIELD LEDYARD MEMORIAL FLAG POLE
SEE ALSO-IN MEMORY OF AUGUST CANFIELD LEDYARD FLAG POLE MEMORIAL PLAQUE.
IN MEMORY OF AUGUST CANFIELD LEDYARD MEMORIAL FLAG POLE PLAQUE
IN MEMORY OF AUGUST CANFIELD LEDYARD OF THE CLASS OF MDCCCXCVIII FIRST LIEUTENANT U.S. ARMY. BORN FEBRUARY XVIIMDCCCLXXVII KILLED IN ACTION ON ISLAND OF NEGORS PHILIPPINE ISLANDS DECEMBER VII … Read More
SPANISH FLAGSHIP MEMORIAL CANNON
Location: FORT GRISWOLD STATE BATTLEFIELD PARK-MONUMENT STREET
City: GROTON
State: Connecticut
Zip Code: 6340
THIS GUN WAS TAKEN FROM THE WRECK OF ADMIRAL CERVERA’S FLAGSHIP “MARIA THERESA” WHICH FIRED THE FIRST SHOT JULY 3, 1898 AS SHE STEAMED FROM SANTIAGO HARBOR.
4-IN 40 CALIBER RIFLES MEMORIAL CANNONS
Location: WASHINGTON NAVY YARD-ISAAC HULL AVENUE SE
City: WASHINGTON
State: District of Columbia
Zip Code: 20374
THESE TWO GUNS ARE ORIGINALLY KNOWN AS BREECH-LOADING RIFLES. GUN ON THE EAST SIDE, REGISTRY 21, MOUNTED ON USS PURITAN (MONITOR #1, BM-1 1896-1922) ONE OF THE LAST OF … Read More
THE HONTORIA 140MM GUN MEMORIAL
Location: NAVAL SUPPORT FACILITY-FIFTH STERLING AVENUE-ACCESS MAY BE RESTRICTED
City: WASHINGTON
State: District of Columbia
Zip Code: 20032
THIS HONTORIA 140MM (5.9IN) NAVAL GUN WAS TAKEN FROM THE SPANISH CRUISER “ALMIRANTE QUENDO” FOLLOWING HER CAPTURE AT THE BATTLE OF SANTIAGO DE CUBA ON 3 JULY 1898 DURING … Read More
FIVE-INCH BRASS TROPHY GUNS MEMORIAL
Location: WEST EXECUTIVE AVENUE AND PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE
City: WASHINGTON
State: District of Columbia
Zip Code: 20005
SEE ALSO-FIVE-INCH BRASS TROPHY GUNS MEMORIAL PLAQUE
FIVE-INCH BRASS TROPHY GUNS MEMORIAL PLAQUE
Location: WEST EXECUTIVE AVENUE AND PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE
City: WASHINGTON
State: District of Columbia
Zip Code: 20005
SEE ALSO-FIVE-INCH BRASS TROPHY GUNS MEMORIAL
CUBA FRIENDSHIP URN MEMORIAL
THE MEMORY OF THE “MAINE WILL LAST FOREVER THROUGH THE CENTURIES AS WILL THE BONDS OF FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN THE HOMELAND OF CUBA AND THE HOMELAND OF THE UNITED STATES … Read More
MAJOR WALTER REED MEMORIAL
Location: WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER-MAIN DRIVE NW AND 14TH STREET NW-ACCESS MAY BE RESTRICTED
City: WASHINGTON
State: District of Columbia
Zip Code: 20307
MAJOR WALTER REED, M.D. WAS A U.S. ARMY PHYSICIAN WHO IN 1901 LED THE TEAM THAT POSTULATED AND CONFIRMED THE THEORY THAT YELLOW FEVER IS TRANSMITTED BY A PARTICULAR … Read More
CAMP SITE OF THE FORTY-NINTH REGIMENT IOWA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY MEMORIAL PLAQUE
THIS TABLET MARKS THE CAMPSITE OF THE FORTY-NINTH REGIMENT IOWA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY. COLONEL WILLIAM G. DOWS COMMANDING 1898-1899 WAR WITH SPAIN.
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY ROUGH RIDERS MEMORIAL
1ST U.S. VOLUNTEER CAVALRY REGIMENT (ROUGH RIDERS). “YOU TRIUMPHED OVER OBSTACLES WHICH WOULD HAVE OVERCOME MEN LESS BRAVE AND DETERMINED”. PRESIDENT MCKINLEY
ROUGH RIDERS ENCAMPMENT MEMORIAL MARKER
AT THE OUTBREAK OF THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR, THIS AREA WAS THE CAMP SITE OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT’S ROUGH RIDERS, THE MOST UNUSUAL REGIMENT IN THE HISTORY OF THE U.S. ARMY. … Read More
TAMPA’S 203MM SPANISH AMERICAN WAR GUN MEMORIAL
PRESENTED TO TAMPA AS A MEMORIAL TO THOSE WHO SERVED IN THE WAR WITH SPAIN.
BEN HILL COUNTY SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR VETERANS MEMORIAL
DEDICATED TO THE VETERANS OF 1898-1902. “YOU TRIUMPHED OVER OBSTACLES WHICH WOULD HAVE OVERCOME MEN LESS BRAVE AND DETERMINED”. PRESIDENT MCKINLEY THE IMAGE OF THE SOLDIER IS CALLED THE … Read More
SAVANNAH’S SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR MEMORIAL
Location: FORSYTH PARK-BULL STREET AND WEST PARK AVENUE
City: SAVANNAH
State: Georgia
Zip Code: 31401
TO THOSE GEORGIANS WHO VOLUNTEERED AND SERVED THEIR COUNTRY IN THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR. THE STATUE IS CALLED THE HIKER. THERE ARE TWO STYLES BOTH INSTALLED IN NUMEROUS LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT … Read More
GLYNN COUNTY SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR VETERANS MEMORIAL
“YOU TRIUMPHED OVER OBSTACLES WHICH WOULD HAVE OVERCOME MEN LESS BRAVE AND DETERMINED”. PRESIDENT MCKINLEY IMAGE OF SOLDIER IS CALLED THE HIKER. VETERANS OF THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR CALLED THEMSELVES … Read More
MUSCOGEE COUNTY SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR VETERANS MEMORIAL
“YOU TRIUMPHED OVER OBSTACLES WHICH WOULD HAVE OVERCOME MEN LESS BRAVE AND DETERMINED”. PRESIDENT MCKINLEY IMAGE OF SOLDIER IS CALLED THE HIKER. VETERANS OF THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR CALLED THEMSELVES … Read More
HALL COUNTY SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR VETERANS MEMORIAL
“YOU TRIUMPHED OVER OBSTACLES WHICH WOULD HAVE OVERCOME MEN LESS BRAVE AND DETERMINED”. PRESIDENT MCKINLEY IMAGE OF SOLDIER IS CALLED THE HIKER. VETERANS OF THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR CALLED THEMSELVES … Read More
RICHMOND COUNTY SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR VETERANS MEMORIAL
IMAGE OF SOLDIER IS CALLED THE HIKER. VETERANS OF THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR CALLED THEMSELVES HIKERS, IN THE SAME WAY THE WORLD WAR I VETS WERE CALLED DOUGHBOYS AND WORLD … Read More
AMERICAN LEGION POST 75 WAR MEMORIAL CANNON PLAQUE
DURING WORLD WAR II EVERYONE WAS ASKED TO CONTRIBUTE METAL TO HELP THE WAR EFFORT. MANY RELIC CANNON WERE GIVEN TO ASSIST THIS EFFORT. THE ORIGINAL CANNON DONATED BY … Read More
AMERICAN LEGION POST 75 WAR MEMORIAL CANNON
DURING WORLD WAR II EVERYONE WAS ASKED TO CONTRIBUTE METAL TO HELP THE WAR EFFORT. MANY RELIC CANNON WERE GIVEN TO ASSIST THIS EFFORT. THE ORIGINAL CANNON DONATED BY … Read More
DECATUR COUNTY SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR VETERANS MEMORIAL
Location: EAST MAIN STREET AND NORTH FRANKLIN STREET
City: GREENSBURG
State: Indiana
Zip Code: 47240
TO THE MEMORY OF ALL SPANISH AMERICAN WAR VETERANS LIVING AND DEAD.
FLOYD COUNTY HONOR ROLL AND VETERANS MEMORIAL
Location: FLOYD COUNTY VETERANS PLAZA-EAST MARKET STREET AND EAST 10TH STEET
City: NEW ALBANY
State: Indiana
Zip Code: 47150
IN HONOR OF FLOYD COUNTY MEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR OUR COUNTRY. HONOR TO OUR CIVIL WAR VETERANS. HONOR TO OUR SPANISH AMERICAN WAR VETERANS. HONOR TO OUR … Read More
NEW ALBANY NATIONAL CEMETERY MEMORIAL PLAQUE
THIS NATIONAL CEMETERY IS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL 7 ESTABLISHED IN 1862 BY CONGRESS. THERE ARE OVER 5,000 INTERNMENTS FROM 7 CONFLICTS, CIVIL WAR, WORLD WAR I, WORLD WAR … Read More
LT. GENERAL WALTER KRUEGER MEMORIAL
Location: JEFFERSON COUNTY COURTHOUSE-EAST MAIN STREET AND JEFFERSON STREET
City: MADISON
State: Indiana
Zip Code: 47250
HE ROSE FROM A PRIVATE DURING THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR TO LT. GENERAL COMMANDING THE 6TH CORPS OF THE ARMY IN WORLD WAR II. GEN. DOUGLAS MACARTHUR SAID, “HE WAS … Read More
JOHNSON COUNTY SPANISH AMERICAN WAR HONOR ROLL MEMORIAL
Location: JOHNSON COUNTY COURTHOUSE-JEFFERSON STREET AND NORTH MAIN STREET
City: FRANKLIN
State: Indiana
Zip Code: 46131
IN HONOR AND MEMORY OF THE VOLUNTEERS OF 1898. SEE ALSO-JOHNSON COUNTY SPANISH AMERICAN WAR HONOR ROLL MEMORIAL PLAQUE
KNOX COUNTY GOLD STAR HONOR ROLL MEMORIAL
Location: KNOX COUNTY COURTHOUSE-NORTH 7TH STREET AND BROADWAY STREET
City: VINCENNES
State: Indiana
Zip Code: 47591
THE CITIZENS OF KNOX COUNTY HAVE BEEN SUMMONED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS TO ANSWER THEIR COUNTRY’S NEED TO FILL THE RANKS OF ITS ARMED SERVICES IN CONFLICTS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. … Read More
FORT MORGAN MEMORIAL
DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THE SOLDIERS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE DEFENSE OF OUR COUNTRY HERE AT FORT MORGAN.
BRIGADIER GENERAL JOHN CAMPBELL GREENWAY MEMORIAL
BRIGADIER GENERAL JOHN CAMPBELL GREENWAY ARMY RESERVE, ROUGH RIDER DURING THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR.
CARROLL COUNTY SPANISH-AMERICAN AND WORLD WAR VETERANS MEMORIAL
IN MEMORY OF OUR DECEASED WORLD WAR VETERANS WESTERN DISTRICT OF CARROLL COUNTY AND IN MEMORIAM UNITED SPANISH WAR VETERANS 1898. SEE ALSO-CARROLL COUNTY SPANISH-AMERICAN AND WORLD WAR VETERANS … Read More
JOS. H. MCCOURT AND BRUNO L. PUTZKER MEMORIAL PLAQUE
Location: BERKELEY'S VETERANS MEMORIAL HALL-1931 CENTER STREET
City: BERKELEY
State: California
Zip Code: 94704
IN MEMORIAM JOS. H. MCCOURT 1877-1900, CO F, 8TH CAL INF U.S.V.-CO I, 35TH INF USV. IN MEMORIAM BRUNO L. PUTZKER BTRY K, 3RD U.S. ARMY. BERKELEY MEN KILLED … Read More
J. HOLLAND LAIDLER MEMORIAL
J. HOLLAND LAIDLER AT THE OUTBREAK OF THE WAR WITH SPAIN HE JOINED THE HOSPITAL CORPS UNITED STATES ARMY, AND WAS KILLED IN ACTION DURING THE PHILIPPINE INSURRECTION, APRIL … Read More
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.
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