Memorials
BALTIMORE’S UNION SOLDIERS AND SAILORS MONUMENT
THE GROUP OF FIGURES SHOWS BELLONA AND THE PERSONIFICATION OF VICTORY TOGETHER WITH A CITIZEN-SOLDIER.
GENERAL WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN MEMORIAL
GENERAL SHERMAN LEAD HIS TROOPS TO THE CAPTURE OF THE CITY OF ATLANTA, A MILITARY SUCCESS THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THE RE-ELECTION OF PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN. SHERMAN’S SUBSEQUENT MARCH THROUGH … Read More
GENERAL PHILIP SHERIDAN MEMORIAL
Location: SHERIDAN CIRCLE-MASSACHUSETTS AVE AND 23RD STREET NW
City: WASHINGTON
State: District of Columbia
Zip Code: 20008
GENERAL SHERIDAN LEAD THE CAVALRY CORPS OF THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC. IN 1864 HE DEFEATED CONFEDERATE FORCES IN THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY.
THE BENNINGTON BATTLE MONUMENT
THE MONUMENT COMMEMORATES THE BATTLE OF BENNINGTON DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
BRIGADIER GENERAL JOHN STARK EQUESTRIAN MEMORIAL
BRIGADIER GENERAL JOHN STARK DEFEATED THE BRITISH ARMY AT THE BATTLE OF BENNINGTON. HE WAS FAMOUS FOR SAYING “LIVE FREE OR DIE”.
BRIGADIER GENERAL JOHN STARK MEMORIAL
BRIGADIER GENERAL JOHN STARK DEFEATED THE BRITISH ARMY AT THE BATTLE OF BENNINGTON. HE WAS FAMOUS FOR SAYING “LIVE FREE OR DIE”.
WELD COUNTY VETERANS MEMORIAL
Location: WELD COUNTY VETERANS MEMORIAL BITTERSWEET PARK-16TH STREET AND 35TH AVENUE
City: GREELEY
State: Colorado
Zip Code: 80634
DEDICATED TO THE MEN AND WOMEN OF WELD COUNTY WHO HAVE SERVED OUR COUNTRY IN TIMES OF PEACE AND WAR ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES.
PVT. JOE P. MARTINEZ MEMORIAL
Location: WELD COUNTY VETERANS MEMORIAL BITTERSWEET PARK-16TH STREET AND 35TH AVENUE
City: GREELEY
State: Colorado
Zip Code: 80634
PVT. JOE P. MARTINEZ OF AULT, COLORADO WAS THE FIRST WELD COUNTY RESIDENT TO BE AWARDED THE MEDAL OF HONOR FOR HIS ACTIONS IN WORLD WAR II.
LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY’S MEMORIAL TOWNER
IT STANDS AS A MEMORIAL TO LOUISIANANS WHO DIED IN WORLD WAR I.
INDIANAPOLIS SOLDIERS’ AND SAILORS’ MONUMENT
THE MONUMENT WAS ERECTED TO HONOR HOOSIERS WHO WERE VETERANS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR THROUGH THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR. SEE ALSO-INDIANAPOLIS SOLDIERS’ AND SAILORS’ MONUMENT FRONT, LEFT SIDE AND … Read More
SOLDIERS CHAPEL STAINED GLASS MEMORIAL
THIS IS A MEMORIAL TO THE 163RD INFANTRY REGIMENT OF WORLD WAR II. THE WORDS ON THE GLASS SAY “TO THE GLORY OF GOD”. SOLDIERS CHAPEL IS A NON-DENOMINATIONAL … Read More
U.S. ARMY MEMORIAL ON LAST STAND HILL
THIS MEMORIAL SERVES AS A TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO FOUGHT AT THE BATTLE OF LITTLE BIGHORN.
NUNS OF THE BATTLEFIELD MEMORIAL
Location: RHODE ISLAND AVENUE NW AND CONNECTICUT AVENUE NW
City: WASHINGTON
State: District of Columbia
Zip Code: 20036
THIS MEMORIAL SERVES AS A TRIBUTE TO THE OVER SIX HUNDRED NUNS WHO NURSED SOLDIERS OF BOTH ARMIES DURING THE CIVIL WAR.
GENERAL JOHN A. RAWLINS MEMORIAL
Location: RAWLINS PARK-E STREET AND 18TH STEET NW
City: WASHINGTON
State: District of Columbia
Zip Code: 20006
GENERAL JOHN AARON RAWLINS WAS A UNITED STATES ARMY GENERAL DURING THE CIVIL WAR, A CONFIDANT OF ULYSSES S. GRANT AND LATER U.S. SECRETARY OF WAR.
GENERAL WINFIELD SCOTT HANCOCK MEMORIAL
Location: PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE NW AND 7TH STREET NW
City: WASHINGTON
State: District of Columbia
Zip Code: 20004
GENERAL WINFIELD SCOTT HANCOCK WAS NOTED FOR HIS PERSONAL LEADERSHIP AT THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG IN 1863.
MAJOR GENERAL GEORGE HENRY THOMAS MEMORIAL
Location: THOMAS CIRCLE-14TH STREET AND MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE
City: WASHINGTON
State: District of Columbia
Zip Code: 20005
MAJOR GENERAL GEORGE HENRY THOMAS WAS ONE OF THE PRINCIPAL COMMANDERS IN THE WESTERN THEATER DURING THE CIVIL WAR.
ADMIRAL DAVID G. FARRAGUT MEMORIAL
ADMIRAL DAVID GLASGOW FARRAGUT WAS A FLAG OFFICER OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY DURING THE CIVIL WAR. HE WAS THE FIRST REAR ADMIRAL, VICE ADMIRAL AND ADMIRAL IN THE … Read More
MAJOR GENERAL JAMES B. MCPHERSON MEMORIAL
THIS MEMORIAL SHOWS GENERAL MCPHERSON SITTING UPON A HORSE, TURNED SLIGHTLY TO THE RIGHT AS IF SURVEYING A BATTLEFIELD.
THE PEACE MONUMENT
Location: PEACE CIRCLE-FIRST STREET NW AND PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE
City: WASHINGTON
State: District of Columbia
Zip Code: 20004
ALSO KNOWN AS THE NAVAL MONUMENT OR CIVIL WAR SAILORS MONUMENT.
ELKS NATIONAL VETERANS MONUMENT
THE STRUCTURE WAS PLANNED BY THE BENEVOLENT AND PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS WHO WISHED TO HONOR MEMBERS OF THEIR ORDER WHO HAD SERVED IN WORLD WAR I. THE BUILDING … Read More
SOLDIERS’ NATIONAL MONUMENT
Location: GETTYSBURG BATTLEFIELD-GETTYSBURG NATIONAL CEMETERY-CEMETERY HILL
City: GETTYSBURG
State: Pennsylvania
Zip Code: 17325
A LARGE STATUE REPRESENTING THE CONCEPT OF LIBERTY SURMOUNTS THE PEDESTAL. EIGHTEEN LARGE BRONZE STARS CIRCLING THE PEDESTAL REPRESENT THE EIGHTEEN UNION STATES WITH BURIED DEAD.
BRISTOL SOLDIERS’ MONUMENT
THIS MONUMENT HONORS THE MEN FROM BRISTOL WHO FOUGHT AND DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE CIVIL WAR AND OTHER WARS.
PERRY’S VICTORY AND INTERNATIONAL PEACE MEMORIAL
THIS MEMORIAL COMMEMORATES COMMODORE OLIVER HAZARD PERRY’S VICTORY AT THE BATTLE OF LAKE ERIE AND THE LASTING PEACE BETWEEN, BRITAIN, CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES.
WOODSIDE DOUGHBOY MEMORIAL
THE MEMORIAL HONORS THE SOLDIERS FROM WOODSIDE, QUEENS, NEW YORK CITY WHO WERE KILLED IN WORLD WAR I.
GENERAL GEORGE CUSTER MEMORIAL
A MEMORIAL TO GENERAL GEORGE CUSTER’S SERVICE DURING THE CIVIL WAR.
WEST COAST MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING OF WORLD WAR II
A CURVED WALL BEARING THE NAMES OF 413 MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES WHO LOST THEIR LIVES OR WERE BURIED AT SEA IN THE PACIFIC COASTAL WATERS.
COMMODORE OLIVER HAZARD PERRY MEMORIAL
COMMODORE PERRY, COMMANDER OF THE U.S. NAVAL FLEET IN THE BATTLE OF LAKE ERIE AND HERO OF THE WAR OF 1812.
ERIE COUNTY SOLDIERS AND SAILORS MEMORIAL STATUE
THIS MEMORIAL HONORS THOSE FROM ERIE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA WHO DIED IN THE CIVIL WAR. SEE ALSO-ERIE COUNTY SOLDIERS AND SAILORS MEMORIAL
TOWAMENCIN VETERANS MEMORIAL
Location: TOWAMENCIN FIREHOUSE PARK-1601 BUSTARD ROAD
City: HARLEYSVILLE
State: Pennsylvania
Zip Code: 19438
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL
Location: 30TH STREET STATION-93 N. 30TH STREET
City: PHILADELPHIA
State: Pennsylvania
Zip Code: 19104
THIS MEMORIAL COMMEMORATES THE 1.307 PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD EMPLOYEES WHO DIED IN WORLD WAR II. THE BRONZE SCULPTURE IS THE “ANGEL OF RESURRECTION” RAISING UP A FALLEN SOLDIER OUT OF … Read More
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.
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