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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CS7_civil-war_Huntsville-AL.html
I am Private Patrick O'Hara of the 20th Main Volunteer Infantry Regiment. Before the war I was a fisherman working on a boat out of Bar Harbor, Maine. I didn't volunteer for the Army until well into the second year of the war because it was way do…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CS5_seminole-wars-mexican-war_Huntsville-AL.html
Seminole Wars1814-1858
I am Private Pet Younger of the 4th US Infantry Regiment. I joined the Regular Army in November 1835 at age 15. I was specially trained as part of the light infantry company whose main jobs were scouting and skirmishing. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CS4_war-of-1812_Huntsville-AL.html
I am Private Darbin Abolt of the 7th US Infantry Regiment, part of which is commanded by Captain Zachary Taylor, our future president. I was already in the Army when he declared war on the British in June 1812. We were fed up with the British inte…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CS2_barbary-coast-wars_Huntsville-AL.html
I am Sergeant Michael Dunn of the 1st Marine Battalion. I fought in the First Barbary War, also known as the Tripolitan War, because we battled pirates off the coast of Tripoli. The Mediterranean coast of North Africa had been a hotbed of piracy f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CRL_revolutionary-war_Huntsville-AL.html
I am Ezekiel Reynolds, a citizen of Concord, Massachusetts Colony. My neighbors and I banded together to defend our families and farms and resist the taxation without representation in the British Parliament. We are called Minutemen for our speed …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CRK_commitment-oath-creed-and-code-of-conduct_Huntsville-AL.html
Make no mistake - our Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and Airmen have committed their lives to defending freedom and our American way of life.
The Soldier's Oath"I, (state your name), do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CRJ_i-am-an-american-warrior_Huntsville-AL.html
fighting in the forces, which guard my country and our way of life. Welcome to your Patriots Walkway. You're invited to take a short walk through our American military history from the Revolutionary War through today's conflicts. Did you know our …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CRI_veterans-memorial-time-capsule_Huntsville-AL.html
Interred on November 17, 2012 to commemorate Madison County's military history and to preserve items reminiscent of our Veteran's proud service to this great nation.
To be opened November 11, 2062
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CRG_global-war-on-terrorism_Huntsville-AL.html
The Global War on Terrorism and Afghanistan War commenced on 11 September 2001, after Islamic terrorists hijacked and deliberately crashed four airliners in New York city, Washington D.C. and Shanksville, Pa. The following month, American air and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CRE_persian-gulf-war_Huntsville-AL.html
Following Iraq's invasion of its neighbor Kuwait on 2 August 1990, the United States rushed troops to the Middle East to defend Saudi Arabia and liberate Kuwait. After a build-up of forces, and the expiration of a UN Mandated ordering Iraq to leav…