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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP8R_5th-ward-honor-roll_Poughkeepsie-NY.html
To Honor Those MenAnd Women Of The FifthWard Who So ValiantlyServed Their CountryIn World War IIDedicated Sept. 3, 1946Adams, W. · Adriance, H. F. · Ahrens, H. S. · Aide, H. · Allen, C. · Allers, E. J. · A…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP8Q_poughkeepsie-vietnam-veterans-memorial_Poughkeepsie-NY.html
Now the trumpet summons us again - not as a call to ear arms, though arms we need, not as a call to battle, though embattled we are; but a call to bear the burden of a long twilight struggle, year in and year out, "rejoicing in hope, patient in tr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP8P_constitution-ratification-site_Poughkeepsie-NY.html
The Peopleof theState of New YorkBy Their ConventionAssembled in a FormerCourt HouseWhich StoodOn This GroundRatifiedThe Constitutionof theUnited States of AmericaJuly 26, A.D. 1788Erected in 1904By the Daughters of the American RevolutionAnd Citi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP8O_in-affectionate-memory_Poughkeepsie-NY.html
Victory1917 ? 1918In Affectionate Memory —Of those sons of DutchessWho made the supreme sacrificethat democracy might live.This tablet is presented by theDutchess County Society —In the City of New York
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP8N_on-this-site_Poughkeepsie-NY.html
On this site in July of 1788, the opposing views of Federalists, led by Alexander Hamilton and John Jay, and Anti-federalists, under Governor George Clinton, were joined in compromise by Dutchess County Ratification Convention delegate Melancthon…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP6A_poughkeepsie-civil-war-memorial_Poughkeepsie-NY.html
[ west side ]MemorialTo the Patriotism of the Men ofDutchess and Columbia CountiesWho served in the 128th Regimentin the Civil War 1861 - 1865—————Till the fame of our fathersHas melted away, Till the stars of the dea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNPY_poughkeepsie-highland-bridge_Poughkeepsie-NY.html
The Poughkeepsie-Highland Bridge is the oldest surviving steel cantilever bridge in the world, and when built, had the longest truss and cantilever spans. The bridge provided the first, and only, all-rail route across the Husdon River south of Alb…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZD_river-that-flows-both-ways_Poughkeepsie-NY.html
The river before you is in no hurry to reach the Atlantic Ocean. The Native Americans knew that. They called it Muhheakantuck—"river that flows both ways." The Hudson's current changes direction four times every day as ocean tides pulse u…
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