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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4L1_welcome-to-fort-montgomery_Highland-Falls-NY.html
You are standing near the western end of Fort Montgomery: a Revolutionary War fort built to defend the Hudson Highlands and protect American control of the Hudson River. On October 6, 1777, the British captured Fort Montgomery and destroyed it in …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4L0_battle-of-rivers-bridge_Ehrhardt-SC.html
Invasion!In January 1865, Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman's army of 60,000 Union soldiers invaded South Carolina. Its goals: to link up with Ulysses S. Grant's forces opposing Robert E. Lee's Confederates in Virginia and destroy the South's ability …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4KZ_west-point-benches_West-Point-NY.html
These benchesare presented toour Alma Mater with gratitudefor the past, and to theUnited States Corps of Cadetswith high expectations for the futureThe Class of 19341984
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4KY_iranian-hostage-reunion_Highland-Falls-NY.html
On January 25, 1981 fifty-two Americans were reunited with their families and nation after 444 days as hostages in Iran. Enroute to the U.S.M.A., West Point they were the recipients of an outpouring of love from people of the Hudson Valley and a "…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4KX_the-army-mule_Highland-Falls-NY.html
Since 1899 the mule has been the West Point mascot promoting the spirit of the Corps of Cadets. Mules were very important to the Army in the late 1800s through World War I. While not regular cavalry mounts, mules were used extensively to pull supp…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4KW_ira-noel-gabrielson_Oakton-VA.html
Oakton resident Dr. Ira Noel Gabrielson was a pioneer conservationist, distinguished field ornithologist, and renowned author. He served as the first director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and an international leader of conservation projec…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4KV_uss-new-jersey-marine-detachments_Camden-NJ.html
Dedicated to the memory of the Marinesof the Marine Detachments that servedaboard the USS New Jersey from 1942-1991Sember Fidelis
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4KU_waples-mill_Oakton-VA.html
Approximately 1,200 feet southeast of this marker, on the west side of Difficult Run, was located Waple's Mill. George Henry Waple built it in 1867. For twenty-three years beginning in 1890 the grist and sawmill was owned and operated by Edward Mi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4KT_american-merchant-marine-memorial_Camden-NJ.html
Dedicated to the Veterans of theU.S. Merchant Marineand theU.S. Navy Armed GuardofWorld War II
Their graves are marked only by the waves of the ocean.We miss them, we respect them and we shall never forget them.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4KS_point-of-rocks_Point-of-Rocks-MD.html
In mid-June 1863, with rumors of a pending reinvasion of Maryland by Confederate forces, most Baltimore and Ohio trains stopped running past here. As tension mounted, the New York Times reported that no trains were departing Baltimore, "except the…