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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Z2E_general-robert-e-lee_NY.html
Then Captain, Corps of Engineers, U.S.A.
resided on this site
1841-1846
Presented by
New York Division
United Daughters of the Confederacy
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Z2C_12-pounder-napoleons-model-of-1857-reproductions_NY.html
Based upon a French design, the Model of 1857 "Napoleon" was a bronze gun capable of firing a 12 pound shot nearly one mile. Although few were produced prior to 1861, large numbers of the Napoleons were ultimately employed by both sides …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UQ8_1916-easter-rising-memorial-a-war-memorial_NY.html
We commemorate and honor
the 100th anniversary of the
men, women and children who gave
their lives for the Republic of
Ireland in the 1916 Easter Rising
Dedicated by
The Bay Ridge St. Patrick's Day Parade Committee
March 19, 2016
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZA0_fort-hamilton-world-war-i-memorial_Sand-Springs-NY.html
1917 - 1919Erected by the citizens of Fort Hamilton in memory of our men who died in the World War and in honor of those who answered their country's call.(List of Names)
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPYO_the-dover-patrol_Shiloh-NY.html
To the glory of Godand in everlastingremembrance ofThe Dover Patrol1914 - 1919
They died that we might live.May we beworthy of their sacrifice.
West Side of Monument:This monumentto theDover Patrolerected as a tribute to thecomradeship and s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKQQ_the-battle-of-brooklyn_Benicia-NY.html
On July 4, 1776, the Declaration of Independence proclaimed to the world that thirteen British colonies had joined together to create a new nation: the United States of America. Here in Brooklyn, only two months later, the survival of that new nat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKJZ_denyses-ferry-gravesend-bay_Moweaqua-NY.html
At the time of the American Revolution, travelers from Long Island boarded a ferry that took them across the Narrows to Staten Island near this point. In the summer of 1776, a British fleet commanded by Admiral Lord Richard Howe sailed up through …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJRL_projectiles-for-u-s-20-inch-rodman-gun_Chico-NY.html
These thousand pound cast iron balls fit the huge gun in the park just outside the fort's main gate. The 20-inch model of 1864 was experimental; the largest standard seacoast gun in use during our Civil War was the 15-inch Rodman.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF51_13-inch-seacoast-mortar-pattern-1861_Pardeeville-NY.html
?These mortar shells were the most disgusting, low-lived things imaginable,'W.W. Blackford, a Confederate Engineer.
Developed in an age of massive innovation in ordnance technology, the 13-inch seacoast mortar became one of the most formidable …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEB4_spanish-24-pounder_Delaware-City-NY.html
In 1786, when this piece was cast, it was common to give names to guns. Theodorico ("Little Theodore") served as part of the defenses of Santiago de Cuba. Though it had been rifled to improve its range and accuracy, Theodorico was obsolete by 1898…