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historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMM0G_general-comte-jean-de-rochambeau-memorial_Washington-DC.html
[front, south face:]Rochambeau[back, north face:]"We have been contemporaries and fellow labourers in the cause of liberty, and we have lived together as brothers should do, in harmonious friendship,"
Washington to RochambeauFebruary 1, 1784
By the C…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMM0N_fran-ois-joseph-paul-de-grasse_Virginia-Beach-VA.html
This statue, a gift from France is placed here, overlooking the waters where Admiral Comte de Grasse successfully engaged the British Fleet on September 5, 1781. The "Battle of the Capes" prevented crucial reinforcements from reaching Cornwallis, thus haste…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMM0V_francis-asbury_Madison-NJ.html
1745 - 1816Methodist PioneerItinerant Preacher
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMM71_the-gandy-dancer_Flagstaff-AZ.html
Section crews were the laborers who built the railroads in the beginning and have continued throughout the years to maintain them. These crews were most efficient in moving heavy sections of rails when they all worked in unison. To accomplish this they some…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMM8Z_the-navajo-code-talkers_Flagstaff-AZ.html
The original thirty-two Code Talkers were organized to develop codes based on their native language which were used extensively during World War II. These and many other Native Americans served bravely throughout the Pacific and other combat zones.
Charl…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMM92_buffalo-park_Flagstaff-AZ.html
The City of Flagstaff purchased this land in 1959 from the United States Forest Service.
In 1964, James Potter, Sr., long-time resident, entrepreneur and Flagstaff Chamber of Commerce President, led the effort to form a non-profit organization, lease the…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMMC3_the-gateway-to-freedom_Detroit-MI.html
Until Emancipation, Detroit and the Detroit River community served as the gateway to freedom for thousands of African American people escaping enslavement. Detroit was one of the largest terminals of the Underground Railroad, a network of abolitionists aidi…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMMD3_let-the-great-spirits-soar_Madison-WI.html
This memorial, carved by Harry R. Whitehorse from a storm-damaged hackberry tree, honors his Indian ancestors and is a tribute to the Effigy Mound Builders.
Sculpture funded byCity of Madison Committee for the ArtsDane County Cultural Affairs Commissiona…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMMJZ_hans-christian-heg_Madison-WI.html
Colonel 15th Wis. Vols.Born in NorwayDec. 21, 1829Fell at ChickamaugaSept. 19, 1863
Norwegian Americansgave this memorial to theState of Wisconsin
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMMOQ_the-nelson-column-montreal_Montreal-QC.html
North face :In memory of the Right Honorable Lord Viscount Nelson Duke of Bronte who terminated his career of Naval Glory in the memorable Battle of Trafalgar on the 21st of Oct 1806 after inculcating by signal a maxim that can never be forgotten by his cou…