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Original Melbourne Village Hall FL480
This community hall was constructed, circa 1941, as a barracks on the Banana River Naval Air Station. Following World War II, the Naval Air Station became Patrick Air Force Base. In 1948, this building was declared surplus, and sold to the American Homesteading Foundation (AHF), located in Melbourne Village, Florida. The building was barged down the Banana River and Indian River to Melbourne and trucked on the then two-lane U.S. Route 192 to this location. As the center of Village life, the Hall was used for AHF Trustee meetings and annual AHF Membership meetings. It was also used for square dancing, life saving and first aid classes, Women's Guild activities, study groups for organic gardening, art and drama, plus children's crafts, drama, and story time programs. From 1957 until 1963, it provided office space for the newly incorporated Town of Melbourne Village. After 1963, it was used for recreational activities and the Village Men's Club. In 1996, the Town of Melbourne Village Historic Preservation Commission began a campaign to restore this historic landmark. The Town of Melbourne Village with the support of a grant from Brevard County completed the restoration in 2003.
Poseyville Veterans Memorial IN20
"IN HONOR OF ALL VETERANS MEN AND WOMEN All Wars All Conflicts United States Coast Guard KILLED IN ACTION MISSING IN ACTION PRISONERS OF WAR United States Merchant Marines United States Air Force United States Army United States Marines United States Navy
Naval Aviation Depot, Norfolk KV2
The depot began in 1917 as part of the Naval Air Detachment of six canvas hangers servicing seven seaplanes. Before the depot closed in 1996, its name changed over time from Construction and Repair (1918), Assembly and Repair (1922), Overhaul and Repair (1948), and Naval Air Rework Facilty (1967), to Naval Aviation Depot (1987). Reaching peak employment during WWII of more than 8,000, the facility later became Norfolk's largest employer. Through its decades, as naval aircraft advanced from seaplanes, to fighter jets, to air-to-air missiles, the master mechanics continued to play a leading role in advancing maintenance technology for the Navy, Air Force, and NATO forces.
Chauncey E. Spencer, Sr. Q623
Chauncey E. Spencer, Sr. aviation pioneer and Civil Rights activist was born in Lynchburg on 5 Nov. 1906, the son of poet Anne Spencer. He moved to Chicago and by 1934 began pursuing his pilot’s license. As a charter member of the National Airmen’s Association of America, he and Dale L. White in 1939 made an aeronautical tour from Chicago to Washington, D.C., to lobby for the inclusion of African Americans in the Army Air Corps. This included meeting Senator Harry S. Truman. Spencer also worked for the U.S. Air Force and was a public servant in Michigan and California. He lived here from 1977 until his death on 21 Aug. 2002.
Historical Kansas KS106
When Kansas territory was opened for white settlement on May 30, 1854, a bitter contest developed over the slavery question. Established the following December, Topeka, 25 miles ahead, favored the Free-State cause even though the territorial government was at first Proslavery. Rebelling Free Staters attempted to set up a rival legislature in Topeka in 1856. Acting for President Franklin Pierce came Col. E.V Sumner with five companies of U.S. dragoons and two cannon specially loaded for legislators. Lawmakers understood the message and adjourned reluctantly, but Topeka got even. When the city named its first streets for early Presidents, Pierce was omitted. Free Staters eventually won out and Kansas became a state January 29, 1861, with Topeka the capital. The Statehouse, started in 1866, was completed in 1903. Topeka is known throughout the world for the contribution of its Menninger Foundation to mental health. South of the city the Topeka Army Air Field (later Forbes Air Force Base) was a processing center in World War II for B-17, B-24, and B-29 aircraft and crews. From a few miles west of Topeka to Lawrence, I-70 generally follows a main route of the Oregon-California trail, traveled from the late 1830s to 1860 by thousands of emigrants, in hundreds of wagon trains.
Veterans Memorial - St. Charles MO51
Waterfall, four sided and continuous flow, in center of Kister Park. IS NOT FREE [Seal of the U.S. Army] IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE [seal of the U.S. Marine Corps] FOR THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED [seal of the U.S. Air Force] SO THAT WE ALL REMAIN FREE [seal of the U.S. Navy]
Warren County Veterans Memorial MO11
[Through the middle of the monument are the seals of each branch of the military: (from the left): US Army, US Navy, Marine Corps, US Air Force, & US Coast Guard.] The upper plaque states:
This memorial honors all American veterans who, although separated by generations, shared a common, undeniable goal--to valiantly protect our country's freedom. The memories of these American veterans will continue to live on whenever and wherever democracy exists. The American veteran--forever a symbol of heroism, sacrifice, loyalty and freedom. [The lower plaque was attached to the Old Court House. It was attached to this monument when the court house was rebuilt in 1997.] States:
Charles B. Smith Marker Dedication
Dedication Ceremony for Highway Marker for Member of the Tuskegee AirmenRICHMOND, VA -- A historical highway marker will be dedicated that commemorates Charles B. Smith, who served in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II as a technical sergeant and crew chief with the African American 99 th Fighter Squadron, better known as the famed “Tuskegee Airmen.” The public ceremony will take place Saturday, April 29, 2006 at 2 p.m. at the marker’s location in Colonial Beach on the James Monroe Highway (Route 205), less than a mile north of the intersection with Route 3, on the site of the old Washington District Elementary School. Delegate Robert J. Wittman (R-99 th) will be the keynote speaker at the dedication, which will be attended by former Tuskegee Airmen as well as by Smith’s wife, daughter, and sister. Smith, who was born in Westmoreland County in 1917, was one of more than 140,000 African Americans who served in the racially segregated U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II. He died in 1991. The Tuskegee Airman flew more than 200 missions as bomber escorts during the war and never lost a bomber to enemy fire. The Tuskegee Airmen received three Presidential Unit Citations, and their outstanding service contributed to the integration of America’s armed forces by President Harry S. Truman in 1948. For more information about the event, contact Lorriane Philpot or project coordinator Daisy Hill Douglas at (804) 224-9342. The Board of Historic Resources approved the Charles B. Smith marker in 2005, and the Virginia Department of Transportation erected the sign. The Virginia highway marker program is one of the oldest in the nation. Currently there are more than 1,800 official state markers. Funds for new highway markers come from private organizations, individuals, and local jurisdictions. Historical markers cost $1,350. More information about the Historical Highway Marker Program is available on the Department of Historic Resources’ Web site at http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/.
Meadowmere WI41
This tract of land was once a part of the estate on which General William (Billy) Mitchell (1879-1936) lived as a boy. His fearless and inquisitive personality as a youth carried over into his military career when he spoke out against overwhelming odds for an adequate air force. After commanding u.s. air forces in France during World War I, he emerged as the nation's pioneer advocate of air power. He did not live to see the wisdom of his foresight, but all America now honors his great courage, heroism, and keen sense of judgment on the future of air power. This marker is erected to the memory of this great air pioneer by the West Allis Rotary Club.
Big Spring School District TX1279
Education has been an important endeavor in Howard County since its formal organization in 1882, when the first commissioners court ordered the construction of a school building and created Howard County Common School District No.1 in 1883. On December 14, 1901, the Big Spring School District was established and a new brick schoolhouse named Central Ward was built to house students in all ten grades. Records indicate that the county provided $40/month for a teacher for African-American students in 1902. Within the first ten years of its creation, Big Spring School District built two more elementary schools and a new high school. The discovery of oil in the Permian Basin in the late 1920s signaled an era of growth and increased school enrollment in Big Spring. In the 1930s, the Kate Morrison School for Mexican-American students and the Lakeview School for African Americans were both completed, as were three other neighborhood elementary schools. An early vocational cooperative education program in Big Spring was one of the first of its kind in the state. The 1950s and 1960s saw enrollment increases and new school construction because of the presence of Webb Air Force Base. In 1955, Big Spring became one of the first school districts in Texas to enforce the Supreme Court's decision against school segregation. Big Spring annexed the neighboring Gay Hill and Center Point school districts in 1964. Many accomplishments during its first 100 years give Big Spring schools a significant role in Howard County's educational history. Display # 21 - 30 of 87 |