Posts Tagged With: Memorial

Pictured here is Fredericksburg Battlefield Center--one of the entrances to the battlefield
Posted in 19th Century, All Markers, 20th Century
April 2, 2018
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Calvin Coolidge (Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Battlefields)

Inscription: Dedicated October 19, 1928 by Calvin Coolidge President of the United States To commemorate the beginning of work on…

Pictured is Fredericksburg National Cemetery viewed from the road
Posted in 19th Century, All Markers, Civil War, Parks
March 25, 2018
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Fredericksburg National Cemetery

Inscription: Approximately 20,000 soldiers died in this region during the Civil War, their remains scattered throughout the countryside in shallow,…

Pictured here is a portrait of Hugh Mercer
Posted in 18th Century, All Markers, People, Revolutionary War
March 30, 2018
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Hugh Mercer

Inscription: Sacred to the memory of Hugh Mercer, Brigadier-General in the Army of The United States; He died on the…