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IN 1915 CRILLEY WAS A DIVER WITH THE U.S. NAVY. DURING A SALVAGE OPERATION ON A SUNKEN SUBMARINE F-4 (SS-23) HE RESCUED FELLOW DIVER WILLIAM F. LOUGHMAN, USN WHO HAD BECOME ENTANGLED AT A DEPTH OF 250 FEET. FOR HIS ACTION ON THIS OCCASSION GUNNER'S MATE F ...
THE SECOND DIVISION TO OUR HONORED DEAD 1917-1918
OUR NATION HONORS HER SONS AND DAUGHTERS WHO ANSWERED THE CALL TO DEFEND A COUNTRY THEY NEVER KNEW AND A PEOPLE THEY NEVER MET.
FIRST COMMANDER OF THE PATRIOT FORCES
THIS MEMORIAL AND IT'S PLAQUE SYMBOLIZES "THE SPIRIT OF FREEDOM".
SEE ALSO-AFRICAN AMERICAN CIVIL WAR MEMORIAL.
THE MEMORIAL CONSIST OF TWO JAPANESE CRANES CAUGHT IN BARBED WIRE. THIS COMMEMORATES JAPANESE AMERICAN HEROISM AND PATRIOTISM AS WELL AS THOSE HELD IN INTERNMENT CAMPS.
WINFIELD SCOTT, GENERAL-IN-CHIEF U.S. ARMY.
THIS MEMORIAL IS THE SECOND LARGEST EQUESTRIAN STATUE IN THE UNITED STATES.
THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC WAS A VETERANS ORGANIZATION OF UNION SOLDIERS AND SAILORS. ONE INSCRIPTION READS "WHO KNEW NO GLORY BUT HIS COUNTRY'S GOOD".
THIS MEMORIAL IS A TRIBUTE TO GENERAL GEORGE GORDON MEADE WHO COMMANDED THE UNION FORCES AT GETTYSBURG.
JOHN PAUL JONES IS THE FATHER OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY, THE ONLY NAVEL OFFICER TO RECEIVE A CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. HE WAS ALSO FAMOUS FOR SAYING "I HAVE NOT YET BEGUN TO FIGHT".
ALSO KNOWN AS THE NAVAL MONUMENT OR CIVIL WAR SAILORS MONUMENT.
THIS MEMORIAL SHOWS GENERAL MCPHERSON SITTING UPON A HORSE, TURNED SLIGHTLY TO THE RIGHT AS IF SURVEYING A BATTLEFIELD.
ADMIRAL DAVID GLASGOW FARRAGUT WAS A FLAG OFFICER OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY DURING THE CIVIL WAR. HE WAS THE FIRST REAR ADMIRAL, VICE ADMIRAL AND ADMIRAL IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY. HE IS REMEMBERED FOR HIS ORDER AT THE BATTLE OF MOBILE BAY, "DAMN THE TORP ...
MAJOR GENERAL GEORGE HENRY THOMAS WAS ONE OF THE PRINCIPAL COMMANDERS IN THE WESTERN THEATER DURING THE CIVIL WAR.
GENERAL WINFIELD SCOTT HANCOCK WAS NOTED FOR HIS PERSONAL LEADERSHIP AT THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG IN 1863.
GENERAL JOHN AARON RAWLINS WAS A UNITED STATES ARMY GENERAL DURING THE CIVIL WAR, A CONFIDANT OF ULYSSES S. GRANT AND LATER U.S. SECRETARY OF WAR.
THIS MEMORIAL SERVES AS A TRIBUTE TO THE OVER SIX HUNDRED NUNS WHO NURSED SOLDIERS OF BOTH ARMIES DURING THE CIVIL WAR.
GENERAL SHERIDAN LEAD THE CAVALRY CORPS OF THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC. IN 1864 HE DEFEATED CONFEDERATE FORCES IN THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY.
