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SEE ALSO-U.S.S. DECATUR MEMORIAL ANCHOR

SEE ALSO-U.S.S. DECATUR MEMORIAL ANCHOR PLAQUE

SEE ALSO-CHESAPEAKE BEACH VETERANS' MEMORIAL PARK

SEE ALSO-CHESAPEAKE BEACH VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK ENTRANCE

SEE ALSO-CHESAPEAKE BEACH VIETNAM WAR MEMORIAL SIDES B & C

SEE ALSO-CHESAPEAKE BEACH VIETNAM WAR MEMORIAL SIDES A & C

SEE ALSO-CHESAPEAK BEACH VIETNAM WAR MEMORIAL SIDES A & B

SEE ALSO-"THE PRESIDENTS TREE" MEMORIAL

SEE ALSO-"THE PRESIDENTS TREE" MEMORIAL PLAQUE

JOHN EAGER HOWARD ENTERED THE REVOLUTIONARY ARMY AT AGE 24, AND SOON GAINED MILITARY FAME FOR HIS SKILLFUL AND HEROIC USE OF THE BAYONET IN THE BATTLE OF COWPENS.

IN 1777 LAFAYETTE CROSSED THE SEAS WITH FRENCH VOLUNTEERS TO BRING FRATERNAL ASSISTANCE TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WHO WERE FIGHTING FOR THEIR NATIONAL FREEDOM.