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THIS MEMORIAL IS TO GENERAL KOSCIUSZKO, A POLISH OFFICER AND ENGINEER WHO ASSISTED THE CONTINENTAL ARMY DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR.

THIS MEMORIAL IS TO GENERAL GEORGE S. PATTON COMMANDER OF 3RD U.S. ARMY DURING WORLD WAR II AND AN AMERICAN HERO.

THIS MONUMENT MEMORIALIZES UNION ARMY MAJOR GENERAL JOHN SEDGWICK WHO WAS THE HIGHEST RANKING UNION OFFICER TO DIE IN THE CIVIL WAR.

THIS MONUMENT MEMORIALIZES COLONEL SYLVANUS THAYER THE "FATHER OF THE MILITARY ACADEMY".

THIS MONUMENT MEMORIALIZES GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON, COMMANDER OF THE CONTINENTAL ARMY AND THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

DEDICATED IN HONOR OF COLONEL ELEAZOR WOOD, AN ENGINEER OFFICER WHO WAS KILLED IN THE WAR OF 1812.

THE MEMORIAL HONORS THE SOLDIERS FROM WOODSIDE, QUEENS, NEW YORK CITY WHO WERE KILLED IN WORLD WAR I.

VINCENT ROBERT CAPODANNO WAS A UNITED STATES NAVY ROMAN CATHOLIC CHAPLAIN (NICKNAMED "THE GRUNT PADRE") AND A POSTHUMOUS RECIPIENT OF THE MEDAL OF HONOR FOR ACTIONS DURING THE VIETNAM WAR.

THE BATTLE OF PALO ALTO WAS THE FIRST MAJOR BATTLE OF THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR AND WAS FOUGHT ON MAY 8, 1846.

THIS MEMORIAL COMMEMORATES MAJOR GENERAL BENEDICT ARNOLD'S SERVICE IN THE BATTLE OF SARATOGA BUT DOES NOT NAME HIM BECAUSE HE TURNED TRAITOR.

THE MEMORIAL COMMEMORATES U.S. SERVICEMEN WHO DIED IN COASTAL WATERS OFF THE WESTERN ATLANTIC OCEAN. AT TOTAL OF 4,609 NAMES ARE INSCRIBED ON GRANITE PYLONS. THIS IS ONE OF THREE MEMORIALS IN THE UNITED STATES ADMINISTERED BY THE AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS ...

COLONEL EDWARD BUSH FOWLER, 14TH REGIMENT NEW YORK STATE MILITIA. ALSO CALLED THE 14TH BROOKLYN.

THIS MONUMENT COMMEMORATES THE VICTORY OF COMMODORE THOMAS MACDONOUGH IN THE BATTLE OF PLATTSBURG, SEPTEMBER 11, 1814, IN THIS CONCLUDING NAVAL ENGAGEMENT OF THE WAR OF 1812.

LAST RESTING PLACE OF SOLDIERS FROM THIS NATIONS WARS EST. 1812-1970 PFC. ROBERT A. LAFOUNTAIN

SITE OF A U.S. MILITARY HOSPITAL USED DURING THE WAR OF 1812.