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CHESTER ALAN ARTHUR TWENTY-FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. DURING THE CIVIL WAR HE SERVED THE UNION AS INSPECTOR-GENERAL AND THEN QUARTERMASTER, IN CHARGE OF PROVIDING EQUIPMENT, CLOTHING AND SUPPLIES TO THOSE TROOPS IN NEW YORK

DEDICATED IN HONOR OF THE EMPLOYEES OF THE NEW YORK POST OFFICE WHO PLACED THEIR LIVES IN THE HANDS OF THEIR COUNTRY IN VINDICATION OF RIGHT AND JUSTICE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD "GOD GRANTS LIBERTY ONLY TO THOSE WHO LOVE IT AND ARE ALWAYS READY TO DEFEND IT. ...

THESE OUR HONORED DEAD AND RETURNED HEROES WILL BE REMEMBERED WITH OUR ETERNAL PRAYERS THAT THEIR SACRIFICES WERE NOT IN VAIN-ALBERT GOLDMAN-POSTMASTER

ERECTED TO HONOR THE MEMORY OF THE VALIANT CITIZENS OF THIS COMMUNITY WHO SERVED IN THE AMERICAN FORCES THAT WON OUR LIBERTY IN THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE 1775-1781 TO THESE, AND THEIR COMRADES IN ARMS WE OWE THE BIRTH OF LIBERTY ON THESE SHORES, AND WE REDE ...

THIS MEMORIAL CONSIST OF A 14 FOOT TALL BRONZE "DOUGHBOY" SOLDIER. HE HOLDS A RIFLE, AND HAS A FLAG DRAPED OVER HIS SHOULDER, AND IS DEPICTED AS IF IN THE MIDST OF BATTLE. AT THE TIME OF ITS DEDICATION THIS MEMORIAL WAS PLACED IN THE HEART OF A WORKING-C ...

AS PRESIDENT, LINCOLN WAS COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF UNITED STATES ARMY AND NAVY DURING THE CIVIL WAR.

THAT THE MEMORY OF A DARING AND SAGACIOUS COMMANDER AND GENTLE GREAT SOULED MAN WHOSE LIFE FROM CHILDHOOD WAS GIVEN TO HIS COUNTRY BUT WHO SERVED HER SUPREMELY IN THE WAR FOR THE UNION.

MAJOR GENERAL SIGEL AT THE OUTSET OF THE CIVIL WAR FORMED A REGIMENT THAT HELP KEEP MISSOURI AND ITS FEDERAL ARSENAL FOR THE UNION. HE FOUGHT IN SEVERAL DECISIVE CAMPAIGNS INCLUDING PEA RIDGE AND THE SECOND BATTLE OF BULL RUN.

AT THE OUTBREAK OF THE CIVIL WAR IN 1861, HE SERVED AS A COLONEL IN THE 12TH NEW YORK MILITIA DEMONSTRATING LEADERSHIP IN MILITARY ENGAGEMENTS ON THE UPPER POTOMAC IN THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY, BUTTERFIELD ROSE RAPIDLY IN THE RANKS TO BRIGADIER-GENERAL OF VOL ...

"IF ANYONE ATTEMPTS TO HAUL DOWN THE AMERICAN FLAG SHOOT HIM ON THE SPOT"

LIEUTENANT COLONEL FRANCIS P. DUFFY MAY 2, 1871-JUNE 26, 1932. CATHOLIC PRIEST, CHAPLAIN 165TH INFANTRY, OLD 69TH N.Y. A LIFE OF SERVICE FOR GOD AND COUNTRY SPANISH AMERICAN WAR MEXICAN BORDER WORLD WAR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS, DISTINGUISHED SER ...

GENERAL WORTH WAS PROMOTED FOR BATTLEFIELD VALOR DURING THE WAR OF 1812.

UPON THE OUTBREAK OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION IN 1775, WASHINGTON WAS MADE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE CONTINENTAL ARMY. THIS IMPRESSIVE BRONZE EQUESTRIAN PORTRAIT OF GEORGE WASHINGTON, THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, IS THE OLDEST SCULPTURE IN THE ...

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 ...

THIS MONUMENT MARKS THE BURIAL SITE OF CAPT. JAMES LAWRENCE, HIS WIFE AND HIS SECOND-IN-COMMAND LT.AUGUSTUS C. LUDLOW. LAWRENCE AND LUDLOW WERE KILLED IN ACTION IN THE WAR OF 1812.

THIS FORT WAS ONE OF THE IMPORTANT DEFENSES OF NEW YORK HARBOR DURING THE WAR OF 1812.

THIS SMALL SQUARE MARKS THE GRAVE OF GENERAL WILLIAM JENKINS WORTH. WORTH WAS PROMOTED FOR BATTLEFIELD VALOR AT CHIPPEWA AND LUNDY'S LANE DURING THE WAR OF 1812.