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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM176Z_general-jonathan-m-wainwright-memorial_Cavite-City-Calabarzon.html
[west face:][Portrait of General Wainwright]
General Jonathan M. Wainwright1883 to 1953HERO OF BATAANMedal of Honor Citation "General Jonathan M. Wainwright, 02131, commanding United StatesArmy Forces in the Philippines from 12 March to 7 May…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM176Y_walker-family-cemetery_Augusta-GA.html
Freeman Walker, in 1826, deeded 70 acres of land to the U. S. Govt. to be used as an arsenal - the site now of Augusta College. He reserved one acre as a family burial ground. The marker in front of his home "Bellvue", on the grounds of Augusta Co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM125B_augusta-arsenal-1941_Augusta-GA.html
The towers, part of the 1941construction forWorld War II, washome to the optical shopand was used for testinginstruments that ensured theaccuracy of artillery fire.Observing objects at knowndistances on the horizon, instrumentscould be tested for…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM124S_augusta-arsenal_Augusta-GA.html
In January 1861,U.S. Troops surrendered the Arsenal to the State ofGeorgia, soon to be partof the Confederacy. Thatyear Confederatesconstructed a large shop buildingnear the eastern wall to houseseveral functions: Part was a hospitalpart was a sto…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10HK_explosion-at-the-confederate-powder-works_Augusta-GA.html
In August, 1864, a violent explosion destroyed the granulating building of the Augusta Powder Works, one of the 28 buildings of the Confederacy's massive gunpowder mill along Augusta Canal. Eight men and a boy died when 18,000 pounds of gunpowder …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXQD_village-of-summerville_Augusta-GA.html
While not incorporated as a separate community until 1861 (with boundaries being a circle with a one mile radius from Gould's Corner), Summerville was occupied before the turn of the 19th Century. Early residents included George Walton (signer of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMW7L_the-bell-at-augusta-state-university_Augusta-GA.html
The Bell, donated to the College by the Georgia Railroad Bank, came from the last steam locomotive of the Georgia Railroad. In 1957, the bank also funded the building of the tower to house the bell, which at one time rang to mark the beginning and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVWR_augusta-college-three-original-arsenal-buildings_Augusta-GA.html
East faceIn 1973, Augusta College named three of theoriginal arsenal buildings in honor of commandants of the arsenal. Payne Hall,storehouse and later headquarters for thearsenal and administrative building for theuniversity, was named for Matthe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVK7_stephen-vincent-benet-house_Augusta-GA.html
First built 1816 rebuilt on this site 1826 Home of famousauthor Stephen Vincent Benetwhose father Colonel James Walker Benetcommanded Augusta Arsenal 1911 to 1919
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOJ9_the-sisters-of-saint-joseph-in-augusta_Augusta-GA.html
Members of the seventeenth-century French Order of Saint Joseph of Carondelet were first invited to Georgia at the end of the Civil War to teach and staff an orphanage in Savannah. Working with the children of African Americans, the Sisters of St.…