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War In The Pacific National Historical Park
Memorial Wall of Names
- Type: Place
The Memorial Wall of Names includes the names of the 1,880 U.S. servicemen who died on Guam during World War II as well as the 1,170 people of Guam who died during the war and the 14,721 who suffered atrocities during the occupation and battles.
Cedar Creek & Belle Grove National Historical Park
128th New York Monument
- Type: Place
Veterans of New York's 128th Infantry Regiment dedicated a monument in memory of their comrades who died at the Battle of Cedar Creek. The monument marks the left end of the U.S. 19th Corps' position during the battle.
War In The Pacific National Historical Park
Asan Beach Unit
- Type: Place
In 1944, this seaside park, known locally as Assan Beach Park, was the site of fierce fighting. Assan Beach was the northern most of the two landing beaches used by American troops during the first days of the Battle of Guam. Today, the Asan Beach Unit is home to remains of the Imperial Japanese defenses and memorials to those who died during the battle.
Gettysburg National Military Park
Samuel Henry Patterson
- Type: Person
Samuel H. Patterson veteran of World War I, who dies of disease while serving the U.S.
Gettysburg National Military Park
Obie Bryant Rice
- Type: Person
Obie Bryant Rice was an African American veteran of World War I, died of disease while serving in the U.S.
- Type: Person
General Sir Henry Clinton, the longest serving British general of the American Revolution, served as commander in chief from 1778 to 1782. In the years after the Revolution, Clinton defended his actions in writing and felt unfairly labeled as the scapegoat for British defeat. He died in London in 1795 before he was able to assume the post of governor of Gibraltar.
- Type: Place
On the right side of the memorial core, Eisenhower as the Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force during World War II is commemorated by a bronze heroic-sized statue with sculptures of his soldiers inspired by the famous photograph with the 101st Airborne Division before their jump into France. Behind the sculptures is a bas relief depicting the Normandy landings on D-Day, June 6, 1944.
- Type: Place
On the left side of the memorial core, the bronze heroic-sized statue of Eisenhower as 34th President of the United States places him at the center of the White House Oval Office flanked by sculptures of civilian and military advisors, symbolizing the balance Eisenhower struck between conflicting demands of national security and peaceful progress. The bas-relief global background depicts a map of the world symbolizing Eisenhower's role as a world statesman and preeminent inte
Boston National Historical Park
Valentino Dominelli
- Type: Person
Valentino Dominelli, a watertender aboard USS Cassin Young, was the son of immigrants from Italy. A watertender was a crewman aboard a steam-powered ship and was responsible for tending to the fires and boilers in the ship's engine room. "Dom" died in action when a kamikaze plane struck USS Cassin Young on July 30, 1945.
Boston National Historical Park
Walter Budd Wimley
- Type: Person
Walt Wimley enlisted in the US Navy on September 11, 1942. He served aboard USS CASSIN YOUNG in the ship's engineering department as a Machinist Mate 1st Class in 1944 and 1945. He died in action aboard Cassin Young off the coast of Okinawa on July 30, 1945.
- Type: Person
Private Sampson Yearney of Medford, Massachusetts was a free man of color who enlisted for service during the American Revolution. Sampson serviced multiple enlistments and died in service near Peekskill, New York on March 7, 1779.
- Type: Person
Cato Smith was an enslaved African who was brought to Massachusetts Bay from Ghana in 1761 at the age of 10. In 1775 he was enslaved to the family of Captain William Smith of Lincoln. On April 24, 1775 he enlisted in the Massachusetts Army as a soldier and served until the end of the year. He enlisted again in late summer 1776 and died in service on January 23, 1777
The White House and President's Park
Butt-Millet Memorial Fountain
- Type: Place
This fountain memorializes Archibald Butt and Francis Millet, two men who died in the sinking of the RMS Titanic. Butt and Millet were most likely involved in a romantic relationship, but because of the intense social stigma around homosexuality during their life there is no explicit confirmation of the nature of their relationship. This memorial, planned by their friends and approved by Congress, honors the two of them together, inseparable in memory as in life.
- Type: Article
Albert Cashier was born in 1843. He was assigned female at birth and given the name “Jennie Hodgers,” but at a young age began to dress as a boy and assumed a male identity. According to stories, Cashier’s step-father, short on money, dressed him as a boy to get a job. After Cashier’s mother died, he moved to Illinois and worked as a laborer, farmhand, and shepherd.
Gettysburg National Military Park
Calvin Charles Rice, Jr.
- Type: Person
SSGT Calvin Charles Rice, an African American soldier died while in service during the Vietnam War.
- Type: Person
Rebecca Winters was emigrating to Utah with her family in 1852 when she contracted Cholera and died within sight of Scotts Bluff. Her grave site was marked with a metal wagon wheel rim that was engraved “Rebecca Winters, Age 50.”
Johnstown Flood National Memorial
John Fenn
- Type: Person
John Fenn was a business owner who died in the flood. His wife, Anna, was the only survivor from his family of nine.
Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument
Benjamin O. Davis Jr.
- Type: Person
Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., was born in Washington, D.C. in 1912. He graduated from West Point in 1936. He was the fourth African American to graduate from West Point. During World War II, he led the renowned Tuskegee Airmen. He attained the rank of four-star general in 1998. He died in 2002 and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
Boston National Historical Park
Amos Tanner
- Type: Person
Amos Tanner enlisted in Montville, Connecticut in the company of Capt. John Durkee, in Col. Israel Putnam’s regiment, and was present at the Battle of Bunker Hill at the rail fence. It is likely that he died in service.
Boston National Historical Park
Caesar Bailey (Dickinson)
- Type: Person
Caesar Bailey enlisted in Deerfield, Massachusetts into the company of Capt. Oliver Parker, in Col. William Prescott’s regiment, and was present at the Battle of Bunker Hill in the redoubt. He died in service.