Tag: “Civil War”

16 places found.

  1. War Memorials of the Falklands

    Two War Memorials and the Christ Church Cathedral (1892) hold honored places along the main street--Ross Road, in Stanley on the Falkland Islands. The 1914 Battle Memorial is an imposing monument as is the 1982 War Memorial designed by a Falklander and built by volunteers.

  2. Morris-Jumel Mansion

    The Morris-Jumel Mansion is Manhattan's oldest home and only remaining Colonial residence. It was built in 1765 by British Colonel Roger Morris.

  3. Gallipoli Battlefield

    Battlefield of World War I where the British - ANZAC forces attmepted an amphibious assault on Turkey. The young Turkish colonel commanding the defenders later became the father of a new, secular and independent Turkey - Kemal Ataturk.

  4. Titan Missile Museum

    The Titan Missile Museum is home to the sole remaining Titan II Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) complex of the original 54 that were on alert during the Cold War. The Titan II carried a nuclear payload 600 times more powerful than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan!

  5. Vietnam Memorial

    The Vietnam Memorial is a tribute to the American Soldiers who lost their lives in the Vietnam War. This sunken black granite monument was not well recieved when it was originally proposed as many people felt that it would be a dark hole in the capitol mall and would not honor the dead.

  6. Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site

    Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site was built in 1833 as the only fort along the Santa Fe trail between Missouri and Mexican settlements. It was a place for Cheyennes and Arapaho to trade buffalo hides.