Monuments Old Photos

US Capitol

lorddanby — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 02:26:26 -0500

Daguerreotype of east side of the Capitol (1846 by John Plumbe)

Kennedy Innauguration 1961

lorddanby — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 02:05:18 -0500

amateur photo taken by Floyd Banasik of the Kennedy Innaugural, January 1961

Brigham Young Monument 1897

flashlarue — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 21:27:08 -0500

Photo of Brigham Young Monument taken about 1897 prior to the addition of the Indian and Trapper.

Daniel Eicher Memorial

Ken ONeal — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:51:08 -0600

Eicher Monument, found in the Normalville Cemetery, Normalville, Fayette Co., PA.

Text on the memorial:

Eicher, Aicher, Aiker, Eiker Riger

On May 30, 1952 We, the Members of the Eicher famiy in this section, erected this memorial to the honor and memory of our first known ancestor in America

Daniel Eicher

He was born about 1744 at Eichstadt in the principality of Bavaria, Germany. He died on the Elm farm, now the site of Normalville, about 1810. Our first records place him in Lancaster County in 1722. With his brother Abraham, he enlisted in James Watson's Company of Militia, 6th Class. Commanded by Col David Jenkins, in 1788. In 1788 he moved to Springfield Township. Here he lived the balance of his life.

Submitted by Ken O'Neal, article (below)courtesy of Susan Lewis

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Connellsville Daily Courier, Tuesday, 27 May 1952, page 1.

Daniel Eicher Memorial will be Dedicated.

Dedication of a marker in honor of Daniel Eicher in the Normalville Cemetery will begin the special Memorial Day program at the Normalville Evangelical United Brethren Church.
The principal speaker will be Rev. Meade M. Snyder, pastor of the First E.U.B. Church of Connellsville.

Daniel Eicher, founder of the Eicher family in the United States, was born in Anstadt, a province of Bavaria, Germany, about 1744. He came to the United States in 1772 and located in Lancaster county, Pa.

He enlisted in the Revolutionary War in 1778 as a private sixth class in Captain James Watson's company, 10th Battalion of Lancaster county militia, commanded by Colonel Davis Jenkins. About 1788 he came to Fayette county, taking up a plantation of 300 acres where the village or Normalville is now located. He died and was buried there about 1810.

He had four sons, Peter, Henry, David and Joseph. He also had three daughters who married Jacob Long, John Harbaugh and John Rowan. His last surviving son, Joseph, died August 4, 1876, at the age of 92 and was buried in Normalville Cemetery along with his wife.

Clarion War Memorial, Clarion, PA

Patricia Doverspike Lamb — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 10:16:29 -0600

Photo from an old postcard.

Service Monument, Beaver County, PA

June Castorena — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:19:03 -0600

Service Monument for all who served in the American Revolution, the War of 1812, the Civil War, the Spanish American War and the World War.

Shane family members on the monument
Timothy Shane American Revolution
Cornelius Shane War of 1812
Richard Shane Civil War
Pressley Shane Civil War

The monument is located in Service Churchyard Cemetery, Beaver County, PA.

Visit the Shane Family History site
http://community.webtv.net/junefromtx/ShaneFamilyHistory

Waycross georgia, 1921

john_braddy — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:39:27 -0500

Down Town Waycross, Unknown Person

Fort Defiance Monument and Post Office, Estherville, Iowa

oldphotos — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:58:29 -0500

Photo from an old postcard.

Roosevelt Monument in Roosevelt Park, Minot, South Dakota

oldphotos — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 12:34:42 -0600

Photo from an old postcard.

Civil War Veterans, St. Johnsbury, Vermont 1911

oldphotos — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:53:20 -0500

Plaque on the Boulder reads:

Site of Camp Baxter
Third Vermont Regiment
1861
Erected by
Citizens of St. Johnsbury
July 18, 1911

Soldiers Monument and Old Academy, Athens, PA

oldphotos — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:57:45 -0500

Photo from an old postcard.

Unveiling the Canon in Lindner Park, Carlisle, PA 1910

Teri — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:59:38 -0600

Photo reads:
Vieled Canon in Lindner Park.
Oct 18, 1910 Carlisle, Pa.