Delaware War Memorials and Monuments

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Additional Information Can Be Obtained At:

Blue Star Memorial Highway - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Star_Memorial_Highway
Delaware Commission of Veterans Affairs - http://veteransaffairs.delaware.gov/
Delaware Civil War Memorial Project - http://www.russpickett.com/history/civilwb.htm
Delaware Military History - http://www.militaryheritage.org/People.html
Delaware Korean War Casualties - http://www.vetfriends.com/memorial/mem_alphab.cfm?war_id=3&states_ID=9&page_id=1&city=city
Delaware Vietnam War Casualties - http://www.vetfriends.com/memorial/mem_alphab.cfm?war_id=4&page_id=1&states_id=9
Faces of Valor, Honor the Fallen - http://projects.militarytimes.com/valor/
Historical Marker Database - http://www.hmdb.org//
Iraqi Casualties - http://icasualties.org/OEF/USCasualtiesByState.aspx
Markeroni - http://www.markeroni.com/catalog/
US World War I Casualty Records - https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/United_States_World_War_I_Casualty_Records
Waymarking - http://www.waymarking.com

Counties of Cities/Towns Represented

Kent - Camden, Dover, Felton, Georgetown, Hartley, Milford, Kent
New Castle - Bear, Claymont, Delaware City, Greenville, Middletown, New Castle, Newark, Odessa, Townsend, Ways Corner, Wilmington
Sussex - Blades, Dagsboro, Delmar, Georgetown, Lewes, Milford, Ocean View, Rehoboth Beach, Seaford, Selbyville,

*Underlined cities do not serve as links.

To Find A City, Click on the First Letter of the City to be Directed to a List of Cities that Begins With That Letter; CMHR stands for Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z CMHR Pictures

B 2

Bear 1

Sgt. James P Connor Memorial Circle (World War II); Dedicated 2002; Located Delaware Veteran's Cemetery; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=10700

Blades 1

World War II Memorial; Dedicated - Unknown; Located town park between East Sixth and East Seventh Streets; http://www.militaryheritage.org/VetMemorials.html

C 4

Camden 1

John Hunn (Quaker Abolitionist, Chief Engineer of the Underground Rail Road); Dedicated - Unknown; Located East Camden-Wyoming Avenue; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=39514

Claymont 3

Gold Star Mothers; Located Governor Printz Boulevard and Philadelphia Pike; http://www.militaryheritage.org/VetMemorials.html
POW/MIA Memorial; Dedicated - Unknown; Located Commonwealth Avenue; http://www.militaryheritage.org/VetMemorials.html
The War Memorial; Dedicated - Unknown; Located Knollwood entranceway; http://www.militaryheritage.org/VetMemorials.html

D 24

Dagsboro 1

World War II Memorial; Dedicated 1960; Located Clayton Street near Main Street; http://www.markeroni.com/catalog/display.php?code=DE_WM_00006

Delaware City 2

UH-1 Huey Helicopter (Vietnam); Dedicated - Unknown; Located Delaware 9, seven miles south of Delaware City; http://www.militaryheritage.org/VetMemorials.html
Fort Dupont (World War II POW Camp); Located - Undetermined; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM6P8E_Fort_DuPont_Delaware_City_DE

Delmar 1

Delmar War Memorial (World War II); Dedicated - Unknown; Located E. State Street; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=39782

Dover 20

Armed Forces Memorial; Dedicated - Unknown; Located intersection of Legislative Avenue and Loockerman Street; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=39725
Battles and Engagements of the Delaware Regiment (Civil War); Dedicated - Unknown; Located Liberty Street; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=39713; also at http://www.markeroni.com/catalog/display.php?code=DE_M_00013
Bayonets of the Revolution; Dedicated - Unknown; Located front of Legislative Hall facing Court Street; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=39712 also at http://www.markeroni.com/catalog/display.php?code=DE_M_00012
Caesar Rodney Memorial Plaque (American Revolution, Signer of Declaration of Independence); Dedicated - Unknown; Located intersection of South State Street and East Water Street; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=39067; also at http://www.markeroni.com/catalog/display.php?code=DE_KC_182
Colonel John Haslet (American Revolution); Dedicated 1932; Located entrance to Meeting House Gallery I; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=4716 also at http://www.markeroni.com/catalog/display.php?code=DE_KCU001
Commemoration Park; Dedicated September 13, 1997; Located Heritage Road, Dover Air Force Base; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=51022
Congressional Medal of Honor; Dedicated - Unknown; Located Court Street at Legislative Hall; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=61103
Delaware Continentals; Dedicated 2008; Located Liberty Street; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=42671
Dover Light Infantry (American Revolution); Dedicated 2008; Located Liberty Street behind Legislative Hall; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=39576
Gold Star Mother's Memorial; Dedicated - Unknown; Located - Undetermined; http://www.militaryheritage.org/VetMemorials.html
Hangar 1301; Dedicated 2002; Located Heritage Drive, Dover Air Force Base; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=50623
John Banning Memorial (American Revolution); Dedicated 2008; Located Christ Church Cemetery; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=50621
Korean War Memorial; Dedicated - Unknown; Located Dover Air Force Base Museum; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM9RQE_Korean_War_Veterans_Memeorial_Dover_Delaware
Liberty Bell Reproduction; Dedicated 1976; Located Federal Street; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=42759
Officers and Soldiers of the Delaware Line (Civil War); Dedicated 1912; Located town green; http://www.markeroni.com/catalog/display.php?code=DE_MSM_00007
Pearl Harbor Survivors Association; Dedicated - Unknown; Located intersection of South State Street and Kings Highway South West; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=50621
POW/MIA Monument; Dedicated - Unknown; Located Loockerman Street and Legislative Avenue; http://www.militaryheritage.org/VetMemorials.html
Torbert Memorial Statue (Civil War); Dedicated 2008; Located 121 South Walnut Street; http://www.markeroni.com/catalog/display.php?code=DE_MSM_00004
Vietnam Veteran Memorial; Dedicated 2009; Located Little Creek Road, Kent County Veterans Memorial Park; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=51117; also at http://veteransaffairs.delaware.gov/memorialsandmonuments.shtml also at http://www.markeroni.com/catalog/display.php?code=DE_MSM_00004
World War II Memorial; Dedicated 1949; Located intersection of South State Street and Kings Highway SW; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=50622 also at http://www.markeroni.com/catalog/display.php?code=DE_WM_00008

F 2

Felton 2

Captain Jonathan Caldwell (American Revolution); Dedicated 1959; Located Midstate Road; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=39608
Odd Fellows Park; Dedicated - Unknown; Located - Undetermined; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM4W1R_Odd_Fellows_Park_Felton_Delaware

G 8

Georgetown 7

Delaware Grays Camp Confederate Monument (Civil War); Dedicated May 12, 2007; Located Marvel Museum; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMAVRQ_Delaware_Grays_Camp_2068_Georgetown_Delaware
General Alfred TA Torbert (Civil War); Dedicated 1993; Located West Pine Street; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=39375
Korean War Memorial; Dedicated - Unknown; Located front of town hall; http://www.militaryheritage.org/VetMemorials.html
Sussex County Korean War Memorial; Dedicated - Unknown; Located intersection of East Market Street and Georgetown Circle; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=38691
Sussex County Vietnam Veterans Memorial; Dedicated November 4, 2004; Located South Bedford Street and Georgetown Circle; http://www.markeroni.com/catalog/display.php?code=DE_WM_00005 also at http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=38687
Sussex County World War II Memorial; Dedicated - Unknown; Located County Courthouse; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=38689
Vietnam Memorial; Dedicated - Unknown; Located County Building; http://www.militaryheritage.org/VetMemorials.html

Greenville 1

Camp Brandywine (Civil War); Dedicated 1966; Located intersection Kennett Pike and Briars Lane; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=45573

H

Hartley 1

Cheny Clow's Rebellion (American Revolution); Dedicated 2006; Located intersection of 659 Sudlersville Road and Intersection of Route 300 and Route 44; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=39715

L

Lewes 5

Bombardment of Lewes (War of 1812); Dedicated 1914; Located 1812 Memorial Park; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=38633
German Submarine at Cape Henlopen, The Surrender of U-858 (World War II); Dedicated - Unknown; Located http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=39382
Memorial (World War I World War II); Dedicated - Unknown; Located Zwaanendael Park; http://www.markeroni.com/catalog/display.php?code=DE_WM_00003
Unknown Sailors Cemetery; Dedicated 1983; Located Cape May-Lewes Ferry Terminal; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=39373
War of 1812; Dedicated - Unknown; Located Front Street; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=38598

M 4

Middletown 3

Commodore Thomas Macdonough (American Revolution); Dedicated 1966; Located US 13; http://www.hmdb.org
Sgt. William Lloyd Nelson (Medal of Honor) (World War II); Dedicated 2005; Located Everett Meredith Middle School;http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=10609
World War I Memorial; Dedicated November 11, 1919; Located Cochran Square; http://www.militaryheritage.org/VetMemorials.html

Milford 1

Major General Alfred T.A. Torbert (Civil War); Dedicated 2008; Located North Walnut Street; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=38639

N 18

New Castle 9

Delaware Memorial Bridge; Dedicated - Unknown; Located Cherry Lane; http://www.militaryheritage.org/VetMemorials.html
General Thomas Holcomb (World War II); Dedicated 1997; Located West 3rd Street; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=57127
Korean Memorial; Dedicated - Unknown; Located - Undetermined; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM521B_Korean_Memorial_New_Castle_DE
Veterans Memorial (All Wars); Dedicated 2003; Located - Undetermined; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM521A_Veterans_Memorial_New_Castle_DE
Veterans Memorial Park (World War II);
Vietnam War Memorial; Dedicated November 1, 1977; Located - Undetermined; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM5216_Vietnam_War_Memorial_Veterans_Park_New_Castle_DE
Submarine Memorial; Dedicated 2001; Located Veterans Park; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM5212_Submarine_Memorial_New_Castle_DE
World War II and Korean Memorial Bridge; Dedicated - Unknown; Located Undetermined; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM520W_WWII_and_Korean_Memorial_New_Castle_DE
Wounded Combat Veterans (Purple Heart); Dedicated _ Unknown; Located local park; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM520T_Wounded_Combat_Veterans_New_Castle_DE

Newark 9

American Position, Battle of Cooch's Bridge (American Revolution); Dedicated 2008; Located intersection Dayetts Mill Road and Old Baltimore Pike; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=14788
Battle of Cooch's Bridge (American Revolution); Dedicated - Unknown; Located intersection Dayetts Mill Road and Old Baltimore Pike; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=10055
Delaware's Field of Valor (American Revolution); Dedicated - Unknown; Located intersection Dayetts Mill Road and Old Baltimore Pike; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=14789
Philadelphia Campaign (American Revolution); Dedicated 2008; Located intersection Dayetts Mill Road and Old Baltimore Pike;http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=14787
Purple Heart Trail in Delaware; Dedicated July 27, 2011; Located at rest stop between exits 1 and 3; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=65649
Robert Kirkwood, Jr. Memorial (American Revolution); Dedicated 2011; Located Kirkwood Library; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=47261
University of Delaware Memorial Hall, Book of the Dead (World War I); Dedicated - Unknown; Located Academy Street and Main; http://www.militaryheritage.org/VetMemorials.html
University of Delaware World War I Marker; Dedicated - Unknown; Located near Old College
Veterans Memorial (World War II); Dedicated - Unknown; Located intersection E. Main Street and Academy Street; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=9901

O 2

Ocean View 1

Memorial (All Wars); Dedicated - Unknown; Located West and Oakwood Avenues; http://www.markeroni.com/catalog/display.php?code=DE_WM_00001

Odessa 1

Vietnam Veterans Memorial; Dedicated - Unknown; Located Route 9, 7.5 miles south of Odessa; http://veteransaffairs.delaware.gov/memorialsandmonuments.shtml

R 1

Rehoboth Beach 1

Veterans Memorial (All Wars); Dedicated 1967; Located Rehoboth Avenue; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=38802

S 6

Seaford 2

Kiwanis Park (All Wars); Dedicated 1987; Located Stein Highway; http://www.militaryheritage.org/VetMemorials.html
Seaford Veterans Memorial (All Wars); Dedicated 1987; Located Kiwanis Park; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=4994

Selbyville 1

John McCabe (American Revolution); Dedicated - Unknown; Located Red Men Cemetery; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=39501

Smyrna 3

Commodore Jacob Jones (American Revolution); Dedicated 1959; Located US 13; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=39031
First in the World; Dedicated 2001; Located intersection West Glenwood Avenue and North Walnut Street; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=39026
Sgt. John B. Maberry (Medal of Honor Recipient) (Civil War); Dedicated 2003; Located Glenwood Cemetery grounds; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=39024

T 2

Townsend 2

Korean War Memorial; Dedicated - Unknown; Located next to post office; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM9AVW_Freedom_is_Not_Free_Townsend_DE
Vietnam POW/MIA Memorial; Dedicated - Unknown; Located - Undetermined; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM9AVV_You_Are_Not_Forgotten_Townsend_DE

W 12

Ways Corner 1

Chester-Bethel United Methodist Church Veterans Memorial (All Wars); Dedicated - Unknown; Located intersection Foulk Road and Kimbrough Drive; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=39342

Wilmington 11

African American Medal of Honor Recipients (All Wars); Dedicated 1998; Located Brandywine/Todd Memorial Park; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=19447
Delaware Confederate Monument; Dedicated - Unknown; Located Marvel Carriage Museum; http://veteransaffairs.delaware.gov/memorialsandmonuments.shtml
Delaware Continentals (American Revolution); Dedicated 2007; Located Newport Gap Pike;
Freedom Lost; Dedicated 2004; Located intersection of South Main Street and King Street; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=10950
Korean War Memorial; Dedicated - Unknown; Located Memorial Park; http://www.kwva.org/memorials/de/p_mem_de.htm
Major Peter Jaquett (American Revolution); Dedicated - Unknown; Located Old Swedes Church Cemetery; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=42647
Sgt. James R McCoy Sr. Park (Gulf War); Dedicated - Unknown; Located Sixth and Franklin streets;
Soldiers and Sailors Monument (Civil War); Dedicated 1871; Located intersection North Broom Street and Delaware Avenue; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=63185; also at http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMAP8R_Delaware_Soldiers_and_Sailors_Monument_Wilmington_Delaware
Vietnam War Memorial; Dedicated - Unknown; Located Brandywine Park; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM7EJX_Vietnam_War_Memorial_Brandywine_Park_Wilmington_DE_USA
Washington Street Memorial Bridge (All Wars); Dedicated - Unknown; Located - Undetermined; http://www.militaryheritage.org/VetMemorials.html
Wilmington Veterans Memorial (All Wars); Dedicated 1978; Located intersection Delaware Avenue and West 14th Street; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=63191

Delaware Memorial Highways 1

Route 1, Korean War Veterans Memorial Highway; http://www.pennways.com/DE-1_KWVM_Hwy.html
US 13, Seaford; http://www.nrotc.org/blue.star.mem.hwy.htm

Delaware Veterans Cemeteries 2

Bear - New Castle County Cemetery; Located 2465 Chesapeake City Road; http://veteransaffairs.delaware.gov/dvmc.shtml
Millsboro - Sussex County Cemetery; Located 26669 Patriots Way; http://veteransaffairs.delaware.gov/dvmc.shtml

Delaware Veteran Hospitals

Wilmington VA Medical Center, 1501 Kirkwood Highway; http://www.wilmington.va.gov/

Delaware's Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients, includes recipients born in Delaware but credited in another state.

For more detailed information on the Recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor, please visit:

Baldwin, Charles H.
Buckingham, David Eastburn
Chadwick, Leonard B.
Connor, James Phillip
Dupont, Henry Algernon
Hand, Alexander
Mayberry, John B.
McCarren, Bernard
Nelson, William L.

Palmer, William Jackson
Pierce, Charles H.
Postles, James Parke
Sacriste, Louis Jeanottelle
Seward, Griffin
Shilling, John
Smith, Samuel Rodmond
Tanner, Charles B.

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