The Portsmouth Flag Association placed a monument inside Lafayette Park in 1989 to memorialize those members of the Portsmouth community who went above and beyond in exercising their duties and were awarded America’s highest honor, the Congressional Medal of Honor.

Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients:

Army-Airforce

• PVT. Charles Veale– 4th U.S. Colored Troops (29 Sept 1864)
• MAJ. Raymond H. Wilkins– 5th Air Force (2 Nov 1943)
• 1LT. Richard T. Shea, Jr. – 7th Infantry Division (6 to 8 July 1953)

Navy-Marine Corps

• QM. Thomas H. Jordan– U.S.S. Galena (5 Aug 1864)
• LM. James F. O’Conner– U.S.S. Jean Sands (15 Jun 1880)
• SM. David D. Barrow– U.S.S. Nashville (11 May 1898)
• LTC. Wendell C. Neville– 2nd Marine Regiment (21-22 Apr 1914)