Wounded Combat Veterans Memorial

Historical marker location:

New Castle, Delaware

( Memorial can be reached from the intersection of Cherry Lane and New Castle Avenue (Delaware Route 9).)

Dedicated to all men and women wounded in all wars.

In 1954, the landmark case Brown v. Board of Education was filed in the District of Delaware. The case, which challenged the constitutionality of racial segregation in public schools, was one of the most important civil rights cases in American history.