VALOR
Start of the Miami and Erie Canal
Middletown, United States
<br><center> In emulation of those who, July 21, 1825,<br> here began the building of the<br> Miami & Erie Canal,<br> this Ohio property was rededicated<br> November 2, 1929, to its original purpose -<br> transportation, with the confident hope<br> that a super-highway soon would follow</center>