One Extraordinary Street

The Story of Park Avenue

Immigrants from Italy, Central Europe and other regions settled in Monongahela, PA. Through hard work, commitment to faith, family and each other, along with an innovative spirit, they built a thriving community of accomplishment in the ...

Confederate Pistol Factory

In 1862, to meet the pressing need of the Confederate States Army for revolvers of the Colt pattern, the Griswold Cotton Gin Company’s plant, on this site, was converted to a pistol factory. In March, the production of cotton gin ...

Battery A, 2d U.S. Artillery

U.S.A.

Battery A, 2d U.S. Artillery.

Captain John C. Tidball, U.S.A. Commanding.

(September 17, 1862.)

Horse Battery A, 2d U.S. Artillery, moved from its bivouac near Keedysville on the morning of the 17th, crossed the Antietam by the Middle Bridge and, preceded and supported ...

Matthew Alexander Henson

Co-discoverer of the North Pole

With

Admiral Robert Peary

April 6, 1909

Born:August 8, 1866 - Died: March 9, 1955

Son of Maryland

Exemplification of courage, fortitude and patriotism, whose valiant deeds of noble devotion under the command of admiral ...

The Confederate Fortifications

The Breakthrough Trail

The earthen wall in front of you is a part of the main Confederate defense line begun in 1864 and defended until April 2, 1865. You are standing behind the line facing southeast towards the Union positions about ...

The 1948 Donora Smog

Major federal clean air laws became a legacy of this environmental disaster that focused national attention on air pollution. In late October of 1948, a heavy fog blanketed this valley, and as the days passed, the fog became a thick, ...

Mount Penn World War Memorial

This memorial

is dedicated

in honor of

the men and women

of the Borough of

Mt. Penn

who served their

country during

World Wars I and II

Courtesy hmdb.org

Amanda Veterans Memorial

In honor of

all the men and women

who served our country

in the military

and

in memory of

all the men and women

who gave the ultimate sacrifice

for our country

You will always be remembered

Dedicated Nov. 11, 2005

Marker is on Main Street near Johns Street, on the ...

McGowan’s South Carolina Brigade

The Breakthrough Trail

Brigadier General Samuel McGowan, a 43-year-old lawyer and politician from Abbeville, South Carolina, commanded the troops responsible for maintaining these fortifications from October 1864 through March 1865. McGowan’s Brigade consisted of five South Carolina regiments numbering about 1,400 ...

Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument

(Bottom of Marker):

In memory of

Officers and soldiers who fell near this place

fighting with the 7th United States Cavalry

against the Sioux Indians

on the 25th and 26th of June,

A.D. 1876

(The rest of the marker includes names of the officers and soldiers who ...