Battle of Springfield

Here, June 23, 1780, 1500 Americans under Greene and Dayton, were attacked by 5000 British and Hessians under Clinton and Knyphausen enroute to capture stores at Morristown. The British burned Springfield, but were defeated.

Marker is on Morris Avenue, on the ...

Brevet Major General James Samuel Wadsworth

United States Volunteers

(Front):Brevet Major General

James Samuel Wadsworth

United States Volunteers

1807 - 1864

in command of

First Division First Army Corps

at the

Battle of Gettysburg

July 1, 2, 3 1863

(Back):

Volunteer aid-de-camp with the rank of Major on personal staff of Brigadier General Irvin McDowell at Battle ...

Post Office/Le bureau de poste

[English:]

Prime Minister Laurier himself recognized the need to link the Klondike with the rest of the country. In 1900, he urged that the building of a Post Office “...be proceeded with at once.” As the first substantial building erected by ...

Continental Divide

This divide separates the Great Lakes drainage system from the Mississippi River drainage system.

Marker is at the intersection of State Road 13 and County Road 850N, on the right when traveling north on State Road 13.

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Norfolk and Western Railway

The David R. and Susan S. Goode Railwalk

Today’s Norfolk Southern has a colorful predecessor in both or Roanoke’s railroads. To keep this as simple as possible, we are discussing only the N&W history to its merger with the Southern Railway ...

Madame Tremblay’s Store/Le magasin de Madame Tremblay

While this building dates from 1899, it did not become Mme. Tremblay’s, a dry goods and novelty shop, until 1913. Émillie Tremblay had first come to the territory as a young French Canadian bride in 1895 with her husband Jack. ...

Power Behind the Nation

The David R. and Susan S. Goode Railwalk

Workhorse of the Norfolk and Western: Class Y6

While the sleek class J streamlined passenger locomotives and high stepping Class A locomotives garnered publicity for the N&W; the true workhorse of the Norfolk and ...

The Old Shuttle Shop

Built in 1827 by Col. Willard BlackintonStone Placed

by Attleboro Historic Commission

Given to the city of Attleboro

by

Mr. and Mrs William A. Nerney

1970

Marker is on North Main St.

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USMA Iraq and Afghanistan Deaths

In honor of the first male and female graduates of the United States Military Academy killed in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan during the Global War on Terrorism

Iraq

CPT James F. Adamouski ’95 2 April 2003

2LT Emily J. T. Perez ’05 ...

Linking the Wilderness to the World

The Ohio & Erie Canal was among the most successful canals during the periods when canals contributed to our nation's growth. In 1827 the canal opened from Cleveland through the Cuyahoga Valley to Akron. When completed in 1832 it stretched ...