America’s First Garden Club

In I891 at this site, the Ladies Garden Club was founded by twelve Athens ladies in the home of Mrs. E. K. Lumpkin. Mrs. Lamar Cobb was the first president. Beginning as a small neighborhood group, the club extended membership ...

Readington Township Veterans Monument

[Side A:]

WORLD WAR 1

HONOR ROLL

On these grounds 57 trees were planted in commemoration of these men who helped make the world safe for democracy 1918

[Column 1:]

Norwood Apgar • Marion W. Bonnell • William Bonnell • Walter D. Bonnell • Frederick ...

El Dorado Canyon

Toward the Colorado River from this point runs El Dorado Canyon where occurred one of the biggest mining booms in Nevada history. Gold and Silver mines were developed here about 1859 and soon rich mines were developed. In the 1860's ...

Lawrence County Soldiers Sailors and Pioneers Memorial

To the

Soldiers Sailors and Pioneers

of Lawrence County Indiana

Moses F. Dunn

1923

Marker is on J Street south of 15th Street (U.S. 50), on the left when traveling south.

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On this site stood the old "Red House"

Headquarters of Colonel Jose de las Piedras, commander of the Mexican garrison in Nacogdoches, 1827-1839. The property, after the Texas Revolution, of General Thomas J. Rusk. Served as classrooms for the University of Nacogdoches, 1845-1852.

Marker is at the intersection of ...

Hancock - Clarke House

has been designated a

Registered National

Historic Landmark

Under the provisions of the

Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935

this site possesses exceptional value

in commemorating or illustrating

the history of the United States

U.S. Department of the Interior

National Park Service

1971

Marker is on Hancock Street, on the ...

McArthur

Headquarters 2d Brigade, 2d Division

U.S.

Headquarters, 2d Brigade,

2d Division,

Army of the Tennessee;

Brig. Gen. John McArthur,

Commanding.

Established March 18th, 1862

Marker is on Pittsburg Landing Road 0.1 miles west of State Highway 22, on the right when traveling west.

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"Mary Had a Little Lamb"

Statue front:

Born in Sterling, Mass.

Mary Elizabeth Sawyer

1806-1889

and her little lamb

Long side of the base:

“Mary had a little lamb,

Its fleece was white as snow,

And everywhere that Mary went,

The lamb was sure to go.”

. . . John Roulstone

Below lamb’s hindquarters:

This memorial, commemorating ...

"From Here They Served"

Historic Sites

Old White House Chapter D.A.R. Est. 1928

State Chapter #51

National #1782

Marker is on New Jersey Route 22, on the right when traveling east.

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"Old Ironsides" in Dry Dock 1

Boston Nat’l Hist Pk

USS Constitution first entered Dry Dock 1 in 1833. Though she was the first ship to test the new dry dock system, the tough oak hull of “Old Ironsides” had already seen several repairs.

To rebuild the ship, ...