Mount Pleasant Press - The J. Horace McFarland Company

Located in this building at Mulberry and Crescent Streets was what became known as the "Switchboard of America," the printing business and national clearinghouse operation of J. Horace McFarland (1859-1948), one of Harrisburg's most famous national figures during the first ...

deLauzun Encampment

Rochambeau Route 1781 – 82

In this vicinity

French Troops under

deLauzun

enroute to Yorktown

encamped during June 1781

Erected by the State

and

Wallingford

Historical Society

Cooperating

Marker is at the intersection of Chapel Street and Wooster Place, on the left when traveling east on Chapel Street. ...

Twinsburg World War II - Korea - Vietnam War Memorial

In Memoriam

World War II

Lt. Herbert Gill

Navy Fighter Pilot

Died - Dec. 4, 1943

Sgt. Paul Bennett

486 QM REF. Co. M.

Died - Dec. 6, 1945

P.F.C. Fred Staedtler, Jr.

Co. M., 145 Inf., 37 Div.

Died - Mar. 6, 1945

Bert Buganski

Co. F. 7 Infantry

Died - Feb. ...

Post Oak Island Lodge #181, A.F. & A.M.

Settled as early as the 1840s, Post Oak Island was one of this area’s earliest communities. There, on September 15, 1855, I.J. Kidd, T. Gatlin, P.A. Middleton, M. Gardner and A.S. Harper established a Masonic lodge. On February 2, 1856, ...

11th Ward Veteran's Memorial

Erected

In Memory Of

Those From The 11th Ward

Who Sacrificed Their Lives

For Their Country

During World War II

1950

Acampora, Albert • Aldieri, Sisto • Amorone, Benny • Arminio, John • Celio, Victor • Celone, Samuel • Corato, Peter • Damato, Anthony • DeCusati, Joseph ...

Twinsburg World War Memorial

In honor of the Twinsburg boys

engaged in the World War

Orland R. Bishop • Ray E. Boose

Earl W. Bowen • Albert L. Cochran

Raymond E. Doubrava • Arthur L. Dunscomb

John A. Day • Lewis L. Davies

Eugene H. Evans • Louis W. Froelich

Tony ...

Starting Point of the First Traditional New Orleans Mardi Gras P

From this corner on February 24, 1857, the Mistick Krewe of Comus began its first parade, heading up Julia Street toward St. Charles Avenue. With that parade, Mardi Gras was solidified as a New Orleans tradition that ultimately influnced Carnival ...

Crawfordville Methodist Church

This church, originally known as "Bird's Chapel," was founded in 1826 as the first church in the newly formed town of Crawfordville. It was an outgrowth of the now defunct Powder Creek Meeting House near Sandy Cross, which came into ...

Marshall County Commemorates Service Men and Women

Erected By

The County Court

of Marshall County,

West Virginia

To Commemorate the Service

Men and Women of Marshall

County in the World War

1917 - 1919

The tumult and the shouting dies-

Lord God of Hosts - Be with us yet

lest we forget - Lest we forget

Marker is ...

Tunnel of the Fredricksburg & Northern Railway

In 1913 area residents raised money to build a railroad linking Fredricksburg to San Antonio. The 920 - Foot tunnel beneath this hill increased the cost by $134,000 and required five months of hard labor. It opened a faster trade ...