First Presbyterian Church of Aiken

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This church, founded in 1858 with 14 charter members and W. Peronneau Finley and John D. Legare as elders, first met in the Aiken Town Hall on Laurens St. Its first permanent sanctuary, a frame building designed by Charleston architect ...

Mansfield Township Veterans Monument

Dedicated in honor of the sacrifices made by the men and women of Mansfield Township who served in the armed services on the United States in all wars.

Marker is on Main Street, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Revolutionary Army Route

Route of Revolutionary Army in their retreat across New Jersey after the Battle of Long Island 1776

Marker is on Asbury - Anderson Road, on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

View Toward Batteries Robinett and Williams

A Look at Civil War Corinth

Looking northwest in this view along the right-of-way of the Memphis & Charleston RR, you can see the earthworks of Battery Williams to the left of the tracks. Battery Robinett lies in the distance to ...

Patton Elementary School

(1891-1958)

First school in Florence Public school system built 1890 on land given by Governor Robert M. Patton. It was occupied in 1891. Designed originally to serve all white elementary school children of Florence. Usually served six grades divided into nine ...

James Wilson Marshall

And the Coloma Valley

James Marshall arrived in the “Collumah”, valley home of the Nisenan, on May 8, 1847 to map the site for a sawmill he was to build in partnership with John Sutter. On August 18, Marshall returned with ...

“The Arches”

Submarine Antenna Over-Water Arch Facility

This unusual structure was specifically designed to test submarine antennas in an environment that replicated conditions at sea. The roof contained a 93-by-66 foot concrete pool filled with seawater. The pool was six inches deep except ...

Thirteen - Inch Mortar

This mortar and its three mates were first used by Federal troops for the bombardment of Fort Sumter in

October, 1863. They may well form the world's largest collection of this type weapon.

Marker is on Murray Boulevard.

Courtesy ...

Samuel Cornelius Phillips

Known as the "Father of Rock and Roll,"

Sam Phillips established Sun Records in 1952, helping Elvis Presley and other well-known artist launch their careers. He received a Grammy for Lifetime Achievement in music.

Inducted 2007

City of Florence

Walk of Honor

Marker ...

The Father of Rock ’N’ Roll / Sam Phillips in Florence

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Sam Phillips fell in love with the miracle of sound and the unifying power of music. Moving to Memphis, Tennessee, he embraced the beauty of the blues with his early recordings of Howlin Wolf, B.B. King and other delta ...