In Memory of Captain Elihu H. Mason

In Memory of Captain Elihu H. Mason (1831-1896), second Medal of Honor winner, who is buried in this cemetery. In the 21st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, during the Civil War, Mr. Mason was on the celebrated Andrews Raid, April 12, 1862, ...

Old Spanish Trail

Mountain Springs Pass

This portion of the Old Spanish Trail was discovered in January, 1830, by Antonio Armijo during his first trip from Santa Fe to Los Angeles. The spring just north of this marker provided excellent water and fed meadows ...

Sinking Of The USS Harvest Moon

[Front]

In early 1865 the USS Harvest Moon, a 193-foot, 5-gun side-wheel steamer, was the flagship of Adm. John A. Dahlgren of the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, U.S. Navy. It arrived off Georgetown and anchored nearby on February 26th. Confederate ...

The Old Spanish Trail

1829 – 1850

Stretching for 130 miles across Clark County, this historic horse trail became Nevada's first route of commerce in 1829 when trade was initiated between Santa Fe and Los Angles. The trail was later used by the wagons of ...

Vassall-Craigie-Longfellow House

Longfellow National Historic Site

Built in 1759

Headquarters for George Washington

1775 – 1776

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Home of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Family & Descendants

1837 1950

Marker is on Brattle Street, on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Lincoln Street

Gen. Benjamin Lincoln, for whom this street is named, was a division commander in the Saratoga Campaign. In 1778, he became commander of the Southern Department of the American Army and was in command at Charleston when the city surrendered ...

Edgewater World War I Monument

* Farrell J.P. • * Murphy M. • * Regan W. • * Weir G.H. • Zaikowski A. • Allen Jack • Adams H. • Aarons S.M. • Burns Leroy • Bernhardt W. • Buckley Leo • Bobat S. ...

Lieut. Wilson W. Brown

In Memory of

[Marker Front]:

In memory of Lieut. Wilson W. Brown, Medal of Honor winner, who is buried here. He joined the famous Andrews Raid to wreck Confederate supply lines. The raiders captured a locomotive, "The General," at Big Shanty, Georgia, ...

Tsunesaburo Makiguchi

Dedicated to

Tsunesaburo Makiguchi

Visionary teacher and child advocate.

He founded the Soka Gakkai in 1930 to

promote humanistic education education based

on Buddhist principles. He was arrested

for opposing the Japanese military

during World War II and died in prison

on ...

USS Kearsarge (CV-33)

USS Kearsarge, scheduled to depart for the Mediterranean Sea on June 1, 1948, was anchored off Naval Station, Norfolk in anticipation of an early morning departure.

Sailors and Marines returning to the ship the night of May 31 encountered heavy seas ...