First Baptist Church

Congregation organized 1809. Original church, built 1811 on Sumter Street corner, was burned Feb. 17, 1865 by Union troops who mistook it for the present church, built 1859, where the Secession Convention had met Dec. 17, 1860. Because of ...

The Carrousel

Kings Dominion

Manufactured by the Philadelphia Toboggan Company, "No. 44" first opened in 1917 at Riverside park in Springfield, Massachusetts. In 1938 the ride was sold to Roger Williams Park in Providence, Rhode Island, then came to Kings Dominion in 1973 ...

Seal of the City of Virginia Beach

The Cape Henry Lighthouse & Cross in the seal's center symbolize the beginning of Virginia Beach as well as the United States. The bright sky, sunshine, blue water & sandy beach indicate the importance of tourism & the pleasure of ...

McGowan's Brigade

(Front):South Carolina

McGowan's Brigade

Brig. Gen. Samuel McGowan

1st S.C. Infantry

Col. Comillus W. McCreary

Orr's Rifles

Lt. Col. George McD. Miller

12th S.C. Infantry

Maj. Thomas F. Clyburne

13th S.C. Infantry

Col. Benjamin T. Brockman

14th S.C. Infantry

Col. Joseph N. Brown

(Back):"The Bloody Angle"

In the rainy gloom of May 12, 1864, ...

Sullivan Veterans Monument

Front:

Erected 1906.

In memory of our dead heroes of Sullivan Township.

Back:

W.R.C.

Marker is at the intersection of U.S. 224 and Ohio Route 58, on the right when traveling east on U.S. 224.

Courtesy hmdb.org

ACE Roller Coaster Landmark

The American Coaster Enthusiasts recognize Rebel Yell as an ACE Roller Coaster Landmark, a designation reserved for rides of historic significance.

Designed by John C. Allen (1907-1979) of the Philadelphia Toboggan Company, the 92-foot high wooden racing coaster opened on May ...

Orange Grove 1865 - 1967

Alexander Dandridge SpottswoodHe spelled his name with two t's, known "as a gentleman of the old school," he referred back to the spelling of the name his ancestors used in Scotland, Spottiswoode.

1836 - Born in the house at Orange Grove ...

East Coast Memorial

WWII Battle Monument

Base of Memorial centerpiece, front:

1941 * * * * 1945

Erected by the United States of America

in proud and grateful remembrance

of her sons

who gave their lives in her service

and who sleep in ...

Bartholomew County Vietnam War Memorial

[ Left Side ]

- -( Seals )- - Branches of

the United States Military

[ Right Side ]

They shall grow not old

as we that are left grow old

Age will not worry them

nor time condemn

But at the going ...

Battle of Missionary Ridge

Without orders, the Federals charged up the mountain

On the morning of November 25, 1863, Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's Union army began its attack against Gen. Braxton Bragg's Confederates who occupied this ridge and the slopes below. After unsuccessful attacks ...