Civil War General John T. Wilder

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Wilder (1830-1917), resident of Greensburg circa 1858-1869, built this home 1865-1866. He was millwright and inventor; provided major employment in the area. Enlisted in Civil War; appointed lieutenant colonel of Seventeenth Indiana Volunteer Infantry 1861 by Indiana Governor Oliver ...

The New Willard

Erected 1901

Site of

Joshua Tennison's Hotel 1818. John Strother 1821. Basil Williamson 1824. Frederick Barnard 1828. Proprietor of Mansion Hotel, Azariah Fuller American House 1833. City Hotel 1843. Willard's Hotel 1847-1901.

Distinguished Guests

Presidents Taylor, Fillmore, Pierce, Buchanan, Lincoln, ...

Robert S. Duncanson

The first African American artist to achieve international acclaim, painter Robert S. Duncanson (1821-1872) was born in New York and settled in Cincinnati in 1840. He pursued his artistic career during a time of tremendous racial prejudice and was acknowledged ...

Seven Days Battles

Glendale (Frayser’s Farm)

This was the extreme left of the Union line at Glendale, and was held by Hooker’s Division. When McCall (just to the north) was broken, Hooker, supported by Burns’s brigade, drove the Confederates back. In the night the ...

Birthplace of Alexander Hamilton Stephens

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"Little Alec,” Vice-President of the Confederacy, was born nearby in a log cabin Feb. 11, 1812, son of Andrew B. & Margaret Grier Stephens, a poor farm family. At his parents’ death he was educated by an uncle, Gen. A. ...

Seven Days Battles

Malvern Hill

Here Lee met Longstreet and Jackson in the morning of July 1, 1862. D. H. Hill reported the strength of the Union position on Malvern Hill; but Lee, having cause to believe the Unionists were weakening, prepared to attack. ...

Virginia Air National Guard

In 1947, Virginia received its first Air Guard unit designated as the 149th Fighter Squadron. Founded by the Virginia legislature in 1946 and recognized by the National Guard Bureau in 1947, it is directly descended from the historic 328th Fighter ...

Mallett Road

Named in 1979 in honor

of

Jesse Lywood Mallett

Born 1924 Died 1979

Deputy Sheriff

Clarendon County

1975 — 79

Killed in line of duty

April 28, 1979

in truck - patrol car

accident

through no fault of his

A dedicated, lifelong resident

of this community and

concerned Law Enforcement

Officer, who served ...

Sandston

In 1918 as World War I ended, the Seven Pines Bag Loading Plant #3, used for gun powder packing, was dismantled. The federal government sold 600 acres of land, the electric car line, remaining plant buildings, and 230 Aladdin houses, ...

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Nobel Peace Prize Winner

Drum-Major for Justice

Assassinated April 4, 1968

1929 ~ 1968

"Unless we learn to live together as brothers, surely we will die apart as fools.”

Marker is on West Main Street, on the left when traveling west. ...