The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives

Dr. Jacob Rader Marcus (1896-1995), pioneering historian of the American Jew, founded the American Jewish Archives (AJA) in Cincinnati in 1947. In the aftermath of World War II and the brutal destruction of European Jewry, Marcus anticipated the need ...

Thurgood Marshall, J.D.

Supreme Court Justice

Trumpter for Freedom

Mr. Civil Rights

1908 ~ 1993

“I did the best I could with what I had.”

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

Courtesy hmdb.org

Dewey Monument

(Panel 1)

On the night of April Thirtieth 1898 Commodore Deweys squadron entered Manila Bay and undaunted by the danger of submerged explosives reached Manila at dawn of May First 1898 • Attacked and destroyed the Spanish fleet of ten ...

Man and the River

Footprints Along the Shore

The shores of the Patuxent River bear evidence of human habitation dating back more than 8,000 years. Along the River many tribes of Indians practiced primitive farming, pottery making, and hunting with bow and arrow.

The New ...

Schenectady

Updated 2008 Marker:

The Chamber of Schenectady County

Welcomes You To

Schenectady

Settled by Arent Van Curler 1661

Burned by the French and Indians

Feb. 8, 1690

The original 1924 marker read:

Erected by Chamber of Commerce

Schenectady

Settled by Van Curler 1661

Burned by the French and Indians

February 8, 1690

Marker ...

Boyhood Home of Dr. Winthrop Smith Sterling

Dr. Winthrop Smith Sterling (1859-1943) founded Mu Phi Epsilon International Professional Music Fraternity on November 13, 1903, at the Metropolitan School of Music in Cincinnati, where he served as dean. The Victorian frame house was built by his parents, ...

Battlefield

Site of Only Land Engagement

at Tampa between Confederate &

Union Forces, Oct. 17, 1863

A Federal detachment of 124 men from U. S. gunboat Tahoma & Steamer Adela after firing 2 blockade-runners moored upriver fell back under Confederate assault without entering the ...

Abraham Lincoln and the Talisman

Prior to the coming of the railroads, Springfield was handicapped by inadequate transportation facilities. Early in 1832, Vincent A. Bogue, Springfield businessman and promoter, planned to supply the Sangamon River region with steamboat service. He chartered the Talisman, 150-ton upper ...

McDonald Ranch House Trinity Site

National Historic Landmark

Restored by

US Army White Sands Missile Range

US Department of Energy

National Park Service

1984

In the front room of this humble ranch house the world's first nuclear device was assembled on 13 July 1945. The device was then taken to Trinity ...

Whitehead House, 1791

Patrick Parker, a wealthy merchant, built a Georgian style home here in 1791. Later occupants of the house included Hugh Blair Grigsby and John Boswell Whitehead, sons of Elizabeth McPherson. Elizabeth's first husband was the Reverend Benjamin Grigsby. Their son ...