Monument to the Battle of Midway

[Front top]:

Dedicated to the Preservation of the Memory of Midway

where one of the most decisive naval battles in military history was fought

June 4, 1942

The day when the American Spirit reached unparalleled heights and, in so doing, save democracy for the ...

Third Brigade

Second Division - Fifth Corps

Army of the Potomac

Fifth Corps Second Division

Third Brigade

brig. Gen. Stephen H. Weed

Col. Kenner Garrard

140th. 146th. New York

91st. 155th. Pennsylvania InfantryJuly 2 Arrived early in the morning and lay on the Baltimore Pike near Rock Creek until ...

Treue Der Union Monument

("Loyalty to the Union")

[Panel 1:]

This German language monument, erected 1866, honors the memory of 68 men (mostly Germans) from this region who were loyal to the Union during the Civil War. Trying desperately to reach U.S. Federal troops by way ...

Segregated Burial Grounds

Historic burial traditions parallel both the societal structure and economic status of the period. Old Cemetery reveals racially distinct sections reflected in the notable absence of family plots and headstones on the hill’s slope, where a memorial honors the final ...

Dr. Alister MacKenzie

Golf Course Designer

On August 19, 1931, famous Golf Course Designer Dr. Alister MacKenzie was selected by the City of Sacramento to lay out the new Sacramento Municipal 18-Hole Golf Course, which opened for play on October 1, 1932. The course ...

The 54th Mass. Infantry Regiment, US Colored Troops

In 1863, the 54th Massachusetts Regiment was among the first Civil War combat units open to African Americans. Troops from Pennsylvania made up more than 20 percent of the acclaimed unit. Mercersburg was second only to Philadelphia in mustering volunteers ...

Lower St. Georges and Cushing Veterans Memorial

Dedicated in honor of those

men and women of the

Lower St. Georges and Cushing,

who defended this

plantation, town and country

here and abroad

[Dedicated] August 13, 1989

Marker is on Hawthorn Point Road near Pleasant Point Road, on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Madison Historic Cemeteries

The municipal burial ground is a composite of four cemeteries reflecting the stages of community development. Early Madisonians first established a collective cemetery at the edge of town rather than sectarian burials in churchyards. The nineteenth century plan for Old ...

The De Anza Expedition in Rodeo

Lt. Colonel Juan Bautista de Anza by Decree of Carlo III of Spain led an expedition near this site — the mission being to colonize the San Francisco Bay Area

In the center of the marker is a circular motif, ...

The Original Back Door Step

The Original Back Door Step

of the

Flat Rock Union Church

Dedicated October 9, 1988

Flat Rock Presbyterian Church

Chartered November 10, 1888

Flat Rock Baptist Church

Chartered November 17, 1832

Marker can be reached from the intersection of Flat Rock Road and Glen Eddie Road (South Carolina ...