North Haven Vietnam War Monument

In Memory Of

All Vietnam Veterans

[ 1,378 names are listed on 4 plaques ]

Killed In Action: Dougan, Michael James

Marker is at the intersection of Church Street (Connecticut Route 103) and Linsley Street, on the left when traveling south on ...

The Americans Return

In late March 1781, Maj. Gen. Nathanael Greene made one of the most important decisions of the Revolutionary War. Rather than pursue Lord Cornwallis’s British force toward Wilmington, North Carolina, Greene resolved to lead the American army back to South ...

Stamford Veterans Memorial

[ central pedestal ]

Lest We Forget

Within this pedestal is placed a time

capsule recording for all time

those residents of Stamford who responded

to the call, some giving their lives

while serving in our past wars.

In future wars should we be

called again, the people ...

North Haven Korean War Monument

In Memory Of

All Korean War Veterans

[ 1,134 names are listed on 4 plaques ]

Marker is at the intersection of Church Street (Connecticut Route 103) and Linsley Street, on the left when traveling south on Church Street.

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New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources Museum

Based on personal collection willed to the New Mexico School of Mines by C.T. Brown in 1928, this museum displays thousands of mineral specimens from around the world with special emphasis on minerals found in New Mexico. Highlights include smithsonite ...

Old Halifax Road

Here the highway merges with the Halifax Road, the ancient road from Petersburg to Halifax, North Carolina. Over this road Cornwallis marched in May, 1781, from Halifax to Petersburg in his invasion of Virginia. Over this road the Confederates hauled ...

The M & O Railroad Trestle

This wooden and steel truss bridge was constructed for the Mobile and Ohio Railroad in 1898 by civil engineer Benjamin Hardaway, and 1887 graduate of The University of Alabama and former Tuscaloosa City Engineer. Originally 135-feet high with a 110-foot ...

First Congregational Church

1776   1976

First Congregational Church

A crude, square, wooden structure surrounded by a stockade was erected near this site in 1641-2. It was the first meeting house of the Church of Christ. Later the First Congregational Church. Four members ...

Copp’s Hill and the American Revolution

In the 18th century, Copp’s Hill was higher than it stands today. On April 23, 1775, just a few days after the battles of Lexington and Concord, British Admiral Samuel Graves received General Gage’s permission to construct a redoubt on ...

Colonel Joseph Kershaw's Tomb

Joseph Kershaw (1727 - 1791) is buried in this family enclosure. He was a successful businessman, politician, district sheriff, and South Carolina Patriot militia colonel in the Revolutionary War. He helped mediate a peaceful settlement to the South Carolina Regulator ...