Brassfield Station

A Path Both Traveled

(Preface): The Carolinas Campaign began on February 1, 1865, when Union Gen. William T. Sherman led his army north from Savannah, Georgia, after the “March to the Sea.” Sherman's objective was to join Gen. Ulysses S. Grant ...

Alessandro Fabbri, Lieutenant, U.S.N.R.F.

1877 - 1922

A resident and lover of Mount Desert Island who commanded the United States Naval Radio Station upon this site from its establishment on August 28, 1917 until December 12, 1919.

At the end of the World War he was ...

Robert Edwin Peary

Discoverer of the North Pole - April 6, 1909

Rear Admiral, USN; Civil Engineer, Explorer, Scientist

(1856-1920)

Invenium Viam Avt Facium

Erected by the National Geographic Society.

Dedicated April 6, 1922, by the President of the United States, the Chief Justice of the United States, ...

Capt. George Reynolds

In Memoriam

Capt. George Reynolds

1754 – 1813

Officer under General Green in

Revolutionary Army

[ Rear of Marker: ]

Erected by Charter Members of

George Reynolds Chapter D. A. R.

Mrs. E. R. Taylor • Mrs. A. M. Ivey • Mrs. K. R. Millner • Mrs. M. ...

Brig. Gen. Edward Stevens

On this spot

Brig. Gen. Edward Stevens

was wounded while making a

gallant stand with his

Virginia Troops

Marker is on Guilford Courthouse Auto Tour Road, on the left when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Kindergarten Building

This structure was built in 1940 by Henry Ford to serve as a kindergarten for the children of Ways Station-Richmond Hill during the Ford era. The building included a kitchen and two large classrooms to accommodate children aged three years ...

Old Claymont High School

Constructed 1924-25. Also known as the Green Street School. Prominent in United States history as the first public high school in the 17 segregated states to be legally integrated.

In January 1951, eight black students applied for admission. Due to the ...

Welcome to Oriskany Battlefield

Oriskany Battlefield stands at the very heart of the American Revolution in the Mohawk River Valley. As in past conflicts, in 1777 the valley again became a critical military corridor for the movement of men and materials.

The story of the ...

Henry Highland Garnet Park

This is a community park developed by the Special Impact Neighborhood Improvement Program and the Department of Recreatoin and Parks dedicated to the memory of Henry Highland Garnet by the Henry Highland Garnet Neighborhood Council.

Henry Highland Garnet was the ...

First Dawn To Dusk Flight Across America

Colonel Russell L Maughan of Logan, Utah, made the first daylight flight across the continent on June 23, 1924. Flying solo in a Curtis PW-8 pursuit aircraft, Maughan, then a Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Service, left Mitchell Field, New ...