2nd Minnesota

[Front/East Side of Monument]:

Erected

By

The State Of

Minnesota

1893

[Right/North Side of Monument]:

The Second Minnesota

Regiment of Veteran Volunteer

Infantry, deployed as skirmishers,

(Covering Van DerVeer's Brigade) attacked

and captured the line of breastworks

at the foot ...

"A Beacon Standing for Peace"

In 1931, the state set aside funds for a memorial to honor Massachusetts men and women who had died during the World War. Originally designed as a lighthouse for Boston's Charles River estuary, the tower's beacon was intended "to shine ...

The War for American Independence

The War for American Independence

From October 28, 1776 until the British withdrawal on November 4, 1776 the Continental Army commanded by General George Washington engaged and held off the splendidly appointed British forces of General William Howe. This ...

Portage Road

Carry Route Around the Falls

Following the Footsteps of the Famous

Along this very road Native Americans, explorers, traders, and soldiers passed for centuries to get around the Niagara Falls and Gorge. Merchants cashed in on trade goods, troops fought for safe ...

Lockheed T-33

Lockheed T-33

This T-33, known as the “T-Bird,” is on loan from the United States Navy and was once on display at the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum in New York City. It commemorates Westchester County Airport’s history as home to ...

James Tilden Sheckard

1878 – 1947

Dedicated to the memory of

James Tilden Sheckard

1878 – 1947

the Lancaster County boy who

starred on the Baltimore Orioles

the Brooklyn Dodgers

and the famous

Champion Chicago Cubs of 1906-1910

to become one of the

great outfielders of all time.

Erected by Jimmy’s Local

Friends and the ...

Doctor Still’s Birthplace

Andrew Taylor Still, physician and founder for Osteopathic medicine was born here in a log cabin on August 6, 1828. The cabin now stands on the campus of Kirksville College of Osteopathy and Surgery in Kirksville, Missouri, the first American ...

Old St. Anne's

(P. E. Church)

As early as 1705 a log chapel was established at '' Appoquinimy' by the S.P.G. with the Rev. Thomas Jenkins appointed its first missionary, 1708. Queen Anne of England, for whom the Church was named, is said to ...

Woodstock Manual Labor Institute

Prior Foster, an Ohio Negro, began this school "in the woods" in 1844 and four years later it was incorporated. Designed to serve "colored people and others," the Institute taught a full range of subjects and was one of the ...

Vauxhall Garden Site

Located immediately south, this fashionable place of entertainment was established by Messrs. Decker & Dyer in 1827 and operated for more than a decade. It covered several acres & included a ballroom, dining hall and miniature railroad. Pres. Jackson was ...