Battle of Ocean Pond (or The Battle of Olustee)

Here was fought on February 20, 1864

the Battle of Ocean Pond

under the immediate command of

General Alfred Holt Colquitt

"Hero of Olustee"

This decisive engagement prevented a

Sherman-like invasion of Georgia from

the south.

Erected April 20, 1936

By the Alfred Holt Colquitt Chapter

United Daughters ...

Liberty Point Declaration of Independence

At or near this place

ever since known as

“Liberty Point”

was promulgated in

June 1775,

by patriots of the Cape Fear

A Declaration of Independence

of the British Crown.

—————

Declaration of Independence June 20, 1775

[Roll Call of Signers]

“We stand ready to sacrifice our lives

to secure her freedom.”

Marker ...

Old Shiloh Cemetery

Shiloh Methodist Church, the second oldest Methodist Church in Tattnall County, was organized c. 1810 by Rev. William Eason and remained at this site until the 1850’s when it was moved a short distance north. Unlike at other churches in ...

Portage Road

An Indian Trail used

before white men settled in

America. Highway for French

fur trade. Later improved by

British as Military Road.

Marker is on Buffalo Avenue west of Portage Road, on the left when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Korean War Honor Roll - Grant County (Indiana)

[Center Panel]

Korean War

In loving Memory

and Appreciation

for the Men & Women

of Grant County

who served in the

Korean Conflict

1950 - - - - 1953

[ Left Panel ]

Those who made the Supreme Sacrifice

Ezekiel Davis, Jr • Ralph L. Glover ...

Liberty Memorial Dedication Site

On this spot on the first day of November

One Thousand Nine Hundred Twenty One

during the Third Convention of the American Legion

in the presence of the

associated war leaders

Ferdinand Foch Marshal of France

Armando Diaz General ...

Second Commercial Electric Railroad Locomotive

The truck of the second commercial electric railroad locomotive, built by Tho’s. A. Edison and operated with freight and passenger cars over three miles of railroad at Menlo Park, N.J. in 1882.

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street and ...

Making Machines at Tredegar

During the 1880’s the Tredegar Iron Works made many of the specialized machines necessary in iron production. This was especially true for machinery used in the rolling mills. Two major parts of the stand of rolls you see in the ...

Early Riverton and the Magnificent Dome Church

The first known residents of the Riverton area were the Yo No Indians, a poor tribe living along the Jordan River. Well-worn trails extended from Utah Lake where various tribes wintered, to Bear Lake where they rendezvoused during the summer. ...

Depot Field Hospital

Union Medical Care at its Best

“I think this is a very good place with the exception of too many lice.” - Stephen P. Chase, 86th New York Volunteers.

Lice may have been the only problem the staff of the Depot Field ...