Edward Stanley Robbins

Well-known throughout the nation and the world for his innovative work with rubber and vinyl, E. Stanley Robbins supplied rubber inner tubes, retread rubber and, later synthetic rubber for the Armed Forces in WW II.

Inducted 2010

City of Florence

Walk of Honor

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Bennett Walker Smith

Rev. Dr. Bennett W. Smith, as president of the Progressive National Baptist Convention, expanded the organization internationally. Active in Civil Rights in America and South Africa, he counseled President Bill Clinton on racial equality.

Inducted 2010

City of Florence

Walk of Honor

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St. Mark’s Episcopal Church

Emerson and Fehmer, Boston, Architects; Alfred Howe, Builder

Gothic Revival style church built for congregation organized in 1869. The cornerstone was laid March 23, 1871 and the edifice completed under the leadership of the Rev. Charles O. Brady. Dedicated on March ...

Preservation Park

An Overview

Oakland in the late 19th century was a thriving waterfront city, the second largest in the state. A center of commerce and industry, it was also known for advanced notions of civic improvement. Public schools and academies, convenient transit, ...

Tragic Events

Three hundred years ago this location did not have ideal conditions for a graveyard. There were many underground springs which made it soggy and damp. Tomb owners routinely found their tombs filled with water, with caskets and bodies floating about. ...

Knox’s Quarters

John Brown Farm

Brigadier General Henry Knox, Washington’s 27 year old artillery chief, used as his quarters the small stone section of this house. Located upstream on Valley Creek from Washington’s Headquarters, this was the farm home of John Brown and ...

Henry S. "Hank" Klibanoff

A keen observer and researcher of the Civil Rights Movement in the South, Hank Klibanoff won the Pultizer Prize in 2007 for The Race Beat: The Press, the Civil Rights Struggle, and the Awakening of a Nation.

Inducted 2009

City of ...

John Thomas Bulls, Jr

For 21 years following the end of World War II, John Bulls served as Agricultural Extension Advisor for the U.S. Dept. in India, Nigeria, Tunisia and Uganda, assisting farmers and organizing community development programs.

Marker is on Cox Creek Parkway (Alabama ...

Welcome to Granary Burying Ground

Welcome to Granary Burying Ground, one of the oldest historic sites in Boston! Famous, infamous, and unknown Bostonians are buried here. Men, women, children, Puritans, Anglicans, Catholics, English, French, Africans, patriots, Tories, printers, goldsmiths, merchants, and scavengers were all laid ...

Welcome to Chester

Home of Neufchaltel Cheese

Birthplace of Hambletonian

progeditor of trotters

Marker is on State Highway 17M ½ mile east of Arcadia Road, on the right when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org