The Grand Parade

Cannon smoke clouds the fields below. A roar of muskets crisscrosses the Grand Parade as thousands of double-ranked troops perform a feu de joie (“fire of joy.”)

To celebrate the signing of the French Treaty of Alliance, General Washington reviews the ...

The Baltimore & Frederick-Town Turnpike

A Transportation Revolution started here

Maryland toll roads helped revolutionize American travel. The Baltimore and Frederick-Town Turnpike began with a tollgate, placed near this corner in 1807. For

a few cents, you could head west on a “smooth” road that ...

Anderson Lake County Park

Long before nearby Coyote Creek was dammed to form the reservoir in 1950, people were drawn to its cool shade and clear flowing water. In 2006 an ancient burial site

was unearthed during construction of homes across the street from this ...

Sandtown

Sand Town (Oktahatalofa) and Buzzard Roost (Sulecauga) were two frontier Creek Indian communities here on the Chattahoochee River. The old Sand Town Trail extended westward to the Coosa River in Alabama and eastward into what is now DeKalb County.

The land ...

Croatan Indian Community

In 1870 a group of Croatan Indians migrated from their homes in Robeson County North Carolina, following the turpentine industry to southeast Georgia. Eventually many of the Croatans became tenant farmers for the Adabelle Trading Company, growing cotton and tobacco. ...

27th Indiana Infantry

3d Brigade, 1st Division, 12th Army Corps

Colonel Silas Colgrove Commanding,

was engaged with the enemy 400 yards

north of this marker, September 17th 1862.

Number engaged 440.

Killed and Wounded 209.

Marker is on Cornfield Avenue, on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

A Most Desirable Spot For Camping

The Lone Elm Campground

The land here at Lone Elm met the three requirements for a stopover for travelers on the trail...wood, water, and grass. Wood for campfires and wagon repairs, water for the support of people and animals, and grass ...

Pea Patch Island Heronry

Pea Patch Island Heronry is the largest Atlantic Coast nesting ground north of Florida for wading birds. Originally a dredge disposal site, this vegetated high ground has been a nesting habitat for nine species of wading birds since the 1970s. ...

Lieut. Richard Falley

A friend of Liberty and his country

Soldier in the American Revolution

Armorer to the 18th Mass. regiment

Built armory at Mt. Tekoa circa 1765

Made muskets for the patriot cause

This was the site of his home and

blacksmith shop circa 1764 to 1783

This tablet ...

The Thirty Third Massachusetts Infantry

Detached from the Second Brigade, Second Division, Eleventh Corps, on July Second 1863. After supporting the batteries in action on Cemetery Hill, while in position in a line extending westward from near this spot, withstood and assisted in repulsing a ...