Highland Cemetery Veterans Memorial

Lest We Forget

This memorial is dedicated

in honor of all the men and

women who served these

United States of America

during times of war and peace.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Deep Creek

Sept. 2, 1805 Lewis and Clark proceeded with much difficulty up the North Fork, they camped on the west side of the river in this vicinity. Clark wrote "...we were obliged to cut a road, over rocky hill Slides where ...

Tomas Estrada Palma

First President of Cuba.

lived here 1879-1902

while he headed a junta which

financed the Cuban revolution.

was Cuban President 1902-1906

Marker is on New York Route 32 ¼ mile south of Edgewood Drive, on the left when traveling ...

Fort Fisher

State Historical Site

Largest earthen coastal fortification in the Confederacy. Original construction commenced May, 1861 and continued until December, 1864, when the fort came under Federal assault. Fort Fisher kept Wilmington open to blockade runners, providing a “life-line” of critical supplies ...

Fort Fisher

State Historical Site

Largest earthen coastal fortification in the Confederacy. Original construction commenced May, 1861 and continued until December, 1864, when the fort came under Federal assault. Fort Fisher kept Wilmington open to blockade runners, providing a “life-line” of critical supplies ...

Boston Post Road

68 Miles from Boston

This road is the first mail route in North America, established in 1673 by King Charles II of England.

In 1767, while Benjamin Franklin was Postmaster General, mileage was marked out with stone markers from Boston to New ...

The Historic 1777 & 1779 Trails

The Historic 1777 & 1779 Trails

You are walking part of the 1777 historic trail that retraces as nearly as possible the routes taken by the British army during the Revolutionary War.

The 1777 trail represents the route taken by ...

Harrisburg Covered Bridge

400 yards south, this bridge was built over the East Fork of the Little Pigeon River in 1875 by Elbert Stephenson Early, an area resident who owned Newport Mills. The bridge had deteriorated and its loss was threatened until it ...

Aiken County Farmer's Market

The Aiken County Farmers’ Market, founded in 1951, was originally an open air market sponsored by the Edisto Grange. This building, which opened on May 21, 1954, was designed by Woodrow Jackson and built by the Aiken County chain gang. ...

Lizabeth A. Turner

Lizabeth A. Turner

Past National President

Woman's Relief Corps

Auxiliary to the

Grand Army of the Republic

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Life Chairman

Andersonville Prison Board

Died at Andersonville

April 27, 1907

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Erected by the

Relief Woman's Corps

To memorialize her work in

Hallowing these grounds

Marker is on Prison Site Road south of Cemetery Road, on ...