Samuel Tilden Statue

Riverside Park

William Ordway Partridge (1861-1930) sculpted this bronze, larger-than-life figure of attorney and public servant Samuel Jones Tilden (1814-1886). It was dedicated October 5, 1926.

Tilden was born on February 9, 1814 in New Lebanon, Columbia County, New York. ...

Third Armored Field Artillery Battalion

Dedicated to the Third Armored Field Artillery Battalion whose members fought with valor and distinction in the Rhineland, Ardennes and Central Europe campaigns of World War II receiving a Presidential Unit Citation for sustained artillery fire, repulsing an entire German ...

1st Infantry Division Memorial

Front

Dedicated to the military personnel from Fort Riley, Kansas, service in support of Operation Desert Storm

July 4, 1991 by friends and neighbors in Junction City and Geary County

Funding for this project has been donated by:

Junction City Distributing Co. - ...

Eglise Française du St. Esprit

Founded by refugee French Huguenots in New Amsterdam in 1628 and moved to this site in 1940. This plaque was dedicated by their descendants and the congregation of St. Esprit to mark the four-hundredth anniversary of the Edict of Nantes ...

The Rev. Dr. William H. Sheppard

(28 May 1865 – 25 Nov. 1927)

Born in Waynesboro to former slaves, William H. Sheppard became a Presbyterian missionary to the Belgian colony of Congo Free State in 1890. He and others opposed King Leopold II of Belgium, who encouraged ...

Beechcraft UC-45J Expeditor

Bu. No. 89484

The C-45 was developed from the Beech Model 18 civil transport which first flew on 15 January 1937. The USAAF placed orders for its first aircraft in 1940, acquiring nearly 1300 of the Beech 18s modified for various ...

In Memory of Scottish-American Soldiers

(Front):

In memory of Scottish-American soldiers

To preserve the jewel of liberty in the framework of freedom - Abraham Lincoln

(North Side):Sergeant Major John M'Ewan

Co.H, 65th Regt Illinois Vol Infantry

William L Duff,

Lt Col., 2nd Illinois Regt of Artillery

Robert Steedman

Co.E, 5th Regt ...

Fairfield Plantation

The farm office across the lawn is all that remains of the once-sprawling plantation called “Fairfield.” Thomas Coleman Chandler purchased Fairfield Plantation in 1845. For the next 17 years it prospered and evolved – largely at the hands of the ...

Middle Redoubt of the American Army   1776

This marks the Middle Redoubt

built by

the American Army 1776

At this point on Nov. 16, 1776

under

General Washington

occurred some of the

Fiercest fighting of

the Battle of

Washington Heights

Erected by

Washington Heights Chapter

N. S. D. A. R.

May 5, 1929

Marker can be reached from W 155th Street, ...

The Underground Railroad

After northern states began abolishing slavery during the Revolutionary era, fugitives from throughout southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina started to escape by ship from the Norfolk waterfront. With luck and determination, many succeeded in enlisting the aid of black ...